A man was detained while allegedly attempting to flee after snatching a mobile phone and a bag at Mugda Medical College Hospital in the capital. The detained man was identified as Nazmul Alam Biplob. Md Najmus Sakib, deputy director (public relations) of Bangladesh Ansar,...
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Saturday on an official visit. During the visit, the Navy chief is scheduled to pay courtesy calls on Saudi Arabia’s chief of general staff of the Armed Forces, commander of the Royal...
Read MoreAn unidentified man was killed after being struck by a moving train in the Karwan Bazar area of the capital late Friday night. The accident occurred around 11:30pm as the man was crossing the railway tracks behind Karwan Bazar, according to Kader, a raw-material trader in the...
Read MoreThe US Embassy in Dhaka has warned that certain activities are not permitted for holders of B1/B2 visitor visas, including birth tourism, paid employment and formal study for academic credit. The embassy issued the warning on Saturday through its verified Facebook page,...
Read MoreDrug dealers and snatchers are often released despite being brought under the law multiple times because of loopholes and limitations in the legal system, Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Community Bank Bangladesh PLC Chairman Md Ali Hossain Fakir said on Saturday....
Read MoreThe BNP will hold a discussion in the capital on Saturday to mark its 48th founding anniversary, with party Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman scheduled to attend. The program will begin at 3pm at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in Khamarbari. BNP Acting...
Read MorePolice have recovered the bodies of an unidentified man, woman and newborn from a locked flat in a four-storey residential building in Ashulia, Savar, in what they suspect was a planned murder. The bodies were recovered from a flat on the second floor of a building owned by...
Read MoreDhaka ranked 15th among the world's most polluted cities on Saturday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 88 at 9:03am. According to the AQI ranking, the capital's air quality was classified as "moderate". Malaysia’s Kuching, Indonesia’s Jakarta...
Read MoreAll four mobile network operators in Bangladesh have fallen short of prescribed service quality standards in at least some areas, according to an assessment by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The regulator’s assessment found shortcomings...
Read MoreExtreme heat is costing Bangladesh’s informal workers millions of workdays and an estimated Tk50,630 crore in wages each year, while also exposing them to serious health risks, a new study has found. The study by the International Institute for Environment and...
Read MoreA man was killed and more than 50 others were injured in a clash between two groups over a pond land dispute in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Friday. The deceased was identified as Naji Molla, son of Abdul Awal Mia. The clash broke out on the Nasirnagar-Sarail-Lakhai...
Read MoreLocal television journalists in Sylhet on Friday decided to boycott news coverage of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir and the local BNP, after several media workers were harassed by political activists at the Hazrat Shahjalal Shrine. Kobir, visiting Sylhet for...
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