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Gas stove fire burns 5 in Dhaka's Mirpur

Bangladesh, Nov. 11 -- Five people, including two couples, have suffered burns in a fire sparked while lighting a gas stove in Dhaka's Mirpur-13. The incident occurred at a home in Kafrul on Sunday n... Read More


Biman takes on 'ground handling' at Dhaka airport's third terminal

Bangladesh, Nov. 11 -- National carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines will take on ground handling duties at the newly built third terminal at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for two years.... Read More


Bangladesh central bank chief lowers inflation target, eyes 5-6% rate in 8 months

Bangladesh, Nov. 11 -- Four days after urging the nation to endure inflation for 18 months, Governor Ahsan H Mansur has revised his forecast, suggesting inflation could be curbed to 5-6 percent within... Read More


Former Awami League MP Tahzeeb Siddique arrested in Dhaka

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Former Jhenaidah-2 MP Tahzeeb Alam Siddique has been arrested in Dhaka. The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, detained him from Savar's Nabinnagar on Thursday night, said the agency's ... Read More


Biman flies student injured in uprising to Thailand for free

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Bangladesh's national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has given a free ticket to a student critically injured during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement protests so that he can... Read More


Who is required to file income tax returns?

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- The submission of income tax returns has been made mandatory, primarily for two categories of individuals. Firstly, individuals whose annual income, calculated from July to June, exc... Read More


Govt scraps land lease for Rezwana Choudhury Bannya music institution 'Surer Dhara'

Bangladesh, Nov. 7 -- The government has cancelled the lease of a piece of land situated on the Ramchandrapur Canal in Dhaka's Mohammadpur, for 'Surer Dhara,' a music institution owned by celebrated R... Read More


Islamic leaders call for ban on Saad-led Tablighi Jamaat faction at Dhaka rally

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A faction of the Tablighi Jamaat has set out a series of demands, including a ban on all activities of its rival group led by Indian preacher Saad Kandhlawi, at a gathering at Dhaka's... Read More


Govt dismisses another 58 trainee sub-inspectors in Sardah

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The government has dismissed another 58 trainee sub-inspectors who received the final recommendation for recruitment and were undergoing training at the Sardah Police Academy in Rajsh... Read More


Six die, 1,297 hospitalised with dengue fever in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Six more people have died of dengue while 1,297 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. With the new counts,... Read More