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No way to return to caretaker government, PM Hasina in VoA interview
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out a return to the repealed caretaker government system as the constitution was amended in line...
New York flooded by heavy rains, subway partly paralyzed
AFP, NEW YORK : Heavy rains overnight in the northeastern United States left parts of New York under water on Friday, partially paralyzing subways and...
Explosion at rally celebrating birthday of Islam’s prophet kills 52 people in southwest Pakistan
AP, Pakistan: A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing...
First batch of uranium for RNPP reaches Rooppur amid tight security
UNB, Pabna : The first consignment of uranium, the nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, has arrived in Pabna’s Rooppur under special security arrangement....
Chinese-built Padma Bridge benefits people’s livelihood, boosts transformation of economic landscape in Bangladesh
XINHUA : “Before, we used to sit on a ferry for one day, two days, three days, and four days to pass the huge river,...
Commentary: No constitutional change can make a man a woman or a woman a man
– Mainul Hosein : Responding to a query the Chief Election Commissioner assured the European Union that he was getting all the cooperation from the...
AL govt liable for US visa restriction: BNP
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that Bangladesh is in a ‘terrible’ situation. Whether the country...
1500 families stranded as embankment collapses in Naogaon
UNB, Naogaon : A flood protection embankment along the Atrai River in Manda upazila of Naogaon district collapsed following water level increase, rendering 1500 families...
A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 114 people and injures 150, authorities say
AP, Iraq : A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150...
AL govt must go for sake of democracy: BNP
Staff Reporter : The main opposition party-BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas on Tuesday said this Awami League government must be ousted for the sake...