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UN Global Road Safety Week: BRAC urges action for safer walking, cycling

, May 17 -- Amid a sharp rise in road traffic fatalities across Bangladesh, BRAC has called for urgent action to ensure safer walking and cycling environments, as part of its observance of the 8th UN ... Read More


Rallies, demonstrations, gatherings prohibited in Dhaka's key areas: ISPR

Dhaka, May 17 -- All kinds of gatherings, rallies, processions, demonstrations and protests have been prohibited in several important areas of Dhaka city starting from May 18 (Sunday) until further no... Read More


NBR split logical, protests regrettable: Prof Abu Ahmed

Dhaka, May 17 -- Professor Abu Ahmed, Chairman of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), on Saturday termed the ongoing protests against the proposed division of the National Board of Revenue... Read More


Hypertension: 50 percent remain unaware of their condition

, May 17 -- Speakers at the event described hypertension as a "silent killer," noting that approximately 25 percent of the adult population in Bangladesh suffers from high blood pressure, yet nearly 5... Read More


3 killed in Khulna road crash

, May 17 -- Three people including two teachers were killed and four others were injured in a head-on-collision between an oil-tanker and a human hauler at Golna in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district ... Read More


Real Madrid signs Spain defender Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth

MADRID, May 17 -- Real Madrid has signed highly rated Spain defender Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth in its first reinforcement of the offseason. The Spanish powerhouse said Saturday that the 20-year-o... Read More


DU student killing: 3 placed on 6-day remand

, May 17 -- A Dhaka Court on Saturday placed three people three people, arrested in a case filed over the killing of Shahriar Alam Shammo, a Dhaka University (DU) student and a leader of Jatiyatabadi ... Read More


Bangladesh need not to worry excessively about US tariff: Debapriya

Dhaka, May 17 -- Bangladesh should not be overly concerned about potential reciprocal tariffs from the United States, said Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dial... Read More


Mother and son die of electrocution in Lalmonirhat

Dhaka, May 17 -- A woman and her son died of electrocution while trying to save a cow at their home in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Kamala Begum, 55, a... Read More


Iran vows to continue US nuclear talks despite trump threats

TEHRAN, Iran, May 17 -- Iran's president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of US thre... Read More