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Steps underway to check arms smuggling: Home Adviser

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday said measures are being taken to prevent arms smuggling into the country ahead of the national election. "A... Read More


Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Dhaka

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a two-day visit to Bangladesh. Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam received the Pakistan F... Read More


Four of a family burnt in Keraniganj AC blast

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Four members of a family have been injured after an air-conditioner compressor exploded at a house in Keraniganj Model Town near Dhaka. The incident occurred around midnight, but th... Read More


Experts stress decentralisation for a sustainable Dhaka

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Speakers at a programme on Saturday underscored the need for reducing pressure on the capital city to make it liveable and sustainable. Keeping this in view, they said establishing ... Read More


SAJIDA Foundation shares insights on women-led climate resilience

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- SAJIDA Foundation hosted a research dissemination event titled "Building Climate Resilience: Women as Agents of Change" in Dhaka on Thursday (August 21). Policymakers, researchers, ... Read More


Dutch foreign minister resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned, after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza. Veldkamp had informed the country's Parliament he i... Read More


Ultimatum to return looted white stones in Sylhet

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- The Sylhet district administration has ordered looted white stones from the Shada Pathor tourist site to be returned by 5pm on Tuesday, 26 August. The directive came from a meeting ... Read More


Youth injured in transformer blast dies in Dhaka

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- A 28-year-old man, who sustained burn injuries following a transformer blast in Gendaria in Dhaka, died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Friday. The deceased... Read More


Newly evolving transatlantic economic and political relations

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- EU-US economic and political relations are complex, marked by deep economic and shared historical ties with extensive trade and investment partnership. These relations are now underg... Read More


Lift business booms, sans safety regulations

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Bangladesh sees lift market making quantum leaps, but largely unregulated to raising concerns about safety of users, according to industry-insiders. The market, worth around Tk 12 b... Read More