Gopibag train arson: seven-member probe committee formed
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh Railways (BR) has formed a seven-member committee to investigate the incident of the killing of at least four people as unidentified...
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Miscreants set fire to Benapole Express train in Dhaka’s Gopibag
UNB, Dhaka : Unidentified miscreants set fire to a passenger train in the capital’s Gopibag area on Friday night. Arsonists torched the four coaches of...
Bangladesh election is domestic affair: India
UNB, Dhaka : India has continued to describe the January 7 election as a domestic affair of Bangladesh, while China said the next election will...
Launch collides head-on with cargo ship in Chandpur amid dense fog, 1 missing
UNB, Chandpur: A woman went missing and a man was injured, after a passenger launch collided with and a cargo ship in the Meghna River...
4 polling centres set on fire in Rajshahi
UNB, Rajshahi : Four polling centres set up in schools were set on fire in three constituencies of Rajshahi early Friday. Miscreants used petrol bombs...
BNP takes out procession with sticks in capital, calls for boycotting Jan 7 polls
UNB, Dhaka : The leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies brought out a procession carrying sticks in the capital on Friday morning...
8 including BGB men injured as pick up van collides with bus in Gaibandha
UNB, Gaibandha : At least eight people were injured when a pick-up van of Border Guard Bangladesh collided with a bus in Gaibandha’s Palashbari on...
Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge
AP, WASHINGTON : Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to the Middle East this weekend for the fourth time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in...
12th parliamentary election: Polling centre set on fire in Feni
UNB, Feni : Miscreants set fire to a polling centre in Feni’s Sonagazi upazila as the country gears up for 12th parliamentary election—scheduled this Sunday....
Strike kills 12 people, mostly children, in Gaza area declared safe zone by Israel
AP, Gaza Strip: An Israeli strike flattened a home Thursday in an area of southern Gaza that the military had declared a safe zone as...
Go to polling centres on Sunday for sake of democracy : Hasina tells Narayanganj rally
UNB, Narayanganj : Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the people to exercise their voting rights in Sunday’s election to...
Banks to remain open on Friday, Saturday: BB
UNB, Dhaka: The central bank has instructed banks to keep branches open in metropolitan cities including in Dhaka and Chattogram, districts and upazilas on Friday...