Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- Amid load shedding across the country, electricity generation at Unit 1 of the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur has been suspended again due to a mechanical glitch. ... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- The dollar has continued to lose ground against the taka as remittance inflows rise and import spending trends lower. Over a week, the greenback fell 61 poisha, or 0.50 percent... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- Al-Qaeda is seeking to expand its network in Bangladesh by establishing active cells, the United Nations has warned in a new Security Council report. The report says Al-Qaeda i... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been searching for a Bangladeshi doctor for nearly three decades over allegations that he raped a patient. The doctor, Zahidul ... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- A police constable has been sent to jail in a case accusing him of abusing his wife over dowry demands in Sherpur. Senior Judicial Magistrate Sultan Mahmud Milon of the Sherpur... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- The death toll from a suspected toxic gas leak at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram's Sitakunda has risen to eight, while several others remain injured. Md Alamgir, inspector (... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- The government has ordered 49 police inspectors into compulsory retirement after they completed 25 years in service. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued the order on Thursday, ... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- Gas supply to the national grid from Summit's floating LNG terminal in Cox's Bazar's Moheshkhali remains suspended after an LNG-carrying vessel "could not berth". The state-run... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- Preparations are quietly but steadily under way for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to make his maiden visit to India as early as next week, official sources in Dhaka say. The li... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- The BNP will hold prayer and religious gatherings across Bangladesh on Saturday to mark the birth anniversary of its late chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia. Par... Read More