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Two die as biker hits pedestrian in Faridpur

Faridpur, Aug. 19 -- A motorcyclist and a pedestrian were killed when the motorcycle hit the pedestrian in the Bhanga Interchange area of the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Faridpur on Wednesday night. The ... Read More


Rear Admiral Moinul Hassan made Coast Guard DG

Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- The government has appointed Rear Admiral Md Moinul Hassan of the Bangladesh Navy as director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a n... Read More


Van driver held over IUB student's death in city road crash

Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- Police on Wednesday arrested the driver of a covered van three days after it ran over and killed an Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) student in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Na... Read More


High-volume music sparks clash at Brahmanbaria police lines; 30 injured

BRAHMANBARIA, Aug. 19 -- At least 30 people, including madrasa students and police personnel, were injured in a clash at the Brahmanbaria Police Lines following a dispute over loud music at a cultural... Read More


UNESCO team meets minister, discusses AI governance, digital transformation

Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- A delegation from UNESCO's Dhaka office paid a courtesy call on Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub on Wednesday to... Read More


Rashed Khan brands Jamaat as 'international champion of hypocrisy'

Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- Prime Minister's Political Assistant Rashed Khan on Wednesday hit back sharply at the Jamaat-e-Islami over its dismal assessment of the government's first six months in office, sayin... Read More


Dhaka eyes equally beneficial economic partnership with New Delhi: Shama Obaed

Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has said Bangladesh wants to see an economic partnership with India that is "equally beneficial and brings tangible changes" to t... Read More


Farmers' platform demands weekly show on BTV covering issues facing the community

Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- The National Farmers' Unity Foundation has requested the broadcast of a weekly one-hour exchange program titled "Farmer's Thoughts" on Bangladesh Television. The foundation leaders ... Read More


TIB mourns Tawfique Nawaz's death

Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep shock at the demise of its former Board of Trustees member Tawfique Nawaz. On behalf of its Board of Trustees, managem... Read More


Family of cosmetics trader from Savar killed in Kolkata fire grieving in stunned silence

Savar, Aug. 19 -- year-old Ahmed Babu, a cosmetics businessman from Savar, has been plunged into grief following his death in a hotel fire in Kolkata, where he was among five Bangladeshis killed. In t... Read More