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Government to dose 24mn children with Vitamin A in single push: state minister

Dhaka, June 25 -- The government has finalised arrangements to feed Vitamin A plus capsules to 24 million children across Bangladesh in a single day. State Minister for Health MA Muhit announced the ... Read More


Islami Bank AGM pushed back two and a half months amid board crisis

Dhaka, June 25 -- Islami Bank's annual general meeting (AGM) has been postponed by two and a half months amid an ongoing protest by a group calling itself the "Customer Forum", which has demanded the ... Read More


Mother, two daughters hacked to death in Lakshmipur

Dhaka, June 25 -- A mother and two of her daughters have been hacked to death in Lakshmipur's Raipur. The dead have been identified as Shahinur Begum, 38, her elder daughter Saima Akhter, 21, a unive... Read More


PM Tarique spends busy day in Beijing ahead of meeting with premier

Dhaka, June 25 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has spent a busy day in Beijing, holding a series of meetings with senior Chinese business leaders ahead of high-level talks with Chinese Premier Li Qia... Read More


High Court calls 43rd BCS recruitment 'opaque', orders exam results re-published

Dhaka, June 25 -- The High Court has observed that the non-cadre recruitment process of the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exam has "deviated" from the existing law and has described the entire p... Read More


As conflict rages in Myanmar, Bangladeshis are dying with little justice, accountability or answers

Dhaka, June 25 -- A war is raging in Myanmar. Yet some of its victims are dying inside Bangladesh. A woman is killed while cooking dinner. A child is shot while playing in his yard. Farmers die in ba... Read More


Jamaat expels four over attack on journalists in Dhanmondi

Dhaka, June 25 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled four individuals for assaulting journalists in Dhaka's Dhanmondi during the founding anniversary of the Awami League. The party announced the decisi... Read More


Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Trivedi given ceremonial status of minister

Dhaka, June 25 -- Dinesh Trivedi, Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, has been granted equivalent status of a union cabinet minister for ceremonial functions. The announcement was made in a memo ... Read More


Bangladesh, China agree to boost cooperation on Teesta, river management

Dhaka, June 25 -- Bangladesh and China have reached a consensus on expanding cooperation in integrated river management, with a particular focus on the Teesta River. Dhaka formally sought Beijing's t... Read More


'Signal glitch' derails three coaches, cuts Chattogram-Mymensingh rail link

Dhaka, June 25 -- Rail communication between Mymensingh and Chattogram has been suspended after three coaches of the Bijoy Express derailed following a reported signalling error in Gouripur. The inci... Read More