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'Technical fault' grounds Biman aircraft in Dubai, leaving 178 passengers stranded

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight has been grounded at Dubai International Airport due to a mechanical fault, leaving 178 passengers stranded. The incident occurred late on T... Read More


Khulna University student dies as jeep overturns into ditch in Sajek

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- A student from Khulna University has been killed after a tourist jeep crashed into a ditch on a hillside in Rangamati's Sajek. Eleven others have been injured in the accident.... Read More


'Suspicious movement': US citizen of Bangladeshi origin faces extended interrogation

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- A Dhaka court has ordered a five-day remand for Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a Bangladesh-origin US citizen, following his detention for "suspicious roaming" in a car on Minto Road.... Read More


5,000kg of rice under Food Friendly scheme seized from Brahmanbaria shop

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- A mobile court has seized nearly 5,000kg of rice found in 140 sacks belonging to the government's Food Friendly programme that were being sold at a store a short distance away ... Read More


For years, he treated patients and performed surgeries in a tin shed. A raid exposed him as an untrained fraud

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- A mobile court has arrested a non-certified and untrained man who "admitted" patients to an unhealthy "chamber" in a tin shed for treatment and even performed surgeries. Execu... Read More


Bangladesh sets sights on youth-led volunteer force to tackle disasters

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- Disaster Management Advisor Faruk E Azam has outlined the government's plans to mobilise the youth to build a national volunteer force geared towards responding swiftly to natu... Read More


Bloodied bodies of mother, teenage son found in Bogura house

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- Police have recovered the bloodied bodies of a mother and her teenage son, presumed murdered, from a house in Bogura's Shibganj Upazila. The bodies were found in their home in... Read More


Tribunal set to deliver indictment order over cornice shooting, Rampura deaths on Thursday

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- A tribunal is set to deliver its indictment order on Thursday in a crimes against humanity case involving the shooting of a young man clinging to the cornice of a building in D... Read More


DIG Rezaul vows stern action against instigators of violent Faridpur protests

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- Dhaka Range's Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Md Rezaul Karim has vowed to take action against the perpetrators of violence in Faridpur's Bhanga during Monday's protests over th... Read More


Yunus visits Dhakeshwari Temple to inspect Durga Puja preparations

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has visited the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka to inspect preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival for Bengali H... Read More