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Vice-president post floated for caretaker setup: Salahuddin

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- A proposal to create the post of vice-president has come up in discussions on how to form a caretaker government. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, who chairs the parliamentary specia... Read More


NASA weighs meteor risks for planned Moon base

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- NASA leaders have begun factoring meteor strike risks into their long-term plans to establish a permanent human outpost on the Moon. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says potential... Read More


Next Bond and Bond girl: Who's in the running?

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- The race to find the next James Bond has entered its final stretch. Jack Lowden and Callum Turner are among the leading contenders for 007, while Margaret Qualley tops bookmakers' o... Read More


Oil prices surge past $117 to 5-month high

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Crude oil prices have risen for a third consecutive week, driven by fears that repeated attacks by Yemen-based Houthi militants on Saudi Arabia could disrupt energy supplies across W... Read More


Rooppur 'edges closer' to power generation

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- The first 1,200MW unit of Rooppur, Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant, has completed all preparations, including the physics test of its "B-2" stage. Zahedul Hasan, managing dir... Read More


India caps cancer drug prices after legal battle

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- The Indian government has capped trade margins on 137 cancer drugs at 30 percent, aiming to cut prices by up to 70 percent and protect low-income families from crippling healthcare d... Read More


Measles: 8 more die

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Another eight people have died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll from suspected cases this year to 1,118. According to the Director... Read More


Asif Nazrul upbeat on constitution panel

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Asif Nazrul hopes the parliamentary committee on constitutional reform will deliver the biggest possible gains, even if it falls short of the sweeping changes once envisioned under t... Read More


Dengue: 6 more die

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Another six people have died from dengue and 1,898 have been hospitalised in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours. The latest deaths bring the country's dengue toll this year to 377, w... Read More


Shushuk: The life of our rivers

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- October 24 is International Freshwater Dolphin Day. Crisscrossed by rivers, Bangladesh is among the few countries where these gentle creatures can still be found in freshwater system... Read More