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Summit LNG terminal to shut for 4 days

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Gas pressure may fall across Bangladesh for four days from Wednesday as maintenance at Summit's floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Cox's Bazar's Moheshkhali reduces supplies t... Read More


177 factories shut as workers block Dhaka-Aricha Highway

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Authorities have declared a day's holiday at 177 garment factories in the Savar-Ashulia industrial belt amid protests over minimum wages and other demands, Industrial Police say. Wor... Read More


Labour unrest shuts 300 factories

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Labour unrest over minimum wages and other demands has forced around 300 garment factories in Savar, Ashulia and Gazipur to declare holidays, disrupting production across the industri... Read More


Cyclone Murasa intensifies over Bay

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Cyclonic storm Murasu has intensified over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm before crossing India's Andhra Pradesh coast on Nov 2, the Bang... Read More


Woman seen with Tahsif at bar remanded

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- A Dhaka court has remanded Jerika Tasnim Disha, the young woman who was seen entering and leaving a bar in Uttara with former Air Force officer Tahsif Souri, for four days. Disha, wh... Read More


Garment protests: Police claim 28 detainees are 'AL activists'

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The Mirpur Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has detained 28 people suspected of being leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliates amid the garment workers pr... Read More


2 die of measles symptoms in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Two more people have died of measles symptoms over a 24-hour period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Friday that the toll from the disease since Mar 15 has ... Read More


Franchise-based bus services launched on 7 Dhaka routes

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Bus services have begun operating under a franchise system on seven routes in Dhaka, comprising six regular routes and one circular route, as part of Dhaka's bus route rationalisation... Read More


Tahsif death: Woman seen with him in bar arrested

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Police have arrested a young woman in the murder case filed over the death of former air force officer Tahsif Souri, whose body was recovered from a river. She was seen with Tahsif a... Read More


Deep depression may intensify into cyclone

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- A depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Andaman Sea has moved northwestwards and intensified into a deep depression. It may develop into a cyclone, Meteorologist ... Read More