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Ratargul crisis: Illegal fishing and tourist litter endanger Sylhet's freshwater swamp forest

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Environmentalists are raising alarm over the deteriorating condition of Ratargul, the freshwater swamp forest in Sylhet, citing both tourists' carelessness and authorities' negligence... Read More


First police ombudsman of Northern Ireland to visit Bangladesh

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Baroness Nuala O'Loan, the first police ombudsman for Northern Ireland is likely to visit Dhaka from Nov 5-7. She will be accompanied by Kevin Kelly, ambassador of Ireland to Banglad... Read More


Fire breaks out in 14-storey building in Dhaka's Mohammadpur

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A fire has broken out on the ground floor of a 14-storey building in the Kaderabad Housing area of Dhala's Mohammadpur. The Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence said they receiv... Read More


Coast Guard rescues 11 fishermen adrift at sea for four days

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The Coast Guard has rescued 11 fishermen from the disabled fishing boat "FB Fatema", which had been floating at sea for four days. In a press release on Wednesday, the law-enforcing ... Read More


NCP blames Bangladesh's 'political failures' on BNP, Jamaat, Awami League

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has laid the blame squarely at the door of the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and the Awami League for what it calls decades of "political failure" that have le... Read More


Elderly man 'killed by cousins' over land feud in Chattogram's Banshkhali

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A man has allegedly been killed with sharp weapons in an attack by his cousins over a land feud in Chattogram. The victim, 65-year-old Zakir Hossain, was a resident of Banshkhali Upa... Read More


5 die as bus crashes into microbus in Cox's Bazar's Chakaria

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Five members of the same family have been killed in a collision between a bus and a microbus on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway in Chakaria Upazila. Three others have been injured... Read More


Body of missing autorickshaw driver found with throat slit in Bogura

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Police have recovered the body of an autorickshaw driver with the throat slit in Bogura's Shajahanpur Upazila. The body was recovered from the edge of a mulberry garden adjacent to t... Read More


Independent University, Bangladesh launches book to preserve endangered Mahale language

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has launched a research-based book titled "Mahale Voices" to support the preservation of the endangered Mahale language, spoken by the Mahale ... Read More


Four BNP leaders expelled over Meherpur highway blockade after nomination dispute

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The BNP has expelled four leaders of its Meherpur district and Gangni Upazila units, over their alleged involvement in blocking the Meherpur-Kushtia Highway and vandalising the party ... Read More