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Fire at Shahjibazar power plant plunges Habiganj into darkness

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- The Shahjibazar Power Plant in Habiganj has caught fire, cutting off electricity across the entire district. The building caught fire around 7:15pm on Thursday following a loud ... Read More


Police recover Tk 300,000 'extortion money' from flat of ex-Students Against Discrimination leader

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Police have recovered nearly Tk 300,000 from the rented flat of Abdur Razzak bin Sulaiman Riyad, a dismissed student leader of the anti-discrimination movement, claiming it to be... Read More


Bangladesh joins third round of US tariff talks

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Bangladesh has entered the third round of negotiations with the United States in Washington to bargain over President Donald Trump's proposed supplemental tariffs on Bangladeshi ... Read More


'He wanted to restock the shop,' says family after 'BNP men' beat Jahangir to death

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- A man has died after allegedly being beaten by local BNP activists during a dispute over unpaid rent on a shop they had converted into a party office in Narayanganj's Araihazar. ... Read More


Bangladesh Bank maintains contractionary monetary policy, repo rate stays unchanged at 10%

Bangladesh, July 31 -- With the aim of maintaining control of inflation, Bangladesh Bank has announced that it will continue to implement a contractionary monetary policy for the first half of the new... Read More


Court sentences 2 to death for teen's murder, 2 others to life in prison for rape in Naogaon

Bangladesh, July 31 -- A Naogaon court has sentenced two people to death for the kidnapping and murder of a teenage boy in Badalgachi Upazila, while handing life sentences to two others for the rape o... Read More


After travelling across the country, NCP's 'July March' ends in Dhaka

Bangladesh, July 31 -- The "July March" of the National Citizen Party (NCP) has returned to Dhaka, concluding its month-long procession after meeting supporters of the July Uprising across the country... Read More


One dies, another injured as boarding bridge tyre explodes at Sylhet Osmani airport

Bangladesh, July 31 -- A man has been killed and another injured when the tyre of a boarding bridge wheel exploded at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport The incident occurred during a routine ma... Read More


Jamaat threatens to sue government, Consensus Commission over July Charter's legal basis

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has threatened to sue the government and the National Consensus Commission for compensation if the July Charter is not granted legal recognition. The warning ca... Read More


One-third of children in Bangladesh live in multidimensional poverty, says UNICEF

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Almost one in three children in Bangladesh are living in multidimensional poverty, according to new findings released by the General Economics Division (GED), with support from ... Read More