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Bangladesh reports 6 dengue deaths, 983 hospital admissions in a day

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Six more people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh while 983 others have been admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours. With the latest fatalities, the Aedes mosquito-borne d... Read More


Strike closes pharmacies in Brahmanbaria town, patients suffer

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The "Chemist and Druggist Association" has called a strike, closing all pharmacies in Brahmanbaria town indefinitely to protest the decision to evict what it says is a legal commerci... Read More


Metro victim Azad buried as grief-stricken family demands justice

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The wails of grieving relatives echoed through Shariatpur's Ishwarkathi village as they laid Abul Kalam Azad to rest after a fatal accident under a falling Dhaka Metro Rail bearing p... Read More


Cyclone 'Montha' may lash India's Andhra coast on Tuesday evening

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The cyclonic storm Montha, brewing over the Bay of Bengal, is likely to cross the coast of India's Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday evening or night, according to the Bangladesh Meteorologi... Read More


3 dead, 5 injured as covered van collides head-on with autorickshaw in Jamalpur

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Three people have been killed after a covered van collided head-on with an autorickshaw in Jamalpur. Three people have been killed in a head-on collision between a covered van and a... Read More


Woman gets 5 years in jail for abusing domestic aide

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced homemaker Parveen Chowdhury to five years of rigorous imprisonment for abusing a teenage house aide in Dhaka's Shewrapara a decade and a half ago. Dhaka ... Read More


Covered van overturns after tyre burst on Dhaka Elevated Expressway, disrupting traffic

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- A covered van has overturned on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway after one its tyres blew out, bringing traffic on the toll road to a halt for nearly two hours. The accident occurred a... Read More


BNP planning to form 'grand alliance' ahead of national election: Salahuddin

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The BNP is "thinking of forming a grand alliance" ahead of the 13th parliamentary elections, says Salahuddin Ahmed, a member of the party's National Standing Committee. He made the ... Read More


Nearly 43,000 polling centres set for upcoming national election

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The Election Commission (EC) has finalised a total of 42,761 polling centres across Bangladesh for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election. Speaking at the EC headquarters in Dhaka... Read More


Former mayor Atiqul now arrested in case over trader's murder

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Former Dhaka North mayor Atiqul Islam has been placed under arrested in another case, this time over the killing of trader Tajul Islam during the July Uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan M... Read More