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AC blast burns 10 at Gulistan barbershop, three 'critically injured'

Bangladesh, July 15 -- An "air conditioner explosion" at a barbershop in Dhaka's Gulistan has left 10 people burnt, with nine admitted to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. The blast... Read More


Fresh political firestorm brews over Taslima Nasreen's Kolkata return

Manila, July 15 -- Exiled Bangladeshi author and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen is set to return to Kolkata for the first time in nearly two decades to attend a public programme against religio... Read More


Bangladesh raises signal No. 3 at four seaports as low-pressure system forms

Bangladesh, July 15 -- Four sea ports in Bangladesh have been asked to maintain Cautionary Signal No. 3 due to a developing low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal. The Bangladesh Meteorol... Read More


Fire at Narayanganj EPZ garment factory warehouse brought under control after 3 hours

Bangladesh, July 15 -- A fire has broken out at the warehouse of a garment factory inside the Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj. Nine units of the Fire Service and Civ... Read More


'Retake' for students who missed HSC paper, 'full marks' for flawed question

Bangladesh, July 15 -- Students who missed Monday's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams due to heavy rain and waterlogging will get another chance to take the paper. They will be ... Read More


Government refuses to defer HSC exams, Wednesday's tests to go ahead

Bangladesh, July 15 -- The government has decided to press ahead with Wednesday's HSC and equivalent exams outside the flood-hit Chattogram region despite daylong student protests demanding a postpone... Read More


India reiterates 'unchanged' stance after Hasina announces return plans

Bangladesh, July 15 -- As speculation grows over former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's return to Bangladesh, India says its position on the issue remains unchanged. At the weekly briefing in New Delh... Read More


Floods leave Tk 3.69bn trail of devastation in fisheries

Bangladesh, July 15 -- Receding Tide, Rising Toll In ruins: Fisheries face a devastating Tk 3.69 billion blow, with millions of fish and shrimp swept away across 42 Upazilas Cropland submerged: Rele... Read More


Four teachers served show-cause notices over 'errors' in HSC physics first paper questions

Bangladesh, July 15 -- Sylhet Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has issued show-cause notices to four teachers over what it described as "serious errors and inconsistencies" in the Higher ... Read More


463 killed in road crashes across Bangladesh in June

Bangladesh, July 14 -- A total of 463 people have been killed and 1,323 injured in 532 road crashes across Bangladesh in June, according to the monthly report of the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity. M... Read More