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LDC Graduation: Bangladesh seeks Spain's support at UNGA

, June 8 -- State Minister for Foreign affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Monday sought Spain's support at the United Nations general Assembly (UNGA) on Bangladesh's LDC graduation. Both sides underscored ... Read More


After 48-hour standoff, BSF takes back 11 from Thakurgaon border

, June 8 -- The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has taken back 11 people, including a sixth-grade student and her pregnant mother, after they remained stranded for nearly 48 hours at the zero line ... Read More


3 killed as bus plunges into ditch in B'baria

, June 8 -- Three people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday. The identities of the... Read More


3 children abducted from Kushtia rescued in Dhaka; 2 held

, June 8 -- Railway Police have rescued three children who were abducted from Poradah Railway Junction in Kushtia and arrested two suspected members of a human trafficking gang from Kamalapur railway ... Read More


Unruly behaviour, reckless remarks cannot create political standing: Jubo Dal president

, June 8 -- Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal President Abdul Monayem Munna on Monday said it is not possible to establish a lasting political position through unruly behaviour and reckless remarks. "The people ... Read More


Rainfall likely to increase over next 5 days: BMD

, June 8 -- Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted that rainfall is likely to increase across the country over the next five days commencing 9 am on Monday. "Light to moderate rain ... Read More


We look at India with an open heart: Nepalese FM

, June 8 -- Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has said they refuse to look at India through the distorted, hypersensitive lens of 20th-century geopolitics. Instead, he said, the Rastriya Swatan... Read More


Border Security: Ansar-VDP on high alert alongside BGB in 11 districts

Dhaka, June 8 -- Amid repeated attempts of 'push-ins' by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF), upazila and station-level Ansar-VDP members have been deployed in 11 border districts. The districts a... Read More


Rooppur nuclear power plant to provide up to 10% of Bangladesh's total electricity generation: Russia

Dhaka, June 8 -- Russia has described the construction of Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant in Rooppur as the flagship project of the bilateral partnership, noting that once fully operational, th... Read More


Sylhet records another suspected measles death

, June 8 -- Another child has died showing symptoms of measles at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet in last 24 hours till Monday morning, health officials said. The deceased was a 17-mont... Read More