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Dhaka's air ranks 2nd worst in world

Dhaka, June 7 -- Dhaka has ranked second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI index of 178 at 10:15am today. Dhaka's air was classified as "unhealthy", according to... Read More


Two vendors jailed for selling rotten beef in Bagerhat

Bagerhat, June 7 -- A mobile court has sentenced two meat vendors to seven days' imprisonment and fined them Tk 10,000 each for selling rotten beef in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat. The mobile court, le... Read More


Two siblings go missing in Dharla River in Lalmonirhat

Lalmonirhat, June 7 -- Two brothers went missing after drowning in the Dharla River while bathing on Sunday afternoon in the Zero Point area of Mogolhat Union under Sadar Upazila of Lalmonirhat. The ... Read More


Sylhet Osmani intern doctors go on indefinite strike over six-point demand

Sylhet, June 7 -- Intern doctors at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) on Sunday began an indefinite strike and sit-in programme, demanding the withdrawal of a recent government decisi... Read More


Low-cost AI system listens to whales using earthquake monitoring gear

NANNING, June 7 -- Scientists in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have converted earthquake-monitoring equipment into an artificial intelligence-powered "marine stethoscope" capable of d... Read More


Tamim becomes BCB president in election marred by conflict-of-interest claims

Dhaka, June 7 -- Tamim Iqbal, the former national team captain, was elected president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday night, formalizing his rise to the sport's top office. Following ... Read More


New BSEC chairman commits to IPO reform, digitalisation in first DSE meeting

Dhaka, June 7 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange PLC on Sunday congratulated newly appointed Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman (BSEC) Masud Khan and three newly appointed commissioners, ... Read More


Bagerhat shrine authorities give 15 days to return crocodile

Bagerhat, June 7 -- day ultimatum has been issued demanding the return of the only crocodile from the historic Dighi of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (RA) shrine in Bagerhat. The ultimatum was announced at a... Read More


REHAB seeks bond-based housing finance, single-digit mortgage rates

Dhaka, June 7 -- Bangladesh Bank is exploring a bond-based financing mechanism to ensure long-term funding for housing loans, the central bank governor said Sunday, as the country's leading real estat... Read More


Sixth-Grader Rozina longs for Kolkata home as family remains stranded at Thakurgaon border

Thakurgaon, June 7 -- year-old Rozina Akhter, life was once centred on school, family and dreams of a brighter future. A sixth-grade student at a school in Kolkata, India, Rozina had been living with... Read More