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Bangladesh is facing war-like circumstances, says Advisor Mahfuj

Dhaka, March 11 -- Information Advisor Md Mahfuj Alam says that Bangladesh is now facing "war-like circumstances" and has called on everyone to "unite and build resistance." In a Facebook post early ... Read More


Election Commission wants room for multiple wives' names in voter registration form

Dhaka, March 11 -- The Election Commission, or EC, wants to include space for multiple wives' names on the voter registration form. ASM Humayun Kabir, director general of the commission's National Id... Read More


Government to classify imported goods into four colour-coded lanes for risk control

Dhaka, March 11 -- The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, is closely monitoring imported goods to tackle economic risks such as money laundering and terrorism financing. As part of this initiative, i... Read More


10.8 million textbooks yet to be printed despite Mar 10 deadline

Dhaka, March 11 -- The government expects it will take "another week" to complete the production and distribution of remaining 10.8 textbooks under the national curriculum that have yet to reach stude... Read More


5-year-old 'raped' in Jamalpur, mother files case

Dhaka, March 11 -- A teenaged boy has allegedly raped a 5-year-old child in Jamalpur's Madarganj. The incident occurred in the Char Partabaz area of Madarganj Upazila on Monday evening, Hasan Al Mamu... Read More


No signs of 'sabotage' in Aminbazar Power Grid fire: Fire Service

Dhaka, March 11 -- The Fire Service has found no evidence of sabotage behind the fire at the Aminbazar substation of the Power Grid Company on the outskirts of Dhaka. Although the exact cause of the ... Read More


Septuagenarian arrested for 'raping' a 10-year-old in Chattogram

Dhaka, March 11 -- An elderly man has been arrested on charges of raping a 10-year-old child in Chattogram's Sitakunda Upazila. The incident reportedly occurred on Monday in Bhatiari's East Hasnabad ... Read More


Court orders attachment of 33,216 decimal lands belonging to S Alam family

Dhaka, March 10 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the attachment of 33,216.42 decimal of land owned by Mohammad Saiful Alam, chairman of the controversial S Alam Group, and his family members. It affects ... Read More


3 dead, 2 injured as truck crushes autorickshaw in Mymensingh

Dhaka, March 10 -- Three passengers on an autorickshaw have been killed after a truck ploughed into the three-wheeler in Mymensingh's Phulpur Upazila. Two others were injured in the head-on collision... Read More


Video of Dhaka woman beating suspected mugger goes viral

Dhaka, March 10 -- A video showing a young woman tying up and beating a suspected mugger near Dhaka's Kajla footbridge has gone viral on Facebook. Police said that locals caught two individuals in th... Read More