‘KNF member’ arrested in Bandarban
10 April 2024
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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
A tragedy that could’ve been avoided
Abdullah, a nine-month-old, had just learnt to crawl before his life met a tragic end that could have been avoided.
2 February 2020
Govt working to open more diplomatic missions
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, in the parliament, says the government is working to increase the number of Bangladeshi missions abroad to 100, from existing 77, within 2021.
2 February 2020
Bogura BNP leader killing: police press charges against 14
Police submit charge sheet against 14 accused including a panel mayor of Bogura Municipality in a case filed over the murder of Mahbub Alam Shahin, a local BNP leader, in 2019.
2 February 2020
Naogaon youth stabbed dead during scuffle
A youth is stabbed to death allegedly by a friend during a quarrel over a game of ludo, a popular board game, in Naogaon.
2 February 2020
8 returnees from China doing well in hospitals
Eight of the Bangladeshi returnees from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, who are quarantined at different hospitals for having a fever, are doing well.
2 February 2020
PM inaugurates Ekushey Book Fair
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the month-long Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka.
2 February 2020
Hasan Mahmud states 3 reasons behind low voter turnout
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says longer public holidays, BNP’s publicity against electronic voting machines (EVMs) and their participation in city polls “as a form of movement” are the main reasons behind the poor voter turnout in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations.
2 February 2020
Indian buffalo romps into Bangladesh territory, kills woman
A Bangladeshi woman is killed as an Indian buffalo romped into Bangladeshi territory and attacked villagers in Gourangola village under Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria near the border.
2 February 2020
Deploy magistrates to take action against air pollution: HC
The High Court directs the public administration secretary to deploy five executive magistrates within a month under the Department of Environment (DoE), to take necessary action against air and environment pollution across the country.
2 February 2020
Govt prioritising vocational education: PM
The government has given utmost importance to vocational education as the world needs skilled manpower, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
2 February 2020
Stone worker dies in Sylhet
A stone worker dies and two others are injured as part of a stone came crashing down on them at an illegal quarry in Kalairag area of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.
2 February 2020
Stone worker dies in Sylhet
A stone worker dies and two others are injured as part of a stone came crashing down on them at an illegal quarry in Kalairag area of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.
2 February 2020
Rise in border killings puzzling: Momen
“This year the number of border killing has increased. India is assuring repeatedly that it won’t happen. Yet it is happening,” he told reporters at a press conference at the foreign ministry today.
2 February 2020
Momen thanks foreign missions for excluding local staffers from polls observer teams
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has thanked the foreign diplomatic missions in Dhaka for not including their local staffers in the election observation teams.
2 February 2020
No on-arrival visa for Chinese citizens: Foreign Minister
Bangladesh has decided to stop issuing on-arrival visas for Chinese nationals amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says.
2 February 2020
Death of Rajib: Charges pressed against drivers of two buses
Police press charges against two bus drivers in a case over the death of Rajib Hossain, a third-year student of Titumir College.
2 February 2020
3 including mother, daughter killed as bus hits rickshaw
Three people, including a woman and her daughter, are killed as a bus rammed into a rickshaw in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
2 February 2020
India reports 2nd case of coronavirus
India reports its second case of deadly novel coronavirus in Kerala, three days after the southern state reported the country's first case of the infectious disease that originated in China.
2 February 2020
Hartal makes little impact on city life
The dawn to dusk hartal enforced by BNP in Dhaka city, protesting “widespread irregularities” in the city corporation elections, is progressing peacefully with little impact on public life.
2 February 2020
China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province
China reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Shaoyang city of the southern province of Hunan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs says.
2 February 2020