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Global trust is at risk at time of great uncertainty, says Chief Advisor Yunus

Dhaka, May 29 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus says that the world is "passing a time of great uncertainty" and that this is putting global trust at risk. The Nobel laureate made the statement during ... Read More


More rain on the horizon as 'well-marked low' forms over Bay

Dhaka, May 28 -- The low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a "well-marked low", which will lead to more rain across the country, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological De... Read More


Leftist student groups hold torch protest over 'war criminal' Azhar's acquittal

Dhaka, May 28 -- Democratic Students' Alliance, a coalition of left-leaning student organisations at Dhaka University, have held a torch procession protesting the acquittal of convicted war criminal A... Read More


Manipur earthquake jolts Dhaka

Dhaka, May 28 -- A moderate earthquake has hit India's Manipur, with the tremors being felt in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh. The quake, which occurred at 2:24am on Wednesday, was measured at a... Read More


Stronger tobacco control measures a must to protect the youth: PROGGA, ATMA

Dhaka, May 28 -- Tobacco control campaigners have urged the interim government to strengthen existing laws, adopt effective pricing measures, and enforce World Health Organisation guidelines to shield... Read More


Father, son among three dead as bus collides head-on with passenger vehicle in Mymensingh

Dhaka, May 28 -- A BRTC bus has collided head-on with a three-wheeler passenger vehicle, locally called Mahindra, leaving three people, including a father and his son, dead and six others injured at M... Read More


Jamaat leader Azharul released from jail after acquittal in war crimes case

Dhaka, May 28 -- Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who was acquitted by Bangladesh's top court of his death sentence in a war crimes case, has been freed from jail. Jailer AKM Masum of the Dh... Read More


Election will be held by June next year under any circumstance, says Yunus in Japan

Dhaka, May 28 -- On a four-day trip to Japan, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus underscored the interim government's goal of holding a free and proper election by June next year, saying it will be done "un... Read More


BNP's Mirza Abbas says interim government 'rotten from head to toe'

Dhaka, May 28 -- BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas has launched a blistering attack on the interim government, declaring it "rotten from head to toe". Speaking at a youth rally organised by t... Read More


Subrata Bain remanded for eight days in arms case

Dhaka, May 28 -- A Dhaka court has granted police eight days to grill top criminal Subrata Bain in custody in a case filed under the Arms Act. His three alleged associates, including Abu Rasel Masud ... Read More