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Fire at Narayanganj EPZ garment factory warehouse brought under control after 3 hours

Bangladesh, July 15 -- A fire has broken out at the warehouse of a garment factory inside the Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj. Nine units of the Fire Service and Civ... Read More


'Retake' for students who missed HSC paper, 'full marks' for flawed question

Bangladesh, July 15 -- Students who missed Monday's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams due to heavy rain and waterlogging will get another chance to take the paper. They will be ... Read More


Government refuses to defer HSC exams, Wednesday's tests to go ahead

Bangladesh, July 15 -- The government has decided to press ahead with Wednesday's HSC and equivalent exams outside the flood-hit Chattogram region despite daylong student protests demanding a postpone... Read More


India reiterates 'unchanged' stance after Hasina announces return plans

Bangladesh, July 15 -- As speculation grows over former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's return to Bangladesh, India says its position on the issue remains unchanged. At the weekly briefing in New Delh... Read More


Floods leave Tk 3.69bn trail of devastation in fisheries

Bangladesh, July 15 -- Receding Tide, Rising Toll In ruins: Fisheries face a devastating Tk 3.69 billion blow, with millions of fish and shrimp swept away across 42 Upazilas Cropland submerged: Rele... Read More


Four teachers served show-cause notices over 'errors' in HSC physics first paper questions

Bangladesh, July 15 -- Sylhet Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has issued show-cause notices to four teachers over what it described as "serious errors and inconsistencies" in the Higher ... Read More


463 killed in road crashes across Bangladesh in June

Bangladesh, July 14 -- A total of 463 people have been killed and 1,323 injured in 532 road crashes across Bangladesh in June, according to the monthly report of the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity. M... Read More


HSC protesters scuffle with police at Dhaka University

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Protesting Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) students scuffled with police at Dhaka University over exams held in adverse weather and the education minister's alleged derogator... Read More


Chattogram students demand nationwide same-day HSC exams

Bangladesh, July 14 -- A group of students have staged a protest in Chattogram on Tuesday, demanding, among other things, that Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations be conducted simultaneous... Read More


Hasina welcome to bring 'best lawyer in world' for ICT trial, says Advisor Zahed

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Prime Minister's Information Advisor Zahed Ur Rahman has said Sheikh Hasina is free to bring the "best lawyer in the world" to defend her at the International Crimes Tribunal (I... Read More