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US draws up plans to halt immigration, customs processing at 'sanctuary city' airports

Bangladesh, May 27 -- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formed a three-member committee to investigate the deaths of six newborns receiving treatment at Ad-din Hospital in Dhaka's Moghbaza... Read More


Bangladesh home minister intervenes to save 'Donald Trump' buffalo from slaughter

Bangladesh, May 27 -- The albino buffalo known as "Donald Trump" -- which quickly became a social media sensation at home and abroad -- will not be sacrificed this Eid-ul-Azha. Home Minister Salahudd... Read More


Jungle Salimpur: 300 accused in case over attack on joint forces camp

Bangladesh, May 26 -- Police have filed a case over the attack on a joint forces camp in Chattogram's Jungle Salimpur. The case, which named 43 suspects, was filed on Monday night at Sitakunda Police... Read More


Lax enforcement, old excuses as Eid holidayers face inflated bus fare, safety risks

Bangladesh, May 25 -- Millions of Eid travellers are once again facing inflated fares and risky journeys as weak oversight enables transport operators to exploit the holiday rush, passengers say. Bus... Read More


Government promotes three more to secretaries amid Eid holiday

Bangladesh, May 25 -- The government has promoted three officials to secretary rank during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays as the BNP administration continues major bureaucratic reshuffles. Among them, home... Read More


Asif bypassed secretary to clear files 'illegally', alleges state minister

Bangladesh, May 23 -- State Minister for Local Government Mir Shahe Alam has accused Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, an advisor to the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, of bypassing core proto... Read More


Awami League leader Yusuf Hossain Humayun passes away

Bangladesh, May 23 -- Awami League leader and freedom fighter Yusuf Hossain Humayun has died. He was 90. Yusuf breathed his last around 6pm on Saturday while undergoing treatment at a private hospit... Read More


Saudi Arabia issues heat alert for Hajj pilgrims as temperatures near 50C

Bangladesh, May 23 -- The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has issued a warning for pilgrims about dangerously high temperatures in Mina and Muzdalifah, advising them to take strict precautionary meas... Read More


16 BIWTA, BIWTC staff summarily transferred over 'unauthorised absence'

Bangladesh, May 22 -- The shipping ministry has ordered the transfer of 16 officials and employees across two agencies after they were found to have been absent from duty without authorisation. State... Read More


Primary school students to go on Eid holidays from Saturday

Bangladesh, May 22 -- In a reversal of decision, the government has announced that Eid holidays in more than 65,000 government primary schools across the country will begin from Saturday. Ministry of... Read More