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'He drove half-asleep, then fled': Survivors blame driver after microbus plunges into canal in Noakhali

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Relatives who survived a microbus accident in Noakhali's Begumganj have blamed the driver's negligence for the deaths of seven of their loved ones. Despite repeated requests, th... Read More


Chattogram mayor identifies causes of waterlogging, calls for immediate action

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Shahadat Hossain has identified two causes of waterlogging in the port city and issued directives to resolve them. He conducted an on-site insp... Read More


No scope to appoint acting Jatiya Party chairman, says Shameem Patwary as infighting deepens

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Jatiya Party Secretary General Shameem Haider Patwary has dismissed any possibility of appointing Anisul Islam Mahmud as acting chairman in place of GM Quader, who has been barre... Read More


BNP's Mirza Fakhrul hails govt's 'historic' decision to hold election in February

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has lauded Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's announcement that national elections will be held in February in an address to the nat... Read More


Separate bus crashes leave over 50 injured in Chattogram

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- More than 50 people, including students of a private university, have been injured in two separate road accidents in Chattogram's Patiya Upazila. The accidents occurred on Wedne... Read More


Abu Sayed murder: 30 suspects indicted, case proceeds to trial

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has indicted 30 suspects in the murder of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed in Rangpur during the July Uprising, ordering the case... Read More


Bangladesh won't let fascism supplant democracy again: BNP's Tarique

Bangladesh, Aug. 5 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman says he is convinced that no one will be allowed to "kill democracy and establish fascism" in Bangladesh. He made the remarks in a video addre... Read More


Top NCP leaders in Cox's Bazar, dismiss reports of meeting ex-US envoy Haas

Bangladesh, Aug. 5 -- While state celebrations are underway in Dhaka to mark the anniversary of the July Uprising, five senior leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have travelled to Cox's Bazar... Read More


Unhappy with special train, 'July warriors' block railway in Rajshahi

Bangladesh, Aug. 5 -- Students Against Discrimination activists have blocked the railway in Rajshahi in protest at the special train allocated for their travel to Dhaka to attend the reading of the Ju... Read More


'I chased off Hasina. I am very happy'

Bangladesh, Aug. 5 -- An animation of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina can be seen on the screen. In front of it, a treadmill has been set up. People take turns running on the treadmill as the car... Read More