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Cox's Bazar grocery shop owner fatally attacked after 'refusing to pay extortion'

Dhaka, March 7 -- A grocery shop owner has been stabbed to death allegedly for refusing to pay extortion money in Cox's Bazar's BGB camp, police said. The incident occurred around 3pm on Saturday at ... Read More


Police arrest two, seize loudspeaker over playing Mar 7 Bangabandhu speech in public

Dhaka, March 7 -- Police have detained two people, including a former Dhaka University student, for publicly playing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic Mar 7 speech at Chankharpul intersecti... Read More


10,000 litres of fuel found hidden in underground water tank in Natore

Dhaka, March 7 -- A mobile court has seized about 10,000 litres of fuel oil stored illegally in an underground water tank in Natore's Singra Upazila. The court also fined a businessman Tk 5,000 on Sa... Read More


Vessels crossing Strait of Hormuz before Iran war reach Chattogram with LNG, LPG

Dhaka, March 7 -- A fleet of 15 vessels that crossed the Strait of Hormuz just before the outbreak of the Iran-Israel war has begun arriving at Chattogram Port, providing a temporary reprieve for the ... Read More


UPDF claims member 'shot dead' by JSS in Khagrachhari

Dhaka, March 7 -- A member of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) has allegedly been shot dead in the Panchari Upazila of Khagrachhari. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Apon Trip... Read More


5-member probe committee formed to investigate IU teacher Runa's murder

Dhaka, March 7 -- The Islamic University (IU) administration has formed a five-member committee to investigate the murder of Asma Sadia Runa, the social welfare department chairman who was stabbed to ... Read More


5-member committee formed to investigate IU teacher Runa's murder

Dhaka, March 7 -- The Islamic University (IU) administration has formed a five-member committee to investigate the murder of Asma Sadia Runa, the social welfare department chairman who was stabbed to ... Read More


Narsingdi girl was murdered by stepfather after 'gang-rape', police say

Dhaka, March 7 -- The stepfather of a teenage girl, whose body was found in a mustard field in Narsingdi's Madhabdi, has confessed in court to murdering her to cover up a previous gang-rape, according... Read More


Power minister says no fuel shortage despite Middle East war, two oil tankers due on Mar 9

Dhaka, March 7 -- Bangladesh has sufficient fuel reserves and there is no reason for public concern despite the ongoing war in the Middle East, according to Power Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood. Speak... Read More


Khelafat Majlis chief Mamunul alleged 'election engineering', demands judicial probe

Dhaka, March 7 -- Khelafat Majlis chief Mamunul Haque has called for a judicial inquiry into what he called "planned engineering" in last month's parliamentary polls. Speaking at a regular meeting of... Read More