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BNP delegation meets US envoy Kapur

Dhaka, March 5 -- A BNP delegation has met US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs S Paul Kapur. The meeting was held at the home of the US ambassador to Bangladesh in Gul... Read More


US-Bangla flight returns 378 passengers stranded in Dubai to Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 5 -- A first US-Bangla Airlines special flight has brought 378 Bangladeshis who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates amid the Iran conflict back home. The passenger included 27 crew... Read More


'We're gambling with our lives,' say MV Banglar Joyjatra sailors

Dhaka, March 5 -- Bangladesh state-owned flag carrier "MV Banglar Joyjatra" has been left stranded at the Port of Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates for seven days with 31 Bangladeshi sailors on bo... Read More


Flights grounded, jobs threatened: Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi workers stranded amid Gulf war

Dhaka, March 5 -- For Abdul Jalil, a veteran worker in Saudi Arabia, a routine return from leave became a nightmare when all flights to the Gulf were suspended as war erupted in Iran, leaving him stra... Read More


BMDC suspends 10 doctors' licences over medical 'negligence', 'faulty' reports

Dhaka, March 5 -- The Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) has suspended 10 doctors' registrations. The disciplinary action follows allegations of medical negligence leading to the deaths of ... Read More


PM Tarique reduces use of lights, AC in office room to lower power consumption

Dhaka, March 5 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has reduced the use of lights and air-conditioners at his office room in the Secretariat in the interest of saving power. He has also urged all ministr... Read More


Sramik Dal leader hacked, shot dead in Khulna

Dhaka, March 5 -- A local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's labour wing, Sramik Dal, has been hacked and shot dead in broad daylight in Khulna city. Police have detained one person with a ... Read More


Man killed in Narayanganj power struggle, friend hospitalised

Dhaka, March 5 -- A man has died in a clash between two groups involved in a power struggle in Narayanganj's Fatullah. His friend is also undergoing treatment in a hospital and is in critical conditio... Read More


50 flights cancelled in Chattogram over 6 days since start of Iran conflict

Dhaka, March 5 -- At least 50 international flights operating between Chattogram and several Middle Eastern destinations have been cancelled over the past six days amid the conflict in the region foll... Read More


Iran seeks sympathy, not logistics, from Dhaka over US-Israel attacks, says envoy

Dhaka, March 4 -- Iran's ambassador to Dhaka Jalil RahimIran envoy seeks sympathy, not 'logistics'i Jahanabadi has called on Bangladesh to show "sympathy and support" as a fellow Muslim nation followi... Read More