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The wish that brought Shah Rukh to Bollywood

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Shah Rukh Khan once wanted nothing to do with the film industry. But after losing his mother, he changed his mind, hoping to fulfil her wish to see him on the silver screen. Long be... Read More


Music as a silent partner in India's Gen Z protests

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- A catchphrase can travel fast. But when it's set to a beat, it can reach millions. Salman Khan first used the line "It's done bro" on Jul 23 during the Cockroach Janata Party, or CJ... Read More


Fire at Tongi pharma factory under control

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Fire Service has brought the blaze that broke out at the Drug International Limited pharmaceutical factory of in Gazipur's Tongi under control after four and a half hours of effo... Read More


Fire at Tongi pharmaceutical factory

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- A fire has broken out at a factory operated by pharmaceutical company Drug International Limited in Gazipur's Tongi. Talha Bin Zasim of the Fire Service's central media cell said th... Read More


Govt to buy nine cargoes of LNG

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Amid the energy crisis caused by the war in West Asia, the Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement has approved a proposal to buy nine cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Tra... Read More


Inu appeals for acquittal

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Hasanul Haq Inu, president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD), has appealed against his 10-year prison sentence in a crimes against humanity case stemming from the July Uprising,... Read More


Advisor sees no doubts over World Bank, IMF funding

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Funding from the World Bank, IMF and United States is not in doubt, Prime Minister's Finance Advisor Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir has said. Development partners understand the economic ... Read More


20 Bangladeshis sent to Russia killed in war: SRB

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Twenty of 30 Bangladeshis allegedly recruited for construction jobs in Russia have been killed after being forced to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war, the Special Response Battalion (... Read More


Shama seeks Saudi help to repatriate bodies of 2 Bangladeshis

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has sought Saudi Arabia's cooperation to swiftly repatriate the bodies of two Bangladeshis killed in an attack by the Yemeni arme... Read More


Chawkbazar fire put out after 37 hours

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Fire Service and Civil Defence has finally extinguished the fire at Chawkbazar after 37 hours of effort. In a message sent at 6:30am on Wednesday, it said that the blaze had bee... Read More