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Dhaka-Saudi flight cancellations top 150

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Attacks targeting airports across Saudi Arabian cities have forced airlines to cancel or suspend 153 flights out of Dhaka, stranding 22,636 passengers. Shahjalal International Airpo... Read More


NID server 'down', online services disrupted for 3 hours

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Online services related to national identity cards were disrupted for around three hours on Wednesday after the Election Commission's NID server was taken offline. The authorities s... Read More


2 more die of measles symptoms

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Two more people have died of measles symptoms over a 24-hour period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Wednesday that the toll from the disease since Mar 15 ... Read More


'Gulliver's Travels' turns 300

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", the satire a Dublin clergyman once sent to a London publisher under cover of night, has turned 300 and is being celebrated across Ireland. Exh... Read More


Secretariat relocation: SAU students vandalise trade fair ground

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), have vandalised a gate and several structures built for the Asia International Trade Fair at the old trade fair ground in She... Read More


Power Division forms probe committee over grid failure

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The Power Division has formed a committee to investigate the grid failure that left large parts of Dhaka and Chattogram without electricity. The five-member committee, headed by Pow... Read More


EC will be tested in by-election: 11-Party Alliance

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-Party Alliance says the Election Commission (EC) will face a true test in the by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 constituency on Thursday. The EC will prove... Read More


Gulistan footpath shops evicted

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has evicted more than 100 illegal shops from the footpath beside the Dhaka Trade Center and Fulbaria Super Market in the capital's Gulistan. ... Read More


DNCC demolishes illegal structures in Mirpur-1

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has launched an eviction drive to clear footpaths and remove illegal structures around the Mirpur-1 intersection in the capital, with another ... Read More


CUET: Classes resume after 36 days

Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Classes at the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) have resumed after 36 days due to a protest by students, teachers and university officials demanding the rei... Read More