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Over 100 residents of Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall visit health centre with waterborne diseases

Dhaka, May 9 -- More than 100 students at Dhaka University's Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall have fallen ill with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting, in what is suspected to be a waterborne disease out... Read More


US jails Bangladeshi American for killing citizen over property feud in Munshiganj

Dhaka, May 9 -- A US citizen of Bangladeshi origin has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of his uncle, also a naturalised US citizen, in Bangladesh five years ago following a longsta... Read More


Child shot in eye in Raufabad 'at the crossroads of life and death'

Dhaka, May 9 -- An 11-year-old girl is lying in the intensive care unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) after a bullet struck her eye while she had stepped out to buy betel leaves. Doct... Read More


Bangladesh reports nine more children deaths from measles, symptoms as toll crosses 350

Dhaka, May 9 -- Another nine children have died in the past 24 hours due to measles and its symptoms, including three confirmed cases. During the period, 489 new infections of the highly contagious v... Read More


Death toll rises to four after buses crash on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway

Dhaka, May 9 -- The death toll from a head-on collision between two buses in Chattogram's Lohagara has risen to four, police said. One victim died at the scene, while three others died after being ta... Read More


Mushfique, Taskin lift Bangladesh to 413 as Abbas turns the tide for Pakistan

Dhaka, May 9 -- Bangladesh flirted with complete domination before a familiar collapse reopened the contest, as Mohammad Abbas carved through the lower order with a masterful 5-wicket haul to leave th... Read More


PM Tarique urges BNP leaders to stand behind the government to fulfil election pledges

Dhaka, May 9 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called on BNP leaders nationwide to rally behind the government and help deliver the promises made in the party's election manifesto, describing the p... Read More


Jamaat chief Shafiqur calls for pragmatic approach to US-Bangladesh trade pact

Dhaka, May 9 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has called for the trade agreement between Bangladesh and the United States to be viewed through the lens of reality. Speaking at Dhaka's Shahjal... Read More


India carries out maiden intercontinental missile test off Odisha

Dhaka, May 9 -- India has conducted the maiden test of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) off the Odisha coast. The test was carried out on Friday evening by the Defence Rese... Read More


Education minister says Bangladesh has failed to ensure quality education

Dhaka, May 9 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon has openly admitted that Bangladesh has yet to achieve quality education despite significant expansion in the sector. Speaking at an event o... Read More