Petrobangla wants to set up 3 more LNG terminals to meet growing gas demand
UNB, Dhaka : State-owned Petrobangla has moved to set up three more liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in addition to the existing two currently being...
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Fire burns down shanties in Mohakhali, Sweepers’ Colony
Online Desk : A fire gutted some shanties in Mohakhali on Monday, while another fire burnt down 20 houses at the Sweepers’ Colony in Kaptan...
Manpower, equipment shortage hamper activities of Khulna Division Fire Service
UNB, Khulna : There are 60 stations under the Khulna Divisional Fire Service and Civil Defense where 223 posts are vacant and most of them...
North Korea test-fires 2 more missiles as US sends carrier
AP, South Korea : North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters Monday, continuing its weapons displays as the United States moved...
Lightning strike kills 3 in Shariatpur
UNB, Shariatpur : Three fishermen were killed by lightning strike at Bahir Kushia village in Naria upazila of Shariatpur district on Sunday. The deceased were...
Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus
AP, MOSCOW : Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, a warning to the West as...
Gulistan blast: One more victim succumbs to injuries, death toll now 25
UNB, Dhaka : The death toll from the massive explosion that ripped through a 5-storey building in Dhaka’s Gulistan area has risen to 25, with...
PM, President pay tribute to martyrs at National Memorial on Independence Day
UNB, Dhaka : President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to the martyrs of Liberation War — placing wreaths at the National...
Nation celebrating Independence Day
UNB, Dhaka : The nation is celebrating 53rd Independence and National Day today in a befitting manner, with the resolution to take the country forward...
Local AL leader shot dead in Khulna
UNB, Khulna : A local Awami League leader was gunned down by miscreants in Shiromani area of Khanjahan Ali Thana on Friday. The deceased was...
Two dead, 2 injured as bus hits autorickshaw in Cumilla
UNB, Cumilla : Two people were dead and two were injured after a bus rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Cumilla’s Daudkandi upazila on Friday...
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi loses Parliament seat
AP, NEW DELHI : Key Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has lost his parliamentary seat after a court found him of guilty of defamation over...