MP Rumeen Farhana seeks parliamentary review of US trade agreement

Dhaka, April 29 -- Independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana has questioned the validity of a trade agreement signed between Bangladesh and the United States, demanding that the document be placed before pa... Read More

Worker dies after being hit by speeding car in Gazipur, three injured in rickshaw collision

Dhaka, April 29 -- A garment worker has been killed after being hit by a car while standing beside a highway in Gazipur. The out-of-control vehicle also smashed into a battery-run rickshaw, leaving t... Read More

35 transformers break down in Cumilla, disconnecting power for 27,000 customers

Dhaka, April 29 -- A Nor'wester storm in Cumilla has caused extensive damage to electrical connections in all 17 Upazilas. The stormy winds uprooted electric poles, damaged transformers and metre boxe... Read More

Downpour leaves commuters stranded, waterlogging slows traffic across Dhaka

Dhaka, April 29 -- Heavy rain has thrown daily life in Dhaka into disarray, with office-goers, students, and workers facing widespread difficulties across the city. Roads in several areas became wate... Read More

Bangladesh marks 35 years since devastating 1991 cyclone

Dhaka, April 29 -- Wednesday marks the 35th anniversary of the devastating 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh. Known officially as Cyclone 02B, or colloquially as "Gorky" or "Marian", the storm is recognised... Read More

Patient care squeezed as only 37 doctors fill 91 posts at Gopalganj eye hospital

Dhaka, April 29 -- Gopalganj Eye Hospital and Training Institute, the largest government facility of its kind in south-western Bangladesh, has faced severe operational challenges due to nearly two-thi... Read More

BNP, Jamaat supporters face off in Dhaka Bar election after years of alliance

Dhaka, April 29 -- Lawyers backed by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have entered the fray against each other in the Dhaka Bar Association election, ending an alliance that lasted over twenty years. Voti... Read More

Floods forecast in 4 districts, farmers rush to harvest

Dhaka, April 29 -- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) says low-lying areas along rivers in the Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar and Netrokona districts are likely to flood as the water leve... Read More

Sherpur family in debt and despair after son dies in Riyadh crash, pleads for return of body

Dhaka, April 29 -- A young man from Sherpur's Jhenaigati Upazila has been killed in a road accident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The dead, 21-year-old Md Rony Mia, was the son of Md Abdur Razzaq from Dig... Read More

Bangladesh bans LCs for supplements without drug authority approval

Dhaka, April 29 -- Banks will no longer be allowed to open letters of credit (LCs) for importing "dietary supplements" without prior approval from the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA)... Read More

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