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IRI to send 10 foreign observers for February elections

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- US-based research organisation International Republican Institute (IRI) has said it will send at least 10 international observers to monitor Bangladesh's upcoming general election in... Read More


10 India-Bangladesh deals cancelled claim 'inaccurate', says Advisor Touhid

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has said the report of 10 India-Bangladesh projects being cancelled, as given by Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, is not "entirely ... Read More


Eminent citizens urge fair investigation into Swarnamoyee's death

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- Prominent writers, journalists and academics have issued a joint statement demanding a fair investigation into the death of Dhaka Stream employee Swarnamoyee Biswas. Signatories inc... Read More


29 years after actor Salman Shah's death, wife and 10 others face murder charges

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- A murder case has been filed 29 years after the death of actor Salman Shah, naming his wife Samira Haque among 11 suspects. Following a court order on Monday, Mohammad Alamgir Kumku... Read More


Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed 'recovering', taken off life support

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- Awami League heavyweight and nine-time MP Tofail Ahmed has been taken off life support and is now breathing unaided, according to his personal aide. He has been undergoing treatment... Read More


BNP urges Yunus to ensure interim government follows caretaker model

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- With the general election approaching, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has called for the interim government to be structured along the lines of a caretaker administration. After a... Read More


BNP vows political, social empowerment of ethnic minorities

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the party will always stand by ethnic minorities and work for their advancement. Speaking with ethnic minority leaders at ... Read More


PROGGA, ATMA urge scrapping of Philip Morris's nicotine pouch factory in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- PROGGA: Knowledge for Progress and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) have expressed serious concern over Philip Morris's move to establish a nicotine pouch manufacturing factory in ... Read More


Govt plan to transform Pabna Mental Hospital into 'international-standard' institute

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- The government has approved a Tk 13.65 billion project to transform Pabna Mental Hospital into an international-standard mental health institute and hospital. The approval came at a... Read More


Bangladesh reports four more dengue deaths as fatalities cross 250 this year

Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- Another four patients have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide death toll this year to 251. The Directorate General of Health Services ... Read More