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Man kills friend over loan dispute, buries body under cement

Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- Three days after his disappearance, police have recovered the body of a businessman buried in Dhaka's Lalbagh. The body was found after digging next to a five-storey building ... Read More


3 detained with 861g of gold at Dhaka airport

Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- The Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has arrested three alleged members of a gold-smuggling ring with 861.8g of gold ornaments at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport. ... Read More


Modi and Putin met in New Delhi, discussing trade and defence ties

Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks in New Delhi on Friday, their second meeting in two weeks, that are expected to focus on tr... Read More


Yemen's Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane

Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Friday reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, potentially tightening th... Read More


Motorcycle-borne assailants hack man to death in Khulna

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- A 28-year-old man has been hacked to death by a group of attackers in Khulna's Sonadanga. The incident occurred around 8:30pm on Wednesday behind Talukdar Community Centre, ac... Read More


Fire at Mohakhali building brought under control

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Firefighters have contained a fire at an old four-storey building in Dhaka's Mohakhali. The Fire Service received reports of the incident around 11:15am on Thursday at the bui... Read More


Night watchman stabbed to death, 5 injured in Teknaf

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- A night watchman has been stabbed to death in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf following an argument. Five others have been injured in the incident. The incident occurred in the Notun Pal... Read More


Bangladesh didn't create Rohingya crisis, can't solve it alone: State Minister Humaiun Kobir

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir has called for greater international action on the Rohingya crisis, saying Bangladesh neither created the problem nor can resol... Read More


EC sets Oct 29 by-election for Mirza Fakhrul's Thakurgaon-1 seat

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary seat will be held on Oct 29, three weeks after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir took office as president. The Election Commission... Read More


Former Dhaka University professor Sirajul Hoque dies

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Sirajul Hoque, a retired professor of the Department of Soil, Water and Environment at the University of Dhaka, has died. According to a university press release, he died at 3... Read More