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Probarona Purnima celebrated in Ctg
NN ONLINE: Probarona Purnima, the second-largest festival of the Buddhists, is being celebrated in the port city and its adjacent upazillas of the district today with traditional enthusiasm and solemnity. This festival, also...
Lightning frequency, intensity will rise in coming years, expert warns
NN ONLINE: The frequency and intensity of lightning will increase in Bangladesh in future, while rural people will be affected most for lack of access to early warning systems and protective infrastructures, according...
Light to moderate rain likely
NN ONLINE: The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast that light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places in the country over the next...
Hamas keen to reach deal, begin prisoner exchange immediately
AFP: A senior Hamas official on Sunday said the Palestinian resistance group is eager to reach an agreement to end the war and implement a prisoner swap with Israel, as negotiators converge in Egypt...
Teesta water near danger level in 4-district
Staff Reporter: Heavy rainfall and mountain runoff from upstream have pushed the water level of the Teesta River dangerously close to the danger mark. The water level at the country’s largest Teesta Barrage in...
3 killed in Gazipur road mishaps
News Desk: Three people have been killed and two others injured in separate motorcycle accidents in Gazipur. The crashes took place on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Rajendrapur and on the Shibbari-Chandna Chowrasta road near...
47 dead in Nepal as rains trigger landslides, floods
Al Jazeera: Landslides and flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, have killed at least 47 people, blocked roads and washed away bridges in Nepal. Thirty-five people were killed in separate landslides in the Ilam...
Fakhrul cleared in arson case
News Desk: A Dhaka court has cleared BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 21 others of charges in a 2023 case over the arson of a police vehicles in Dhaka’s Paltan during...
NBR step up field-level investigations
News Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed field-level tax regions to strengthen their intelligence and investigation activities to prevent tax evasion and accelerate the recovery of unpaid taxes. Bangladesh’s top tax...
‘Probe against AL as party to begin soon’
Staff Reporter: The Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) has brought allegations of crimes against humanity against the Awami League as a political party, according to International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam. Speaking to...