Bills passed to lift age limit for two financial regulators, opposition fears influence on appointments

Dhaka, April 30 -- Two amendment bills have been passed in parliament to lift the age limits for the posts of chairman and member at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the In... Read More

High Court grants bail to ex-DU hall VP Emi

Dhaka, April 30 -- The High Court has granted bail to Sk Tasnim Afroz Emi, former vice-president of Dhaka University's Shamsun Nahar Hall Students' Union, in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act ... Read More

Demra ink factory fire put out after 2.5 hours

Dhaka, April 30 -- Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that originated at an ink factory in the Dhaka's Demra. There have been no initial reports of casualties. The fire was brought under control ... Read More

MP Rumeen Farhana seeks parliamentary review of US trade agreement

Dhaka, April 29 -- Independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana has questioned the validity of a trade agreement signed between Bangladesh and the United States, demanding that the document be placed before pa... Read More

Worker dies after being hit by speeding car in Gazipur, three injured in rickshaw collision

Dhaka, April 29 -- A garment worker has been killed after being hit by a car while standing beside a highway in Gazipur. The out-of-control vehicle also smashed into a battery-run rickshaw, leaving t... Read More

35 transformers break down in Cumilla, disconnecting power for 27,000 customers

Dhaka, April 29 -- A Nor'wester storm in Cumilla has caused extensive damage to electrical connections in all 17 Upazilas. The stormy winds uprooted electric poles, damaged transformers and metre boxe... Read More

Downpour leaves commuters stranded, waterlogging slows traffic across Dhaka

Dhaka, April 29 -- Heavy rain has thrown daily life in Dhaka into disarray, with office-goers, students, and workers facing widespread difficulties across the city. Roads in several areas became wate... Read More

Bangladesh marks 35 years since devastating 1991 cyclone

Dhaka, April 29 -- Wednesday marks the 35th anniversary of the devastating 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh. Known officially as Cyclone 02B, or colloquially as "Gorky" or "Marian", the storm is recognised... Read More

Patient care squeezed as only 37 doctors fill 91 posts at Gopalganj eye hospital

Dhaka, April 29 -- Gopalganj Eye Hospital and Training Institute, the largest government facility of its kind in south-western Bangladesh, has faced severe operational challenges due to nearly two-thi... Read More

Child deaths mount as suspected measles cases near 36,000 mark

Dhaka, April 29 -- Bangladesh has recorded one more death of a child with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours, while 88 new cases of the viral infection were laboratory-confirmed across the cou... Read More

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