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BNP's Mirza Fakhrul flies to Bangkok for follow-up eye treatment

Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to Bangkok for a follow-up for his eye surgery. Fakhrul left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Thai Airways... Read More


Jatin Sarker, left-wing intellectual and Independence Award-winning writer, dies at 89

Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Jatin Sarker - a progressive left-wing intellectual, Independence Award-winning writer, and teacher - has died at the age of 89. He passed away while receiving treatment at the... Read More


Heavy rain to drum down in four divisions

Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Parts of the Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions are expected to see heavy to very heavy rain on Wednesday due to the active southwest monsoon, according to the ... Read More


Policeman injured in raid after Awami League conducts flash procession in Chattogram

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- A policeman has been attacked and injured during a raid in Chattogram after a flash procession by the Awami League was reported in the port city. The incident occurred in the I... Read More


Economic headwinds drag Bangladesh's private sector credit growth to '10-year' low

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh has slumped to its lowest level in a decade, in keeping with a downward spiral beginning during the July Uprising. According to Bangl... Read More


How did two bodies end up in a car? Mystery still puzzles police

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- Police have gained some clues about the victims' movements following the recovery of two bodies from a car parked in the basement of Sirajul Islam Medical College in Dhaka's Mou... Read More


Short-term foreign debt drops 11.75%

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- Bangladesh's amount of outstanding short-term foreign debt has decreased by nearly $1.34 billion in June, a nearly 11.75 percent drop year-on-year. The latest data from Banglad... Read More


Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US, official says

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of revenue from sales to China of advanced computer chips like Nvidia's H20 that are used for artificial intelligence ap... Read More


'Plot graft': Court begins hearing testimony against Hasina

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- A Dhaka court has begun hearing witness testimonies against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in one of three corruption cases filed over alleged irregularities in the alloca... Read More


Zelensky wins EU, NATO backing as he seeks place at Trump-Putin talks

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won diplomatic backing from Europe and the NATO alliance on Sunday ahead of a Russia-US summit this week where Kyiv fears President Vladim... Read More