Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Biman sends fix-it team, parts for grounded Rome flight as passengers suffer

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Passengers of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Toronto to Dhaka have been left stranded in Rome after a technical fault forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing th... Read More


Dhaka-Chattogram high-speed rail link in the works, says home minister

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- The government plans to build a high-speed rail link between Dhaka and Chattogram, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said. He said the route, once realised, would cut travel ti... Read More


BNP shoulders duty to rescue Bangladesh from 'ruins', says Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused a faction of "scheming to sow instability" in Bangladesh. He said the Awami League left the nation in ruins, and th... Read More


Tarique hands out job letters to 10 July Uprising victims' families

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has handed job appointment letters to 10 members of families of those slain and injured in the July Uprising. He presented the letters at his Tejga... Read More


Bangladesh clarifies stance on private fuel import policy after Bashundhara application

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has issued a clarification following media reports that a policy to open the refined fuel oil market to the private sector was... Read More


Couple killed after being run over by train in Gazipur's Sreepur

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- A husband and wife have been killed after being run over by a train in Gazipur's Sreepur. The mangled bodies of the couple were recovered from near Izzatpur Railway Station on t... Read More


Anti-Modi displays and border killing exhibits removed from July Museum over fear of India, says Nahid

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has alleged that the government removed several "anti-Indian aggression" exhibits from the July Uprising Memorial Museum out of ... Read More


Bangladeshis among dozens of migrants rescued off Greece coast

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Bangladeshis, Sudanese, and Egyptians are among dozens of migrants rescued off the coast of Greece on Thursday, local authorities say. At least 202 migrants have reached the sou... Read More


Train service resumes on Dhaka-Mymensingh route after 7.5 hours, probe launched

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Four derailed carriages of the Jamalpur Commuter train have been recovered in Mymensingh's Gafargaon, allowing train service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route to resume after seven a... Read More


Hasina's speech: Delhi reiterates its previous stance after Dhaka protests

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Despite Dhaka's strong reaction to the press conference held by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to Delhi in the face of a mass uprising and has been sentenced to de... Read More