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Eight units douse fire at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- An abandoned pile of wood has caught on fire at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna. Eight units of Fire Service brought the fire under control after about 45 minutes. Pabna Fi... Read More


Poppy seeds imported under bird food label from Pakistan seized in Chattogram

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Chattogram Customs House has seized 24,960kg of poppy seeds that were imported from Pakistan under a false declaration as bird feed. According to a media statement, the shipment, ban... Read More


Remembering the great Bhola cyclone

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Nov 12 is the 55th anniversary of the cyclone of 1970, which took the lives of at least 500,000 people of the coastal areas of Bangladesh. In October of that year, there had been a sm... Read More


Bangladesh records 5 dengue deaths, 1,034 hospital admissions in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Five more patients have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh, while 1,034 have been admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The number of patients hospitalised with the Aedes mosqu... Read More


Bangladesh approves 28-day holiday calendar for 2026, 9 days fall on weekends

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Bangladesh will enjoy a total of 28 public holidays in 2026, with nine of them falling on Fridays and Saturdays, according to the list approved by the interim government. The decisio... Read More


Five Shariah-based banks halt share trading after merger directive

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Five financially troubled Shariah-based private banks have suspended share trading, a day after Bangladesh Bank initiated formal steps to merge them. The announcement came on Thursda... Read More


Martyrs' families demand legal basis for July Charter before election

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Members of families of those killed and injured during the July Uprising have demanded the July National Charter be given a legal basis before the general election. They questioned, ... Read More


Trials within 120 days in newly approved anti-enforced disappearance ordinance

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The interim government has approved a draft ordinance to prevent and remedy enforced disappearances, mandating that trials be completed within 120 working days after charges are frame... Read More


High Court grants bail to Latif Siddique, journalist Panna in Anti-Terrorism Act case

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The High Court has granted bail to expelled Awami League leader and former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, and journalist Monjurul Alam Panna, both arrested in a case filed under the A... Read More


Police couple sentenced to death in Mymensingh for murder of co-worker over affair

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- A Mymensingh court has sentenced both members of a police couple to death for the murder of a fellow policeman over an extra-marital affair. After a lengthy investigation and trial, ... Read More