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Long traffic tailback on Benapole roads every day

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- Traffic congestion has become a regular phenomenon at Benapole, the largest land port in the country, due to mismanagement on the roads. Locals say that buses and trucks parked on th... Read More


No RAB personnel have gone into hiding since Aug 5: spokesman

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- Not a single member of the Rapid Action Battalion has 'gone into hiding' since the fall of the Awami League government in the face of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement protests... Read More


Low-pressure system eases, warning signal lowered in ports

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- After causing continuous rainfall for several days, the low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh has become unimportant, the Bangladesh... Read More


Police urge visitors not to carry bags, packets to Durga Puja venues

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- Police Headquarters has urged visitors not to carry any bags or packets to venues to ensure security at Durga Puja venues during the major Hindu festival. The law enforcement agency ... Read More


Awami League's Rahman, ex-NSI chief Jobaer barred from travelling abroad

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- A court has issued a travel ban preventing former Awami League fisheries and livestock minister Abdur Rahman and former National Security Intelligence Director General TM Jobaer from ... Read More


Noakhali saw most damage from flooding, Feni got the most aid: CPD

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- The 11 districts in the south of Bangladesh saw at least Tk 144.21 billion in damage from the flooding in August, according to estimates by the Centre for Policy Dialogue. The amount... Read More


Four die, 1,225 new patients hospitalised with dengue

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- Four more people have died of dengue while 1,225 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours. The Directorate G... Read More


Former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury arrested in Dhaka's Gulshan

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury in Dhaka. He was picked up from Gulshan on Sunday, DMP's spokesperson Muhammad Talebur Rahman said in ... Read More


Authorities discourage tourists from visiting Chattogram hill districts

Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- The authorities have called on the tourists to refrain from visiting the hills of Chattogram in October, citing 'unavoidable reasons'. The district administrations of the three hill ... Read More


Dengue patients jump three times over to pressure hospitals in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Bangladesh has seen an uptick in dengue cases and fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the latter months of the year. In just one month, the pressure on hospitals has increa... Read More