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Deep depression makes landfall, bringing rain and gusty winds

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has made landfall on India's Odisha coast near Gopalpur before weakening into a land depression. According to a special weather bulletin, t... Read More


Editors and journalists to meet EC Monday, experts to follow Tuesday

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The Election Commission is set to consult media editors, female leaders and election analysts as it prepares for the parliamentary polls. Ruhul Amin Mallik, public relations director... Read More


Mobile phone messages help police 'crack' murder of man with 'mental disability' in Sirajganj

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Detective police say they have solved the murder of a man with a "mental disability", three months after his body was found, based on information extracted from mobile phone texts. S... Read More


2 autorickshaw passengers die in Gazipur road accident

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Two autorickshaw passengers have died after a dump truck crashed head-on into their three-wheeler in Gazipur's Kaliganj Upazila. Three others were injured in the accident that occurr... Read More


Dhaka University VC sends condolences over death of Language Movement veteran Ahmed Rafiq

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Niaz Ahmed Khan has expressed his deep condolences after the passing of Language Movement veteran Ahmed Rafiq. In a statement on Friday, Niaz said th... Read More


City Bank set to receive $75mn loan from AIIB, NDB

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- City Bank is set to receive $75 million in loans from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB). Of the total, AIIB will provide $50 million ... Read More


Bangladesh Women's World Cup campaign kicks off with key game against Pakistan

Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- After a long absence from international competition, the Bangladesh Women's national cricket team found a measure of relief in their dramatic win against Sri Lanka in the warm-up matc... Read More


Depression deepens in Bay of Bengal, ports told to maintain cautionary signal

Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- The depression that formed in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) says. In a special weather bulletin issued on T... Read More


34km traffic gridlock on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway for two days

Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Traffic on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway has been at a standstill for two consecutive days, leaving passengers stranded across a 34km stretch from Ashuganj roundabout in Brahmanbaria to Ma... Read More


Ahmed Rafiq, iconic Language Movement activist, dies at 96

Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Veteran Language Movement activist and researcher Ahmed Rafiq has died in Dhaka at the age of 96. He breathed his last at 10:12pm on Thursday at Dhaka's BIRDEM Hospital after doctors... Read More