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Monsoon's end stokes fresh fears in Bangladesh as dengue bites with deadliest September

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- As the monsoon draws to a close, dengue is once again taking an ominous turn. In just the first three weeks of September, the Directorate General of Health Services is reportin... Read More


Dhaka North woman councillor arrested under Anti-Terrorism Act

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- Police have arrested former Dhaka North City Corporation woman councillor Hazera Khatun Nargis. Gulshan police arrested her from her Shahzadpur home around midnight on Monday,... Read More


Principal secretary dropped from key public administration committee

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- The government has reconstituted its Committee on Public Administration Affairs, removing the principal secretary to the chief adviser from the body. M Siraz Uddin Miah had be... Read More


Another firefighter succumbs to burns from Tongi chemical warehouse blaze

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- A second firefighter has died from severe burn injuries suffered in a blaze at a chemical warehouse in Gazipur's Tongi. Mohammad Nurul Huda, 38, who was assigned to the Tongi ... Read More


Awami League activists confront BNP's Fakhrul in NY, NCP's Akhter pelted with eggs

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- BNP and National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders who accompanied Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to the UN General Assembly session in New York have been harassed by Awami League supp... Read More


NCP demands dismissal of all New York consulate staff after attack on Akhter

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) Diaspora Alliance has condemned attacks on political leaders accompanying Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on his official visit to the United Stat... Read More


Condition of injured Tongi firefighters 'critical', says Adviser Jahangir

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The condition of four firefighters burnt while tackling a warehouse blaze in Gazipur's Tongi is critical, according to Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. He visited... Read More


Bangladesh to buy 40,000 body cameras for election security

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The government has decided to purchase 40,000 body-worn cameras, commonly known as bodycams, to support law-enforcing agencies during the upcoming national parliamentary electi... Read More


Seven injured in Mohakhali petrol pump fire

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Seven people have been injured in a fire at a petrol pump in Dhaka's Mohakhali. The incident reportedly occurred at a station named Gulshan Service Centre in Amtoli on Tuesday... Read More


Army chief heads to Malaysia for 'Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference'

Bangladesh, Sept. 22 -- Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman has set off for Malaysia to attend the 14th Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference. He left Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur for a four-... Read More