UK MP Tulip Siddiq seeks to 'clear-the-air meeting' with Yunus on graft allegations

Dhaka, June 8 -- Tulip Siddiq, a member of the British parliament and niece of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has requested a meeting with the South Asian country's head of governme... Read More

UK MP Tulip Siddiq seeks 'clear-the-air meeting' with Yunus on graft allegations

Dhaka, June 8 -- Tulip Siddiq, a member of the British parliament and niece of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has requested a meeting with the South Asian country's head of governme... Read More

Metro rail reopens, but passengers cannot carry raw or cooked meat on it

Dhaka, June 8 -- Metro rail service resumed at 8:30am on Sunday after a pause on Eid day, but the railway's authorities have banned passengers from carrying raw or cooked meat on it. Passengers canno... Read More

Seasonal rawhide traders in despair despite day-long toil

Dhaka, June 8 -- Rubel, a seasonal trader from Dhaka's Konapara who goes by a single name, purchased 240 sacrificial cowhides this Eid-ul-Azha, encouraged by the government's announcement of increased... Read More

A year later, revisiting the spiral of events that led to constable Monirul's murder

Dhaka, June 8 -- Police constable Monirul Haque was shot dead by a colleague near the Palestinian Embassy in Dhaka on Jun 8, 2024. A year on, an indictment hearing is set to be conducted by Judge Utpa... Read More

COVID cases 'on the rise', train passengers asked to wear masks on Eid return trips

Dhaka, June 8 -- The Ministry of Railways has urged all train passengers returning from their Eid-ul-Azha holidays to wear masks and follow health restrictions. The request from the ministry came as ... Read More

Dhaka city corporations claim to clear sacrificial animal waste ahead of schedule

Dhaka, June 8 -- Authorities in Dhaka claim to have removed all sacrificial animal waste from Eid-ul-Azha festivities well ahead of deadline initially set by the city's two corporations. According to... Read More

Eid saves the screens as struggling cinemas snap out of year-long slumber

Dhaka, June 8 -- "Back in the day, whenever we had Tk 20 or 50," Nasrin Hossain Mita says with a wistful smile, "my sisters or friends and I would run off to the cinema, most often to Rajmoni, like it... Read More

Names of Bangabandhu, his family scrubbed from 24 government schools

Dhaka, June 8 -- The Ministry of Education has renamed 24 government schools bearing the names of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members. On Jun 4, the Secondary and Higher Educatio... Read More

DMCH treats over 100 for knife injuries during Eid animal sacrifice

Dhaka, June 7 -- More than a hundred people have been treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after sustaining injuries from sharp tools while slaughtering and butchering sacrificial animals ... Read More

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