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July sees highest dengue deaths in 6 months

Bangladesh, July 31 -- July has seen the highest number of dengue deaths this year with 36 fatalities recorded so far. The month has also seen the highest number of fresh cases over the past six month... Read More


Yaba 'factory' uncovered in Keraniganj, 4 arrested

Bangladesh, July 31 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-10 has uncovered a yaba manufacturing "factory" in Keraniganj, Dhaka, and arrested four people along with yaba tablets, raw materials, and equip... Read More


Two more die of measles symptoms in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Measles symptoms have claimed two more lives in Bangladesh, with fatalities recorded in the Sylhet and Barishal divisions. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) rep... Read More


David Emon planned to flee to India on Boro Sajjad's advice police say

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Police say notorious Chattogram "criminal" David Emon had planned to flee to India on the advice of alleged fugitive gangster Boro Sajjad after fearing arrest in Bangladesh. Su... Read More


Rain forecast in three divisions

Bangladesh, July 29 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast rain in Chattogram and a couple of other divisions in the country in the last week of July. However, there is little... Read More


Will 'surrender' if not arrested over Shapla Chattar case, says Latif Siddique

Bangladesh, July 29 -- Former Awami League presidium member and Liberation War veteran Abdul Latif Siddique will surrender before the International Crimes Tribunal if police do not arrest him in a cas... Read More


Ex-Bangladesh Bank deputy governor SK Sur gets 3-year jail term

Bangladesh, July 28 -- Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur, also known as SK Sur Chowdhury, has been sentenced to three years in prison in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Co... Read More


Bangladesh records three dengue deaths as hospitalisations top 512

Bangladesh, July 28 -- Bangladesh has reported three more dengue deaths in a 24-hour count, while 512 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the mosquito-borne disease. The latest figures ... Read More


Two killed after college wall collapses on TCB queue in Mirpur

Bangladesh, July 28 -- A college boundary wall has collapsed onto people waiting to buy subsidised Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) goods in Dhaka's Mirpur-2, killing two people and injuring si... Read More


Motorcycles account for over half of 7,000 student road deaths since 2019: study

Bangladesh, July 28 -- More than 7,000 students have been killed in road crashes across Bangladesh over the past seven and a half years, an analysis by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) has found. Mor... Read More