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Two children go missing as boat capsizes during Idol immersion in Gazipur

Gazipur, Oct. 2 -- Two children went missing after a motorized boat capsized in the Turag River in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur on Thursday evening, during the immersion of idols at the end of Bijoya ... Read More


EC rules out 'Water Lily' for NCP, asks it to pick from 50 electoral symbols

Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- The Election Commission (EC) has sent a letter to the National Citizen Party (NCP) attaching a list of 50 electoral symbols, asking the party to pick one from the list instead of its ... Read More


Bangladesh cannot be turned into Pakistan: Tuku

, Oct. 2 -- The dream of turning Bangladesh into Pakistan will never be fulfilled, said BNP leader Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, who is also a former power and energy state minister, on Thursday. He made ... Read More


Bangladesh student group expresses solidarity with Sumud flotilla

, Oct. 2 -- The Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sansad (BAGCHAS) held a rally at Dhaka University on Thursday afternoon to express solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was mostly intercepte... Read More


Rain pushes green chilli price to Tk 300 per kg, almost all vegetable prices upward

Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- The prices of green chilli increased suddenly by Tk100 per kg in the kitchen market of Dhaka amid holiday mood in the city. Talking with the correspondent, Abdul Hai, a street vendor... Read More


Man killed, wife injured by lightning strike in Brahmanbaria

Brahmanbaria, Oct. 2 -- A man was killed and his wife seriously injured after being struck by lightning in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Thursday afternoon. The incident took place at their ho... Read More


Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols

, Oct. 2 -- Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Bengali Hindu community, ended on Thursday with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid fes... Read More


Mother, daughter killed as train hits autorickshaw in Ctg

Chittagong, Oct. 2 -- year-old woman and her daughter were killed and two others injured when a train hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Moulvipara level crossing in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram distri... Read More


Cancer unit at SOMCH to start operations in 3 months

Sylhet, Oct. 2 -- The ongoing construction of the cancer unit at the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital is set to be completed in three months, assured Sylhet's deputy commissioner, Md. Sarwar... Read More


City Bank secures a $75 million loan from AIIB and NDB to boost investment

, Oct. 2 -- City Bank PLC, a private sector bank in Bangladesh, has secured a $75 million loan facility from two international development banks to boost private sector investment. The loan deal was ... Read More