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Rising river levels prompt warning as farmers told to cut Boro paddy early

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has advised farmers in the haor region to harvest Boro paddy once it is about 80 percent ripe amid fears of floods and waterlogging. T... Read More


Parliament launches inquiry into procurement 'overpricing', report due in seven days

Dhaka, April 21 -- A five-strong committee has been formed to investigate allegations of irregularities and inflated pricing in procurement at the Parliament Secretariat. Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad di... Read More


Jamaat-led 11-party alliance finalises 13 nominees for women's reserved seats

Dhaka, April 20 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party electoral alliance has published the final list of nominees for the women's reserved seats in parliament. According to the list released on Monday,... Read More


Former three-star general Mamun shown arrested over crimes against humanity

Dhaka, April 13 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered that retired lieutenant general Sheikh Mamun Khaled, a former director general (DG) of the Directorate General of Forces Intellig... Read More


BPC forms central, regional 'control cells' to monitor fuel supply

Dhaka, March 9 -- The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has formed "monitoring and control cells" at the central and regional levels to monitor the fuel oil supply situation across the country an... Read More


BPC seeks army deployment at fuel depots, police patrols at filling stations

Dhaka, March 8 -- The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has proposed deploying the army to secure major fuel depots and requested intensified police patrolling at filling stations to manage the v... Read More


Thousands of migrant workers stranded at Dhaka, Chattogram airports as 94 Middle East flights cancelled

Dhaka, March 2 -- At least 74 flights from Dhaka and another 20 from Chattogram to Middle Eastern destinations have been cancelled as regional conflict escalates. The cancellations at Shahjalal Inter... Read More


3 Jamaat, 1 BNP candidates move High Court seeking to cancel election results

Dhaka, Feb. 27 -- Four parliamentary candidates, representing Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP, have moved the High Court seeking to annul the results of the Feb 12 general election in their respective con... Read More


Bagerhat's Akram, sentenced to prison until death in 2015, acquitted as Supreme Court overturns verdict

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court's Appellate Division has acquitted Khan Akram Hossain of Bagerhat, overturning his imprisonment until death in a 1971 war crimes case. The five-member bench, led b... Read More


HC grants former NCC mayor Ivy bail in five cases

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The High Court has granted six months' interim bail to former Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in five cases, including ones filed over murder allegations. ... Read More