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Mother goes out for medicine, returns to find 3-year-old son dead

Dhaka, May 9 -- A 3-year-old boy was asleep. His mother Shilpi Khatun had left him with his father and gone to a pharmacy to buy medicine for herself. A short while later, she returned home and found... Read More


Content creator Kaarina Kaisar placed on life support

Dhaka, May 9 -- Actress and content creator Kaarina Kaisar has been put on life support at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. Her father, former national footballer Mohammad Kaisar Hamid, shared the informa... Read More


Prime Minister Tarique prioritises restoring law and order, police image

Dhaka, May 9 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said restoring public confidence in police and improving the country's law and order situation are the government's immediate priorities. The premier... Read More


Indian sailor killed, 4 others injured in ship fire near Strait of Hormuz

Dhaka, May 9 -- An Indian sailor has been killed and four others injured after a dhow caught fire and sank off the Strait of Hormuz, reports Gulf News citing the Indian Consulate in Dubai. Eighteen I... Read More


Bangladesh looking into possible negligence as measles outbreak leaves hundreds of children dead

Dhaka, May 9 -- The government has launched a formal investigation to determine whether administrative negligence contributed to the devastating measles outbreak that has claimed several hundred child... Read More


'Note' left at crime scene indicates 'bitter family feud' led to Gazipur murders: Police

Dhaka, May 9 -- Police suspect a family feud led to the gruesome murder of five people, including three children, whose throat-slit bodies were found in a residence in Gazipur's Kapasia Upazila. Inve... Read More


Hasina greets Suvendu Adhikari on being new West Bengal chief minister

Dhaka, May 9 -- Hours after assuming office, West Bengal's new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has been greeted by former Bangladesh prime minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, reports NDTV. ... Read More


Teen househelp 'kills herself' after employer publicly beats her over 'theft'

Dhaka, May 9 -- A 14-year-old girl in Pabna's Chatmohar Upazila has allegedly died by suicide after being tied to a pillar and publicly beaten by her employer over the alleged theft of Tk 120. The vi... Read More


4.5-magnitude earthquake originating from India's Assam strikes northern Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 9 -- A mild 4.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Rangpur and surrounding northern districts. The tremor occurred at 3:10pm on Saturday, according to the Seismic Observatory and Research Cen... Read More


Over 100 residents of Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall visit health centre with waterborne diseases

Dhaka, May 9 -- More than 100 students at Dhaka University's Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall have fallen ill with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting, in what is suspected to be a waterborne disease out... Read More