Sajek braces for indefinite blockade
Two local organisations have announced an indefinite road blockade in Sajek from Thursday, October 22, demanding improved security and protection for local residents. The Sajek...
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5 more die of Dengue
Five more people died of dengue and 1,366 were hospitalised across Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday, taking the death toll from...
Dilip placed on 1 day remand
A Dhaka court has granted a one-day remand for Dilip Kumar Agarwala, managing director of Diamond World, in a case filed over alleged money laundering...
47.2pc of women married before 18
Nearly half of Bangladeshi girls are married before they turn 18, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said on Tuesday, calling on the government to turn...
‘He may acted with good intentions’
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman has said that former State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Ishraque Hossain may have acted...
‘Action is well, but carrying gun not okay’
National Parliament Speaker Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has said that State Minister Ishraque Hossain acted with good intentions by moving to suppress alleged drug-related...
Keya group lays off 739 workers to cut costs
Keya Group has laid off 739 employees from four major industrial units in Gazipur, posting termination notices at the factory gates late Monday night (19...
26 colleges face admission ban from 2027–28
The Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) has sought explanations from 26 institutions offering the Higher Secondary Certificate (Business Management and Technology) programme for failing to...
Over 1,100 Muslim families evicted in Assam
More than 1,100 families, most of them Bengali Muslims, have been evicted from government land in India’s Assam state over two days as authorities carried...
El Nino may persist into early 2027
El Nino could persist into early 2027, with sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific remaining exceptionally high, according to the latest forecast...
France urges curfews in some areas after weekend of riots
France’s central government asked some local authorities to impose curfews as it faced pressure over security failings on Monday after a weekend of riots and...