Missing cleaner found dead after 25 hours in Old Dhaka drain

Bangladesh, July 17 -- After more than 25 hours of frantic rescue efforts, firefighters have recovered the body of a sanitation worker who went missing while cleaning a drain in Old Dhaka. Fire Servi... Read More

Al-Arafah Islami Bank picks new chairman as KDS Group takes control

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Al-Arafah Islami Bank's board of directors has picked new leadership, after control of the bank passed to Chattogram-based KDS Group. Veteran entrepreneur Badiur Rahman has ret... Read More

Opposition wants to grab power exploiting July Uprising, says Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the opposition is trying to use the July Uprising as a tool to return to power. Speaking at an event at t... Read More

Rising rivers threaten short-term flooding across five northern districts

Bangladesh, July 17 -- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has warned of short-term flooding in five districts of northern Bangladesh's Rangpur Division. In a forecast issued on Friday, i... Read More

Squally winds threaten Bay of Bengal amid low pressure

Bangladesh, July 17 -- The Met Office has forecast squally weather over the northern Bay of Bengal, the country's coast, and four seaports due to the influence of a low-pressure area. On Friday, mete... Read More

Minor's maintenance 'independent right', father can't avoid, High Court says

Bangladesh, July 16 -- A minor child's right to maintenance is an "independent and distinct" legal right regardless of whether the parents remain married, the High Court has ruled, saying an unproven ... Read More

Amnesty, HRW, CPJ among five groups urge Bangladesh to free four journalists, drop tribunal proceedings

Bangladesh, July 16 -- Five international rights and press freedom organisations have called on Bangladesh to release four journalists arrested after the July Uprising and drop tribunal proceedings li... Read More

Low-pressure may intensify; warning signals remain in force

Bangladesh, July 16 -- The low-pressure area over the northwestern Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast of India remains in the same area and may intensify more, according to the... Read More

Shadik lost the moral standing to remain DUCSU VP after switching to Jamaat: BNP's Rashed

Bangladesh, July 16 -- BNP leader Rashed Khan has said Shadik Kayem is no longer fit to hold the post of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice-president after joining Jamaat-e-Islami's... Read More

BFIU says Tk 760bn in assets linked to Hasina family, 10 business groups frozen

Bangladesh, July 15 -- The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) says assets worth Tk 760 billion linked to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her family and 10 business groups have been fro... Read More

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