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Safura Begum Rumi, former Awami League reserved seat MP, arrested

Dhaka, April 9 -- Police detectives have arrested Safura Begum Rumi, a former MP from the reserved women's constituency No. 2 (Lalmonirhat-Kurigram) and the president of the Rangpur District unit of t... Read More


Separate questions in public exams 'not fair,' says education minister Milon

Dhaka, April 9 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has announced plans to hold public exams with a single question set. According to him, it is "unfair" for students from different educatio... Read More


Israel pounds Beirut as Lebanon death toll hits 254 despite Iran ceasefire

Dhaka, April 9 -- Even as a ceasefire between Israel and the United States paused direct hostilities with Iran, the region remained on a knife-edge as Israel launched its heaviest air strikes yet on L... Read More


'Some' Dhaka city schools to have 3 days of online classes a week

Dhaka, April 9 -- The Ministry of Education has decided that some educational institutions in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area will hold three days of online classes and three days of offline classes a wee... Read More


Measles: 2 more infants with symptoms die at Mymensingh Medical

Dhaka, April 9 -- The number of deaths among patients with measles-like symptoms continues to tick up at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH). Two more patients with the symptoms have died at t... Read More


Bangladesh LPG prices rise above official rate as consumers pay Tk 400-500 extra per cylinder

Dhaka, April 9 -- Abdul Khalek, a resident of Mohammadpur in Dhaka, relies on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. Long frustrated by persistent supply issues, he now faces further distress as ... Read More


Human Rights Commission Ordinance scrapped, AL era law reenacted

Dhaka, April 9 -- Despite objections from the opposition, a bill has been passed in the parliament to repeal the ordinance related to the Human Rights Commission issued during the interim government's... Read More


Abu Sayed murder case: Tribunal sentences 2 to death, 3 more to life in prison

Dhaka, April 9 -- The International Crimes Tribunal-2 has sentenced two policemen to death and three other policemen to life in prison over the murder of Abu Sayed, who was martyred and became a symbo... Read More


Measles crisis: Agony at Dhaka Shishu Hospital as ICUs hit capacity

Dhaka, April 9 -- Nine-month-old Inaya lies with a high fever and rashes across her body, a cannula inserted in her tiny hand for saline and a tube in her nose. Her relentless crying has left her mot... Read More


Prime suspect in Sharif Hadi murder gets 10 years in jail in arms law case

Dhaka, April 9 -- Faisal Karim Masud, alias Rahul aka Daud, the prime suspect in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison under the ar... Read More