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Police to question six people, including three women, in custody over madrasa blast

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Police have been granted permission to interrogate six people, including three women, in custody following a blast at a madrasa in Hasnabad, Keraniganj, after three more arrests. On... Read More


Golam Akbar secures BNP nomination as 2nd candidate for Raozan constituency

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nominated Golam Akbar Khandaker, an advisor to Chairperson Khaleda Zia, to contest in the general election from Chattogram-6 constituency, ... Read More


Meghalaya Police, BSF reject DMP's claims on Hadi murder suspects' arrest

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- India's Meghalaya Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) have rejected claims by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) that the two main suspects in the murder of Sharif Osman bin ... Read More


Dense fog forces pause in river traffic in Bangladesh over poor visibility

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has suspended the movement of all vessels after dense fog reduced visibility to unsafe levels. BIWTA Deputy Director Shahadat... Read More


All students will receive new textbooks by mid-January, says education advisor

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has said all of the new textbooks for both primary and secondary students will be distributed before the middle of January next year. Speak... Read More


Three autorickshaw passengers killed in collision with truck in Bhola

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Three people have died and four others have been injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-powered autorickshaw in Bhola's Borhanuddin Upazila. The accident occurred ... Read More


Bangladesh condemns 'mass violence' against minorities in India

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Bangladesh has expressed concern over "mass violence" targeting religious minorities, including Muslims and Christians, in India, and called for the perpetrators to be brought to jus... Read More


Govt removes 6 trainee ASPs from service

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The interim government has removed from service six trainee assistant police superintendents appointed through the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. The home ministry... Read More


IUB's Prof Mamun Habib honoured with 'Excellence Researcher Award'

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Prof Md Mamun Habib, head of the Department of Management at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has been awarded the "Excellence Researcher Award" at the International Higher ... Read More


Yunus orders tighter cybersecurity for polls, digital services ahead of election

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has instructed the National Cyber Security Agency to intensify efforts to counter all forms of cybercrime ahead of the February elections. Yunus gave th... Read More