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SME sector should encourage more women entrepreneurs: Seminar

, April 28 -- Speakers at a seminar highlighted that the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector should encourage more women entrepreneurs, stressing that trade licensing processes and access to fina... Read More


442 women, girls faced violence in March: Mahila Parishad

, April 28 -- A total of 442 women and girls were subjected to various forms of violence across the country in March alone. Rabeya Begum Shanti, Secretary of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, revealed the ... Read More


Lightning strikes kill 4 in Cumilla

, April 28 -- Four people, including two schoolboys, were killed by lightning in Barura and Muradnagar upazilas of Cumilla district on Monday. Witnesses said Fahad Hossain, 13, son of Khokon Mia of P... Read More


Vessel with 20,000 MT rice from Vietnam reaches Ctg Port

Dhaka, April 28 -- A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of rice from Vietnam arrived at Chattogram Port. The rice was brought under a government-to-government (G2G) agreement signed on February 3, ... Read More


Burning protesters' bodies: ICT sets May 25 for submission of probe report

, April 28 -- The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday fixed May 25 for the submission of the investigation report into a case over burning the bodies of six students after killing them at Ashulia ... Read More


BTRC grants initial approval to Starlink, awaits final ministry clearance

Dhaka, April 28 -- The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has given initial approval to Starlink to provide satellite internet services in Bangladesh. It sent a letter to the P... Read More


5 of a family suffer burns in Gazipur gas cylinder blast

Gazipur, April 28 -- Five members of a family sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Joydebpur area of Gazipur on Sunday night. The victims are Parveen, 35, Saima, 30, Taslima, 30, ... Read More


5 of a family suffer burn injuries in gas cylinder blast in Gazipur

Gazipur, April 28 -- Five members of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in the Joydebpur area of Gazipur on Sunday night. The victims are Parveen, 35, Saima, 30, Taslima, 30... Read More


3 killed in Savar road accidents

Savar, April 28 -- Three people were killed in two separate road accidents on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar early Monday and on Sunday night. Around 6:00am on Monday, a Dhaka-bound Nabil Paribaha... Read More


EC declares Ishraque as Dhaka South City mayor

Dhaka, April 28 -- More than five years after the election, the Election Commission (EC) has officially declared BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as the new mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), fo... Read More