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Journalist and teacher Shahed Kamal is dead at 85

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Journalist and teacher Shahed Kamal has passed away at the age of 85. The eldest son of poet Sufia Kamal, he breathed his last at Dhaka's Zainul Haque Sikder Women's Medical Col... Read More


Tarique orders swift reopening of closed state-owned factories

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has ordered that the process of reopening state-owned factories be completed at the earliest. Chairing a meeting at his office in Tejgaon on Saturd... Read More


Padma River water level may rise for five days, says flood forecast centre

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Water levels in Bangladesh's major rivers remain below danger marks, but the Padma is expected to rise over the next five days, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) ha... Read More


Mamata faces fresh blow as new TMC Bengal chief Chandrima quits

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Amid continued setbacks and rebellion involving Trinamool Congress (TMC) since the last assembly election, the party chief in the Indian state of West Bengal has resigned. Chand... Read More


Home minister says Awami League will soon face trial as a political party

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the Awami League, which is facing a ban on its activities, will soon be brought to trial as a political party. Speaking at the July Natio... Read More


Bangladesh reports 2 more deaths with measles symptoms, 101 new confirmed cases

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Two more people have died with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, while laboratory tests confirmed 101 new measles infections during the same period. According to the Direct... Read More


Tarique says national unity key to moving Bangladesh forward

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said Bangladesh must rise above political divisions, arguing that only national unity can seize the opportunity created by the July Uprising. S... Read More


Weeks after crackdown, hawkers reclaim Dhaka's pavements as 'management' falls short

Bangladesh, July 4 -- The government's promise to reclaim Dhaka's footpaths is already beginning to unravel. Weeks after unveiling an ambitious strategy to replace repeated eviction drives with regis... Read More


Six fire units rein in Chawkbazar market blaze in an hour and a half

Bangladesh, July 4 -- A fire at a market in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar has been brought under control after around 90 minutes. On Saturday, the Fire Service and Civil Defence received a report of the bla... Read More


Deep depression forms over Bay, signal 3 raised at four seaports

Bangladesh, July 4 -- A low-pressure system over the northwestern Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression, prompting Local Cautionary Signal No. 3 at Bangladesh's four seaports. The Bang... Read More