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IUB students clinch 1st Runner-Up at Supply Chain Research Challenge 5.0

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Team "frfr" from Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has become the 1st Runner-Up in the Supply Chain Research Challenge 5.0. According to a media statement issued by the unive... Read More


Unapproved absence, self-approved passport 'breach' lead to officer's dismissal

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Shahinur Rahman, assistant director of the Department of Immigration and Passports, has been relieved of duty from government service for remaining absent from duty for months withou... Read More


From whispers to Paris: Katy Perry, Justin Trudeau go public with romance after secret outings

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- After months of whispered sightings -- from Montreal strolls to a sun-drenched yacht -- singer Katy Perry and former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau stepped out together in Pa... Read More


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