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Chattogram police bans fireworks, lanterns and gatherings in Chattogram on New Year's Eve

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Burning fireworks, firecrackers and flying lanterns have been prohibited in Chattogram city on the last day of the Gregorian calendar. Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissio... Read More


Dhaka International Trade Fair opening postponed to Jan 3

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has decided to postpone the opening of the Dhaka International Trade Fair by two days following the death of former prime minister and BNP chief Kha... Read More


Khaleda Zia, who rose from a 'shy housewife' to Bangladesh's first woman prime minister, dies at 79

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Khaleda Zia, the country's first female prime minister and chairperson of the BNP, has died aged 79. Her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said she breathed her last early on ... Read More


DMP maps traffic-controlled route from Evercare to parliament for Khaleda

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced control of traffic on the route along which former prime minister and BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia's body will be taken from Evercare... Read More


DMP maps traffic-controlled route from Evercare to parliament for Khaleda's hearse

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced traffic controls along the route the hearse carrying former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's coffin will take from E... Read More


Dhaka metro to run special services for Khaleda Zia's funeral prayers

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is making special arrangements to facilitate attendance at the funeral prayers of former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia. DMTCL D... Read More


46th BCS: PSC suspends oral exams set for Wednesday, Thursday

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced that the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) oral examinations scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday have been postponed. ... Read More


Indian, Pakistani foreign ministers to join Khaleda's final farewell in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Foreign dignitaries including Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will fly to Dhaka to attend BNP chief Khaleda Zia's last rites. On Tu... Read More


South Asian ministers, speaker to attend Khaleda's final farewell in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Foreign dignitaries including Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will fly to Dhaka to attend BNP chief Khaleda Zia's last r... Read More


Government approves fresh 50,000-tonne rice import from India

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The interim government has approved the purchase of another 50,000 tonnes of rice from India. The decision came at a meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Government Purchase... Read More