59mm of rain drenches Dhaka in 6 hours, caution signal No. 1 maintained for river ports

Dhaka, May 17 -- After a day of scorching heat on Saturday, Dhaka has seen some respite with heavy rain on Sunday morning. It rained 59mm for six hours between 3am to 9am on Sunday. Meteorologist AK... Read More

Additional Secretary Abdul Mannan appointed Petrobangla chairman

Dhaka, May 17 -- Additional Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division Md Abdul Mannan has been given the additional responsibility of chairman of Petrobangla. He is working in the Planni... Read More

Experts raise concerns over effectiveness and risks of Tk 500bn Padma Barrage project

Dhaka, May 17 -- Key Highlights Project finally approved after decades ECNEC cleared the Tk 500 billion Padma Barrage after over 60 years of studies. Major irrigation plan It aims to store 29 billion ... Read More

JU rape attempt: Proctor's office, registrar's building locked down

Dhaka, May 17 -- Protesting students have locked the registrar's building at Jahangirnagar University, demanding the arrest of the person involved in the attempted rape and murder of a female student ... Read More

Chhatra League posters reappear on Chittagong University walls

Dhaka, May 17 -- Posters for the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the banned student wing of the Awami League, have once again appeared on different walls at Chittagong University. The posters were pasted ... Read More

9-month-old dies with measles symptoms in Sherpur

Dhaka, May 17 -- A 9-month-old child with measles symptoms has died in Sherpur. The infant died while undergoing treatment at the 250-bed Sherpur District Sadar Hospital on Saturday afternoon, accord... Read More

68 rescued as massive blaze breaks out on train bound for New Delhi

Dhaka, May 17 -- A massive fire has broken out on the Rajdhani Express, bound from India's Thiruvananthapuram to the capital New Delhi, in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam, reports Indian broadcaster NDTV. Th... Read More

Three arrested after Jamaat activists sued over Shah Ali shrine attack in Mirpur

Dhaka, May 16 -- Police have arrested three suspects after a devotee filed a case against at least 100 members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its affiliate organisations over the attack on the Shah Ali Baghda... Read More

JU students sit in through night demanding proctor's resignation over 'rape attempt'

Dhaka, May 16 -- Jahangirnagar University has remained tense as students extended their overnight sit-in, demanding the resignation of the proctor and proctorial body over alleged security failures fo... Read More

Former health state minister, ACME Laboratories MD Mizanur Rahman Sinha dies at 83

Dhaka, May 16 -- Mizanur Rahman Sinha, managing director of ACME Laboratories Limited and a former state minister for health, has died in Singapore while undergoing treatment. He was 83. He passed aw... Read More

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