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Barapukuria power plant shuts down after final unit fails

Dhaka, April 23 -- Power generation at the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur has come to a complete standstill after its final operational unit was forced offline due to a mechanical failure... Read More


Prof Sohel becomes new director general of DSHE

Dhaka, April 23 -- Prof Khan Moinuddin Al Mahmud Sohel has been appointed as the director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE). The Secondary and Higher Education Divis... Read More


174 Bangladeshis, who attempted to sail to Europe illegally, return after Libya 'detention'

Dhaka, April 23 -- A group of 174 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in Libya while attempting to reach Europe by sea, has returned home. They arrived at Shahjalal International Airport on a Bu... Read More


173 Bangladeshis, who attempted to sail to Europe illegally, return after Libya 'detention'

Dhaka, April 23 -- A group of 174 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in Libya while attempting to reach Europe by sea, has returned home. They arrived at Shahjalal International Airport on a Bu... Read More


Clash erupts over Rajshahi transport union office takeover

Dhaka, April 23 -- A dispute over control of a transport workers' union office in Rajshahi has intensified into violent clashes, including a crude bomb explosion and widespread vandalism near a busy b... Read More


State minister says Dhaka to face 110MW load-shedding for irrigation

Dhaka, April 23 -- The government is going to introduce 110MW load-shedding in Dhaka to boost power supply for irrigation, State Minister for Power Aninda Islam Amit has said. He also expressed hope ... Read More


Laid-off Washington Post editor Dan Eggen found dead at home

Dhaka, April 23 -- Dan Eggen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor who spent nearly three decades at The Washington Post, has died at the age of 60. The daily, citing his former wife Stephanie Armour, sai... Read More


Bangladesh to import 13mn litres of palm oil from US firm for TCB sales

Dhaka, April 23 -- The government will import 13 million litres of refined palm olein for sale at subsidised prices to low-income cardholders under the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) programm... Read More


PBI collects DNA samples from retired Army officer Hafizur in Tonu murder probe

Dhaka, April 23 -- Investigators have collected DNA samples from former Army officer Hafizur Rahman for testing, a decade after the rape and murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student and theatre activist... Read More


DNCC announces special crash programme to curb dengue, waterlogging

Dhaka, April 23 -- With the monsoon approaching, the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has unveiled a special crash programme aimed at curbing dengue transmission while also addressing the risk of u... Read More