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Fire breaks out at Bijoy Sarani market

Dhaka, May 19 -- A fire that broke out at the Kolmilota Bazar in Dhaka's Bijoy Sarani has been brought under control after nearly two hours of effort. The Fire Service and Civil Defence said the blaz... Read More


IFAD, GAIN launch initiative to improve access to healthy diets in Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 19 -- The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have jointly launched an initiative called "Mainstreaming Nutrition: I... Read More


How a bold housing pivot could rescue Britain's PM

Dhaka, May 19 -- Whether it keeps Keir Starmer as Prime Minister or replaces him with the likes of Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Britain's Labour Party faces a near impossible task: it needs ... Read More


AC compressor blast leaves three technicians burnt at IEB

Dhaka, May 19 -- An explosion of an AC compressor during repairs at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) has left three technicians with burns at Dhaka's Ramna. They were immediately taken ... Read More


Bangladesh Bank tightens 'add money' transfers from bank cards to MFS accounts

Dhaka, May 19 -- Bangladesh Bank has introduced stricter safeguards for adding money to mobile financial service (MFS) accounts using bank cards, in a bid to curb rising fraud involving cash-in transa... Read More


Mohammadpur 'drug lord' arrested at Dhaka airport on return from Nepal

Dhaka, May 19 -- Police have arrested "Picchi Raja", a suspected drug trafficker based in Dhaka's Mohammadpur, upon his return from Nepal. He was apprehended at Shahjalal International Airport on Tue... Read More


Tarique orders Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara lakes cleaned, services improved

Dhaka, May 19 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has ordered measures to prevent water pollution in Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara lakes and to increase civic amenities involving these waterbodies. The ... Read More


Australian police investigate motive behind 'premeditated' killing by Bangladeshi man

Dhaka, May 19 -- Australian investigators have suggested that a widely publicised murder-suicide case in Western Australia influenced a triple domestic homicide in Sydney that left a woman and her two... Read More


Former Dhaka North mayor Atiqul denied bail over July Uprising murder charges

Dhaka, May 19 -- A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petition of former Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam in a case over the murder of a seventh-grader during the July Uprising. ... Read More


14,500 litres of fuel, 5,000 litres of soybean oil seized in Chattogram city

Dhaka, May 19 -- Coastguards have seized 14,500 litres of fuel and 5,000 litres of soybean oil illegally stored for sale in Chattogram city amid a nationwide crackdown on unauthorised hoarding. The f... Read More