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Five Bangladeshis killed in gas cylinder blast in Maldives

Dhaka, March 13 -- Five Bangladeshi migrant workers were killed and two others critically injured after a gas cylinder exploded at a labour quarter of an under-construction company on Dhigurah Island ... Read More


Gold price drops by Tk 2,158 per bhori in Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 13 -- The price of gold in Bangladesh dropped by Tk 2,158 per bhori on Friday, according to the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS). The Bangladesh Jewellers Association today decid... Read More


Iran's IRGC says strikes US naval HQs in Bahrain with missiles, drones

Dhaka, March 13 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday its Navy has hit the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain's Mina Salman port with missiles and drones. Annou... Read More


US relaxes Russia oil curbs as Iran war drives prices up

Dhaka, March 13 -- The US has authorised countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum that is currently loaded on vessels at sea in an attempt to curb the economic impact of the US-Israel war... Read More


Five-member presidium named for 13th parliament sessions

Dhaka, March 12 -- A five-member praesidium has been nominated to conduct parliamentary sessions in the absence of the speaker and deputy speaker in the 13th National Parliament. Speaker Hafiz Uddin ... Read More


Microphone glitch leaves newly-elected speaker inaudible to MPs

Dhaka, March 12 -- The formal session of the 13th Parliament suffered a hiccup at the beginning of the new Speaker's tenure due to a technical glitch, but the afternoon call to prayer (Zuhr) saved him... Read More


Lightning kills two farmers in Naogaon

Dhaka, March 12 -- Two farmers were killed by lightning strikes in separate incidents in Dhamoirhat and Manda upazilas of Naogaon district on Thursday. In Dhamoirhat upazila, Jalal Uddin, son of Mokh... Read More


SC clears way for foreign operation of Ctg port's NCT

Dhaka, March 12 -- The Appellate Division has upheld a High Court ruling dismissing a rule that questioned the validity of the process to appoint a foreign operator for the New Mooring Container Termi... Read More


Iran to let India-flagged oil tankers transit Hormuz: source

Dhaka, March 12 -- Iran will allow India-flagged tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 per cent of India's crude imports pass, an Indian source said on Thursday, though an Iranian ... Read More


Hafiz Uddin Ahmed elected Speaker, Kayser Kamal Deputy Speaker of 13th Parliament

Dhaka, March 12 -- Senior BNP leader Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom and MP Barrister Kayser Kamal were unanimously elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday... Read More