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Crude bomb blast outside old Ramna Police Station

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- A crude bomb has exploded in front of the old Ramna Police Station in Dhaka's Bailey Road. The blast occurred around 8pm on Friday, according to Sheikh Jahidul Islam, deputy commiss... Read More


Bus torched after 2 die in Ctg road crash

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Two autorickshaw passengers have been killed after the vehicle was rammed by a bus in Chattogram. The accident occurred on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway in Satkania's Nayakhal ... Read More


300 tourists rush out amid Cox's Bazar hotel fire

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Within a week of a fire at a Cox's Bazar tourist resort that claimed 10 lives, another fire has broken out at a hotel in the district. However, no casualties have been reported in t... Read More


Rally alleges govt neglect over Bangladeshis' executions in Saudi

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- A rally has been held in Dhaka's Shahbagh to protest the government's failure to prevent the execution of two Bangladeshis accused of engaging in "immoral activities" in Saudi Arabia... Read More


Madrasa torched over 'rape attempt' on student

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- A group of agitated locals has set fire to and vandalised a residential madrasa in Pabna Sadar Upazila after allegations that a rape attempt was made on a student. Police have detain... Read More


Shops, malls to close at 8pm

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- The government has decided not to extend the special consideration that allowed keeping shopping malls, markets and shops in Dhaka open until 10pm for Durga Puja. Accordingly, shopp... Read More


'Sniper' comment lands man in jail

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Abu Bokor Siddique, who was arrested in Rajshahi for commenting on a Facebook post suggesting a sniper could have targeted a bus carrying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has been sent... Read More


7 patients with measles symptoms die

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- At least seven people with symptoms of measles have died across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The latest deaths ha... Read More


3 die of dengue, 1,299 more hospitalised

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Bangladesh has recorded three more dengue deaths in a 24-hour count while 1,299 others have been admitted to hospitals around the country. The latest deaths bring this year's toll f... Read More


4 of a family burnt in Gazipur fire

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Four members of a family, including two children, have suffered burns in a fire at a house in Gazipur's Sadar Upazila. The injured were taken to the National Burn and Plastic Surger... Read More