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Officials ordered to monitor local power supply throughout Eid holidays

Bangladesh, May 26 -- Senior officials of the Power Division and subordinate agencies have been directed to keep close watch on local electricity conditions during Eid-ul-Azha to ensure uninterrupted ... Read More


Jungle Salimpur: 300 accused in case over attack on joint forces camp

Bangladesh, May 26 -- Police have filed a case over the attack on a joint forces camp in Chattogram's Jungle Salimpur. The case, which named 43 suspects, was filed on Monday night at Sitakunda Police... Read More


Parliament's South Plaza to host Eid congregation at 7:30am

Bangladesh, May 26 -- The Eid-ul-Azha congregation at the South Plaza of the parliament complex has been scheduled for 7:30am. The Parliament Secretariat shared this information on Tuesday, ahead of ... Read More


Father, mother, and son killed in Barishal road crash

Bangladesh, May 26 -- A couple and their son have been killed during their Eid-ul-Azha trip to their ancestral home when their motorcycle was rammed by a bus in Barishal's Gournadi Upazila. The accid... Read More


170 more Bangladeshis return from Libya as Mediterranean casualties continue to rise

Bangladesh, May 25 -- A group of 170 Bangladeshis detained in Libya during failed attempts to cross the Mediterranean to Europe has been repatriated. A chartered flight of Buraq Air carrying the Bang... Read More


Seven hawkers killed in Tangail highway crash from same Naogaon village

Bangladesh, May 25 -- Seven of the 15 people killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway were hawkers from the same village in Naogaon's Manda Upazila, their families have sai... Read More


Garment factory holidays trigger 15km tailback centring Gazipur's Chandra

Bangladesh, May 25 -- A 15-kilometre tailback has been reported on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, centring around the Chandra intersection in Gazipur. Commuters have spent hours in the journey, exacerbat... Read More


Lax enforcement, old excuses as Eid holidayers face inflated bus fare, safety risks

Bangladesh, May 25 -- Millions of Eid travellers are once again facing inflated fares and risky journeys as weak oversight enables transport operators to exploit the holiday rush, passengers say. Bus... Read More


Government promotes three more to secretaries amid Eid holiday

Bangladesh, May 25 -- The government has promoted three officials to secretary rank during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays as the BNP administration continues major bureaucratic reshuffles. Among them, home... Read More


SCBA chief calls for special benches to fast-track women, child abuse trials

Bangladesh, May 24 -- Supreme Court Bar Association President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has called for special benches in the Supreme Court to ensure the swift disposal of "sensational" cases, usually th... Read More