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Fakhrul urges interim government to hold referendum on general election day

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has insisted that the national election and the referendum must take place on the same day. He stressed that no referendum should be hel... Read More


Zohran Mamdani names all-female transition team for NYC mayoralty

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani has announced an all-female transition team as he prepares to take office on Jan 1, promising to deliver what he called the city's most ambiti... Read More


Malaysia 'recruitment scam': ACC prosecutes six agencies over 'embezzlement'

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission has approved six cases against 11 people from six recruiting agencies on charges of embezzling and laundering about Tk 5.25 billion. The allegations in... Read More


Nine members of a family in Sirajganj jailed over land dispute

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Police have arrested nine members of a family convicted in a land dispute case in Sirajganj's Tarash Upazila. They were arrested at their home on Wednesday night, said Tarash Police ... Read More


Foreign advisor Touhid says Awami League's appeal to UN will 'achieve nothing'

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has dismissed the letter sent by the Awami League to the UN calling for the suspension of assistance for the national elections as "ineffective". On Th... Read More


Eight units douse fire at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- An abandoned pile of wood has caught on fire at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna. Eight units of Fire Service brought the fire under control after about 45 minutes. Pabna Fi... Read More


Poppy seeds imported under bird food label from Pakistan seized in Chattogram

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Chattogram Customs House has seized 24,960kg of poppy seeds that were imported from Pakistan under a false declaration as bird feed. According to a media statement, the shipment, ban... Read More


Remembering the great Bhola cyclone

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Nov 12 is the 55th anniversary of the cyclone of 1970, which took the lives of at least 500,000 people of the coastal areas of Bangladesh. In October of that year, there had been a sm... Read More


Bangladesh records 5 dengue deaths, 1,034 hospital admissions in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Five more patients have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh, while 1,034 have been admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The number of patients hospitalised with the Aedes mosqu... Read More


Bangladesh approves 28-day holiday calendar for 2026, 9 days fall on weekends

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Bangladesh will enjoy a total of 28 public holidays in 2026, with nine of them falling on Fridays and Saturdays, according to the list approved by the interim government. The decisio... Read More