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Sylhet rail links restored as derailed oil tankers cleared in Habiganj

Dhaka, April 2 -- Train communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country resumed on Thursday afternoon, 18 hours after a fuel-carrying train derailed near Mantala Railway Station in Habiganj's... Read More


Two assistant attorneys general step down amid competence assessment

Dhaka, April 2 -- Two assistant attorneys general have resigned in the middle of their performance evaluation process. Advocates Ahmad Musanna Chowdhury and Md Muzahedul Islam tendered their resignat... Read More


Hindu leaders meet PM Tarique Rahman

Dhaka, April 2 -- Leaders of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and the Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee have met with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting took place at the Prime Minister... Read More


Father, stepmother sent to jail for 'strangling' four-year-old boy in Mymensingh

Dhaka, April 2 -- A Mymensingh court has sent the father and stepmother of a four-year-old child to jail for allegedly strangling the boy to death in the district's Trishal Upazila. The court passed ... Read More


Opposition bloc to hold Saturday rally in Dhaka over constitutional reform

Dhaka, April 2 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance has announced protests demanding constitutional reform in line with a referendum verdict. The Opposition bloc is set to hold a rally and pr... Read More


Petition filed seeking high level probe, school closures over child deaths from measles

Dhaka, April 2 -- A lawyer has filed a writ petition seeking a high-level investigation into child deaths from measles and directives to keep schools closed until the outbreak is brought under control... Read More


12kg LPG cylinder price jumps up by Tk 387 amid Iran war

Dhaka, April 2 -- The price of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) has spiked by Tk 32.30 per kg as the global fuel market reels amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. As a result, the price of a 12kg cy... Read More


Child showing 'measles symptoms' dies at Chittagong Medical

Dhaka, April 2 -- Another child has died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) while undergoing treatment for symptoms consistent with measles. The 9-month-old child died while undergoing tre... Read More


Singer Antu granted bail a day after arrest o

Dhaka, April 2 -- A day after being sent to jail, singer Abu Jahid, also known as Jahid Antu, has secured bail in a case over the "sexual assault" of a student from Eden College. Dhaka's Metropolitan... Read More


Singer Noble sent to jail for 'violating' bail terms on embezzlement, assault charges

Dhaka, April 2 -- Singer Mainul Ahsan Noble has been sent to jail after a Dhaka court scrapped his bail for reportedly violating the terms of compromise in a case filed for "embezzling Tk 1.3 million ... Read More