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Wife poisons Rangamati farmer to death after he learns of her 'affair': police

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has unveiled the cause behind a farmer's death in Rangamati, five months after he went missing. The PBI Chattogram shared the details of the... Read More


Bus service from Mymensingh Division to Dhaka suspended indefinitely

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Bus service from Mymensingh Division to Dhaka has been suspended for a second day to protest the arrest of a transport worker and the decision to halt operations of certain buses. B... Read More


Hasnat calls for continuous teacher protests until 'hypocritical' government fulfils demands

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser of the National Citizen Party (South), has labelled the interim government "hypocritical" and urged MPO-registered teachers to remain on the streets ... Read More


Jamaat-e-Islami to hold nationwide human-chain protests over five demands

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a two-day human-chain demonstration to press its five-point demands, including the legal recognition of the July Charter, also known as National Cha... Read More


Labour unrest, arrests trigger widespread bus shutdowns across five districts

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Commuters have faced severe disruption as an indefinite transport strike paralysed bus services from Mymensingh, Netrokona, Sherpur, Jamalpur, and parts of Kishoreganj. The strike, ... Read More


Foreign operators to run three terminals in Bangladesh by December, says shipping secretary

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Foreign operators will manage three major container terminals in Bangladesh -- Chattogram's New Mooring Container Terminal, Laldia Terminal, and Keraniganj's Pangaon Inland Container... Read More


Foreign operators to run Bangladesh ports

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Foreign operators will manage three major container terminals in Bangladesh -- Chattogram's New Mooring Container Terminal, Laldia Terminal, and Keraniganj's Pangaon Inland Container... Read More


MPO teachers call nationwide strike, sit-in from Monday over police assault

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- MPO teachers and staff have announced that they will begin their nationwide strike a day early, starting Monday, demanding increased house rent and other allowances. Delawar Hossain... Read More


CEC Nasir says no political party ever received symbol outside the official list

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin reminded that the National Citizen Party could not be allocated the "Shapla" symbol because it was not included in the commission's offici... Read More


Bangladesh records five dengue deaths and 953 new hospitalisations in a day

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Bangladesh has reported five fatalities from dengue in the past 24 hours, raising the tally of deaths from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease to 230 this year. In the same period, 953... Read More