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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
15 February 2024
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Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023
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Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023
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Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023
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Diplomacy
The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
Khaleda again seeks bail on health grounds
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has once again sought bail on health grounds in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
18 February 2020
Claims of mass cremation in Wuhan debunked
The screenshot, taken from windy.com, cited the alarming rise in SO2. It was found that it was not real-time data, but was from a weather prediction model which has little relation to current events.
18 February 2020
Gunman kills one at Bangkok shopping mall
A gunman killed one person and wounded another at a shopping centre in Bangkok, police say, 10 days after a mass shooting at another mall in Thailand’s northeast.
18 February 2020
Bangladesh to open Saidpur Airport for Nepal
Bangladesh has agreed to Nepal using Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari district, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.
18 February 2020
Woman raped by neighbour, family claims
In Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, a mother of two was raped allegedly by her neighbour on Sunday night.
18 February 2020
Body of 7-year-old recovered in Chapainawabganj
Body of a seven-year-old girl was recovered from Manik Hajirtola village of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila, police said.
18 February 2020
Midday Brief, Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on February 18, 2020
18 February 2020
Rohingya woman beaten dead in Cox’s Bazar camp
A Rohingya woman has been beaten to death by two others in their camp at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
18 February 2020
Set up breastfeeding, baby care corners at factories: HC
The High Court has directed authorities concerned of the government to set up breastfeeding and baby care corners at all mills and factories across the country.
18 February 2020
PSTU vice-chancellor, teachers freed after 10 hours of confinement
After keeping them confined for 10 hours, the agitating students of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) have let their vice-chancellor and some 50 teachers go.
18 February 2020
Family will decide on Khaleda’s parole: Fakhrul
BNP has said party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family will decide about her release on parole.
18 February 2020
Drug peddler killed in Dinajpur gunfight: Police
A suspected drug peddler is killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug dealers in Bachaganj upazila of Dinajpur, police say.
18 February 2020
'Tiger widows' shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh
Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbours and branded a witch. Mosammat Rashida's crime? Her husband was killed by a Bengal tiger.
18 February 2020
China to waive tariffs on US medical imports amid virus outbreak
China will waive trade-war tariffs on imports of selected US medical equipment from March 2, the government says, as the country battles to contain the new coronavirus epidemic.
18 February 2020
2nd N’ganj gas explosion victim dies
Another victim, who suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion at a house in Narayanganj yesterday, has died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
18 February 2020
SC drops war criminal Abdus Subhan’s appeal challenging death penalty
The Supreme Court drops from its record the appeal filed by war criminal Abdus Subhan challenging his death penalty, four days after his death.
18 February 2020
Japan to start trials using HIV treatment for coronavirus
Japan is aiming to start trials soon using an HIV treatment for the coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has said.
18 February 2020
Veteran Bangla film actor Tapas Pal passes away
Veteran Bangla cinema actor and former lawmaker of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress Tapas Pal dies of cardiac arrest in Mumbai at the age of 61.
18 February 2020
PSTU students confine VC and 50 teachers over ragging suspensions
Students of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) confine the university’s vice-chancellor and around 50 teachers to the university’s administrative building, demanding that the suspensions of 15 students for ragging be reversed.
17 February 2020
Couple found dead in Faridpur
The bodies of a married couple are recovered by law enforcers from their residence in Faridpur’s Sadar upazila.
17 February 2020