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Bangladesh records 10 more child deaths amid measles outbreak

Dhaka, May 3 -- Ten more children have died of measles or measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours. One of the children died after being diagnosed with measles, while the other ni... Read More


No shortage of sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Adha: livestock minister

Dhaka, May 3 -- Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid has said there will be no shortage of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. Speaking to the media after a meeting at the Se... Read More


Gas supply halted in Gulshan, Banani after Titas pipeline damage

Dhaka, May 3 -- Gas supply to Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and adjoining areas in Dhaka has been suspended after a Titas Gas pipeline was damaged during Dhaka WASA work on the Gulshan-Badda Link Road. ... Read More


Very heavy rain likely to lash parts of Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 3 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast moderate to very heavy rain in parts of the Dhaka, Chattogram, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions. Meteorologist AKM Nazmol Ha... Read More


Journalists protest ban on entering Supreme Court courtrooms

Dhaka, May 3 -- Media workers have formed a human chain with their faces covered in black cloth to protest the ban on journalists entering courtrooms at the Supreme Court. They said they would boycot... Read More


Trial opens against ex-IGP Benazir in corruption case

Dhaka, May 3 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the start of trial proceedings against former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed after framing charges against him in a case over the alleged acq... Read More


Man gets life in prison for rape of child in Meherpur

Dhaka, May 3 -- A Meherpur court has sentenced a man to life in prison in a case over the rape of a child. Judge Md Tajul Islam of the Meherpur Child Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verd... Read More


Child among 9 dead as fire breaks out at residential building in Delhi

Dhaka, May 3 -- At least nine people, including a one-year-old child, have died while two others have been injured in a fire that broke out in a four-storey building in Delhi's Vivek Vihar area early ... Read More


Two policemen among three jailed for life over 1999 murder of DB informant

Dhaka, May 3 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced three people, including two policemen, to life in prison for the murder of Detective Branch (DB) informant Jalal Ahmed Shafi in 1999. Dhaka's Fourth Additi... Read More


PM Tarique urges deputy commissioners to proactively implement govt's promises

Dhaka, May 3 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has urged deputy commissioners to be proactive in implementing the government's promises to the people. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Deputy ... Read More