Five fishermen were reportedly abducted by forest robbers after a gang raided a fishing fleet sheltering in the Sundarbans due to rough weather in the Bay of Bengal. The incident […]
Russia has withdrawn its ambassador from the United Kingdom and called on London to reconsider its policy towards Moscow, raising concerns that diplomatic ties between the two countries could deteriorate […]
A new policy to strengthen administration, monitoring and accountability in Bangladesh’s primary education sector will be formulated within a month, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said […]
Religious Affairs State Minister Mohammad Shamim Kaiser Lincoln has said his ministry will move forward in line with the roadmap and clear policy guidelines set by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman […]
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained a Myanmar national with 3kg of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ice, during an operation on the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The […]
A Dhaka court has placed 15 more activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations on one-day remand over an alleged plot to carry out sabotage and violent […]
Bangladesh’s dengue outbreak is intensifying, with five more people dying and 839 new patients hospitalised in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The […]
A Cumilla court has sentenced a housewife’s father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law to life imprisonment for the murder of Mariam Begum. The court also fined each of the three convicts Tk20,000, […]
A group of Japanese teachers has completed an eight-day training visit to Bangladesh under the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) “Overseas Training for Teachers” programme. The teachers visited Bangladesh from […]
Advice urging Asian and Muslim communities in the UK to use less water when washing rice before cooking and performing wudu before prayers has sparked controversy as part of efforts […]
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