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Bangladesh launches first-ever free typhoid vaccination campaign for children

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Bangladesh has launched its first national typhoid vaccination campaign, aiming to immunise about 50 million children aged between 9 months and 15 years free of charge. Health and F... Read More


Transport workers call off strike in Mymensingh, four districts after talks

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Transport workers have withdrawn their strike in five districts of Mymensingh Division, calling in protest against the arrest of a worker accused of harassing a July Uprising protest... Read More


Yunus reaches Rome to attend World Food Forum

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has arrived in Rome, Italy, to participate in the World Food Forum. On Sunday, local time at 5pm (9pm Bangladesh time), the flight carrying Yunus and hi... Read More


Teachers hold nighttime protest at Shaheed Minar over allowance demands

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- As part of their "uninterrupted sit-in" demanding house rent allowance at 20 percent of base salary, MPO-registered teachers and staff are holding a nighttime sit-in at the Central S... Read More


Wife poisons Rangamati farmer to death after he learns of her 'affair': police

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has unveiled the cause behind a farmer's death in Rangamati, five months after he went missing. The PBI Chattogram shared the details of the... Read More


Bus service from Mymensingh Division to Dhaka suspended indefinitely

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Bus service from Mymensingh Division to Dhaka has been suspended for a second day to protest the arrest of a transport worker and the decision to halt operations of certain buses. B... Read More


Hasnat calls for continuous teacher protests until 'hypocritical' government fulfils demands

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser of the National Citizen Party (South), has labelled the interim government "hypocritical" and urged MPO-registered teachers to remain on the streets ... Read More


Jamaat-e-Islami to hold nationwide human-chain protests over five demands

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a two-day human-chain demonstration to press its five-point demands, including the legal recognition of the July Charter, also known as National Cha... Read More


Labour unrest, arrests trigger widespread bus shutdowns across five districts

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Commuters have faced severe disruption as an indefinite transport strike paralysed bus services from Mymensingh, Netrokona, Sherpur, Jamalpur, and parts of Kishoreganj. The strike, ... Read More


Foreign operators to run three terminals in Bangladesh by December, says shipping secretary

Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Foreign operators will manage three major container terminals in Bangladesh -- Chattogram's New Mooring Container Terminal, Laldia Terminal, and Keraniganj's Pangaon Inland Container... Read More