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BNP to hold nationwide prayers for Khaleda Zia's recovery on Friday

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will organise nationwide prayers in mosques and services in other places of worship on Friday for the speedy recovery of party chief and former ... Read More


National Citizen Party's student wing announces 122-member central committee

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- The National Citizen Party's student wing, Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, has announced a 122-member full central committee. The organisation released the list signed by its president and ge... Read More


Child's body recovered in Brahmanbaria after alleged rape, murder

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- Police have recovered the bloodied body of an eight-year-old child from Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar Upazila. The girl's family alleges that she was raped and murdered. A case has been ... Read More


Rajshahi University sacks three teachers, penalises five students

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- The Rajshahi University Syndicate has taken disciplinary action against three teachers and five students based on different allegations. Of these, three teachers have been dismissed,... Read More


Over 50 Bangladeshi fishermen jailed in India, families anxious

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- The families of more than 50 Bangladeshi fishermen claim that the Indian Coast Guard has arrested and sent them to jail for crossing into the country's territorial waters while fishin... Read More


Chinese specialists meet Evercare medical board on Khaleda Zia

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- A four-member team of Chinese medical consultants has sat with the medical board overseeing the treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Dhaka. The second Chinese team arrived at ... Read More


Studies find 4% of Dhaka street boys are sexually exploited

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- New national research launched by The Freedom Fund, a human rights oraganisation, has revealed that almost 4 percent of street-involved boys in Dhaka have been subjected to commercial... Read More


Studies find 4% of Dhaka street boys are sexually eploited

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- New national research launched by The Freedom Fund, a human rights oraganisation, has revealed that almost 4 percent of street-involved boys in Dhaka have been subjected to commercial... Read More


Three dead in Dinajpur bus-van collision, arson ensues

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Three passengers of a battery-powered van have been killed and six others injured when it collided with a bus in Chirirbandar Upazila, Dinajpur. The accident took place around 8pm on... Read More


'Arbitrary pricing' turns Barapukuria coal into 'windfall' for staff, 'financial burden' for PDB

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- For nearly a year, a domestic coal pricing dispute between Bangladesh's Power Division and Energy Division has created friction between the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Bo... Read More