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Court likely to schedule verdict announcement date on Thursday for Ramisa rape, murder case

Dhaka, June 4 -- A Dhaka court has set Thursday for presenting the arguments on the case of rape and murder of eight-year-old schoolgirl Ramisa Akter in Dhaka's Pallabi. The state representatives and... Read More


Hours after declaring traffic laws 'equal for all' DMP commissioner shows he is more equal than others

Dhaka, June 4 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has been seen receiving special traffic treatment shortly after publicly declaring that traffic laws apply equally to e... Read More


Teenagers among six killed in Chapainawabganj lightning strikes

Dhaka, June 4 -- Six people, including a girl and two women, have been killed in separate lightning strikes in Chapainawabganj, sending shockwaves among locals. The deaths were reported in Sadar, Shi... Read More


Foreign Minister Khalilur to visit Russia on Jun 7-9 for talks

Dhaka, June 4 -- Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman will embark on an official visit to Russia from Jun 7 to 9 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. Officials at the Ministry of F... Read More


Locked in 'last embrace', couple dies in Delhi hotel fire

Dhaka, June 4 -- In the early hours of Wednesday, a fire swept through a small hotel in New Delhi. By the time the flames were brought under control, 21 people, including 12 foreign nationals, were de... Read More


Md Wasim Jabber joins IUB as treasurer

Dhaka, June 4 -- Md Wasim Jabber has joined Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) as its treasurer. The appointment took effect on Wednesday. Jabber succeeds Khandker Md Iftekhar Haider in the po... Read More


Stationary vehicles become new 'danger' on Bangladesh highways

Dhaka, June 4 -- Rear-end collisions on Bangladesh's upgraded expressways have been rising sharply, with broken-down or parked vehicles emerging as a deadly new hazard on roads that were widened to pr... Read More


Breaking myths about English as an academic subject

Dhaka, June 4 -- As English remains one of the most globally used languages, students in Bangladesh often assume that the language itself and the academic discipline or degree are one and the same. A... Read More


Four children had gone near ponds to play and bathe. Soon they were found floating lifeless

Dhaka, June 4 -- Two brothers and two cousins have drowned in separate pond incidents in Shariatpur and Narayanganj, police have said. The deaths occurred on Thursday afternoon in the two districts. ... Read More


Shariatpur, Narayanganj see four child deaths by drowning within hours

Dhaka, June 4 -- Two brothers and two cousins have drowned in separate pond incidents in Shariatpur and Narayanganj, police have said. The deaths occurred on Thursday afternoon in the two districts. ... Read More