Banshkhali-Meghnaghat 400 kV power transmission line comes into operation
UNB, Dhaka : The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has commissioned its 400 kV power transmission line from Banshkhali in Chattogram via Madunaghat to...
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77 people are injured, 2 seriously, after 2 buses collide at a South African university
AP, JOHANNESBURG : Two buses collided at the entrance to a South African university on Tuesday, injuring at least 77 people, two of them seriously,...
Dhaka-Narayanganj rail service to resume from August 1 after 8 months
UNB, Narayanganj : Train movement on the Dhaka-Narayanganj rail route is set to resume on August 1 after suspension of nearly eight months. Railway Minister...
Bodies of 2 missing students recovered from Ctg’s Banshkhali beach
UNB, Chattogram : The bodies of two university students who went missing on Monday evening were recovered from Banshkhali beach, in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram,...
Train engine breaks down in Gazipur’s Sreepur Railway Station, movement normalises around 9 am
UNB, Gazipur : Passengers were stranded as the engine of Jamalpur-bound Dewanganj commuter train broke down at the outer signal of Sreepur Railway Station in...
All countries including Bangladesh should have free and fair elections: US State Dept
UNB, Dhaka : The United States has reiterated that they support everyone’s right to freely exercise their role in a democratic society. “We oppose any...
PM Hasina offers Nepal use of Payra port during meeting with Nepalese counterpart in Rome
UNB, Rome : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered to Nepal the use of its newly constructed Payra port during a meeting with her Nepalese...
11 killed as roof collapses at middle school gym in China’s far northeast, officials say
AP, BEIJING : Eleven people were killed when a roof collapsed at a middle school gymnasium in China’s far northeast, authorities said Monday. The incident...
Fire service truck driver dies of stroke behind the wheel; collision with multiple vehicles leaves rickshaw-puller dead
UNB, Narayanganj : Driver of a fire service truck had a stroke while behind the wheel and died, causing a collision with a rickshaw and...
3 killed in Feni road accidents
UNB, Feni : Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Feni’s Fulgazi and Sadar upazilas early Monday and Sunday. The deceased were identified...
Bank recruitment test question leak: BUET Prof Nikhil, 15 others indicted
UNB, Dhaka : A Dhaka court today indicted 16 people, including BUET Professor Nikhil Ranjan Dhar, in a case filed over the question paper leak...
Flooding and a landslide in eastern China leave 5 dead and 3 missing
AP, BEIJING : Heavy rains caused flooding and a landslide in eastern China, leaving at least five people dead and three missing while over 1,500...