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Nilphamari Bangladesh-China hospital will reduce patient flow to Dhaka, Rangpur: CA

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- A new Bangladesh-China Friendship General Hospital in Nilphamari will play a key role in decentralising healthcare and easing the pressure on hospitals centred in Rangpur and Dhaka, ... Read More


Bangladesh to build arms factory in Mirsarai to 'boost defence capacity'

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The interim government has decided to establish a factory to manufacture military hardware to meet the needs of the armed forces and strengthen national defence capability. Banglade... Read More


Three detained as Meherpur Jamaat chief's car yields weapons

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- Police have detained three Jamaat-e-Islami workers with Chinese axes and locally made weapons after a joint force stopped and searched a microbus used by the party's Meherpur distric... Read More


Crimes against humanity: Tribunal to deliver verdict in Chankharpul 6 murders case

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The International Crimes Tribunal is to deliver its verdict in a crimes against humanity case filed over the six murders in Dhaka's Chankharpul during the July Uprising. The fate of... Read More


Over 50 workers fall ill at Tongi garment factory, 21 admitted to hospital

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- More than 50 workers have suddenly fallen ill while working at a garment factory in Gazipur's Tongi, with 21 of them admitted to hospital. The incident occurred on Monday morning at... Read More


US envoy Christensen lauds Chittagong Port reforms, pledges support for modernisation

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- US Ambassador Brent Christensen has praised reforms at Chittagong Port and pledged cooperation to modernise the facility. Christensen led a delegation to the port on Monday, where i... Read More


'Crude bombs' hurled at BNP candidate Ershad Ullah's election rally in Chattogram

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- Crude bombs have allegedly been hurled at an election rally of BNP candidate Ershad Ullah in the Chattogram-8 constituency, with a party leader blaming the Jamaat-e-Islami for the at... Read More


Cumilla-10: Mobasher back in the race, receives BNP backing

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The High Court has suspended the Election Commission's decision to scrap the nomination of Mobasher Alam Bhuiyan, the BNP candidate for the Cumilla-10 constituency in the 13th parlia... Read More


Interim government issues ordinance protecting July Uprising activists

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The interim government has issued an ordinance granting legal protection to participants of the July Uprising, stipulating the withdrawal of all cases against them. The "July Mass U... Read More


Over 400,000 expatriate Bangladeshis cast votes through postal ballots, says EC

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- More than 400,000 expatriate Bangladeshis have cast their votes through postal ballots before the Feb 12 national election and referendum, according to the Election Commission (EC). ... Read More