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Police detain five for quizzing over deadly accident at Sadarghat launch terminal

Dhaka, April 11 -- Police have detained five people for questioning in connection with an accident that left five people dead at Sadarghat Launch Terminal in Dhaka. The detainees are from Tasrif-4 an... Read More


Car burns on Dhaka Elevated Expressway

Dhaka, April 11 -- A car has burnt in a fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway near Kuril Bishwa Road. Smoke billowing from the sedan could be seen from far away as the fire continued for a long time in t... Read More


5 killed in launch accident at Dhaka's Sadarghat

Dhaka, April 11 -- Five people have died in an accident while boarding a launch at Dhaka's Sadarghat. The accident occurred around 3pm on Thursday, according to Mahfuzur Rahman Mia, chief of the Kotw... Read More


Horror at Mirpur zoo as elephant bashes boy to death during Eid performance

Dhaka, April 11 -- An elephant has bashed a boy to death at the Bangladesh National Zoo in Mirpur. The incident occurred around 10:30am on Eid day on Thursday. The boy was the son of an elephant han... Read More


Eid-ul-Fitr arrives again to lift spirits

Dhaka, April 11 -- After a month of fasting in Ramadan, the biggest Muslim festival Eid-ul-Fitr has brought the joy of sharing to Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of people have left Dhaka and other ... Read More


Modi wishes for stronger India-Bangladesh friendship in Eid-ul-Fitr letter to Hasina

Dhaka, April 10 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent "warm" Eid-ul-Fitr greetings to Bangladeshis in a letter to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. "As we celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with ... Read More


Guard hacked to death as robber tries to break into ATM in Dhaka

Dhaka, April 10 -- A robber has tried to break into a bank's ATM after hacking the security guard to death in Dhaka's Shahjahadpur. The incident occurred at Madhumati Bank's Maisha Chowdhury Tower AT... Read More


Eid travel up north descends into chaos as factories close for holiday

Dhaka, April 10 -- NGO worker Shamsul Haque Mridha felt assured by reports of comfortable journeys before Eid-ul-Fitr for several days, and government officials' remarks that there would be no traffic... Read More


Humayun Azad murder convict was in Saudi Arabia as labourer: police

Dhaka, April 10 -- Noor Mohammad aka Sabu, a Islamist militant leader who was sentenced to death for the murder of writer Humayun Azad, fled to Saudi Arabia immediately after the 2004 attack. Additio... Read More


Brazil will seriously consider Bangladesh's inclusion in BRICS: FM Vieira

Dhaka, April 8 -- Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira has said his country will consider Bangladesh's inclusion in the BRICS bloc of developing nations 'very strongly'. "We will examine the candi... Read More