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Two gatekeepers suspended as probes open into deadly train-bus crash in Cumilla

Dhaka, March 22 -- Two gatekeepers have been suspended following the deaths of 12 people in a collision between a train and a bus at a level crossing in Cumilla on Eid day. Railway authorities have f... Read More


Bangladeshi women, children among 33 return after prison time in India

Dhaka, March 22 -- After months in detention and jail in India, 33 Bangladeshis -- among them women and children -- have been repatriated through Benapole, marking the end of a cross-border ordeal tha... Read More


Five children buried after Jamalpur bridge collapse, probe committee formed

Dhaka, March 22 -- Amid a pall of grief, five children who died when a floating bridge over the Brahmaputra River in Jamalpur collapsed during Eid festivities have been buried The children were laid ... Read More


Ukraine urges allies to tighten pressure on Moscow ahead of US talks

Dhaka, March 22 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday urged allies to keep up sanctions pressure on Russia ahead of a second day of talks between Ukrainian and US delegations on ways to ... Read More


Zubaida Rahman leaves Dhaka for London

Dhaka, March 22 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's wife Zubaida Rahman has left Dhaka for London, a day after Eid-ul-Fitr. She boarded Bangladesh Biman Airlines' BG-201 flight at Shahjalal Internatio... Read More


Faisal, key suspect in Hadi murder, tells Indian court he had 'no role' in Hadi's killing

Dhaka, March 22 -- Faisal Karim Masud, the prime suspect in the murder of Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman bin Hadi, has denied any involvement in the killing after being produced before a West Beng... Read More


Bangladesh women set for October limited-overs series in Australia

Dhaka, March 22 -- Bangladesh women's cricket team will travel to Australia to play a limited-overs series in early October. The fixture announced by Cricket Australia (CA) on Sunday is part of the I... Read More


Accidents at Padua crossing 'nothing new': local MP tells rail minister

Dhaka, March 22 -- In the aftermath of a horrific accident at Padua Bazar Railway Crossing in Cumilla, local MP Monirul Haque Chowdhury has urgently sought intervention from Road Transport Minister Sh... Read More


'Fake PM advisor' who sought Tk 10bn loan from Bangladesh Bank arrested

Dhaka, March 22 -- Police have arrested a man who allegedly faked the identity of an advisor to the prime minister to carry out a string of fraudulent activities, including an application to the Bangl... Read More


Three friends went out for a ride on Eid day. Two never returned home

Dhaka, March 22 -- A pickup truck has hit a motorcycle carrying three friends in Kishoreganj's Kuliarchar Upazila, leaving two dead and the other injured. The accident occurred on Sunday along the Bh... Read More