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Teenage domestic worker dies after falling from roof in Banani

Dhaka, March 8 -- Police have recovered the body of a 15-year-old domestic worker who died after falling from the roof of a residential building in the capital's Banani. Banani Police Inspector Mehed... Read More


Emi, two others sent to jail over playing Mar 7 speech in Shahbagh

Dhaka, March 8 -- A Dhaka court has sent former Slogan 71 leader Sk Tasnim Afroz Emi and two others to jail under the Anti-Terrorism Act for playing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic Mar 7 ... Read More


New government in Dhaka recalls 4 ambassadors and UK high commissioner

Dhaka, March 8 -- The newly formed BNP-led government has recalled four ambassadors appointed on a contractual basis during the interim administration, alongside the high commissioner to the United Ki... Read More


Faisal, key suspect in Hadi killing, and associate arrested by West Bengal police

Dhaka, March 8 -- The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police has arrested Faisal Karim Masud, the prime suspect in the murder of Inqilab Moncho leader Osman Hadi, along with his associate Alam... Read More


Govt orders mobile courts to check fuel hoarding, price gouging and smuggling

Dhaka, March 8 -- The government has ordered the deployment of mobile courts across the country to prevent illegal hoarding, overpricing, and smuggling of fuel amid supply concerns triggered by the Mi... Read More


Dhaka court sentences trio to prison for killing 20 dogs

Dhaka, March 8 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced three men to two and a half years in prison each for the brutal killing of 20 dogs in Dhalpur of the capital. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistr... Read More


BERC increases domestic, international flight fuel rates for March

Dhaka, March 8 -- Air travellers and airlines face higher costs as Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) implements a new jet fuel pricing structure for March. According to a commission noti... Read More


Bangladesh to maintain fuel rationing until Iran war ends, power minister says

Dhaka, March 8 -- Power and Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood says Bangladesh's oil reserves are increasing with the arrival of two tankers, but fuel rationing will continue until the Iran war ends... Read More


Dhaka stocks in freefall as Middle East war ignites panic selling, DSEX dives 231 points

Dhaka, March 8 -- The escalating conflict in the Middle East, following strikes by the US and Israel on Iran and Tehran's retaliation, has sent shockwaves across the globe and has now wiped 231 points... Read More


Food prices drive inflation rate above 9% after eight months

Dhaka, March 8 -- Food prices have driven up the inflation rate past 9 percent for the first time i9n eight months. Inflation rose for a fourth consecutive month, hitting 9.13 percent year-on-year in... Read More