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Twin investigations launched into fatal Daulatdia Ferry Terminal disaster

Dhaka, March 26 -- Authorities have launched two separate investigations into the tragic bus accident at Rajbari's Daulatdia Ferry Terminal, where the death toll has surged to 26. Rajbari Deputy Comm... Read More


Twin investigations launched into deadly Daulatdia Ferry Terminal disaster

Dhaka, March 26 -- Authorities have launched two separate investigations into the bus accident at Rajbari's Daulatdia Ferry Terminal, in which the death toll has surged to 26. Rajbari district Deputy... Read More


Freedom fighters fume as administration covers Bangabandhu's inscription in Jashore

Dhaka, March 26 -- Freedom fighters in Jashore have expressed grievances over what they say is the district administration's indifference toward Independence Day, citing the neglected state of the dis... Read More


After surviving Daulatdia disaster, Kushtia garment worker tells harrowing tale

Dhaka, March 26 -- Khairul Khan, a garment worker from Kushtia, boarded a Dhaka-bound bus, unaware that within two and a half hours he would face a desperate fight for life as the vehicle capsized int... Read More


Jatiya Party's GM Quader condemns 'mob attacks' on suspects in courts

Dhaka, March 26 -- Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has called upon Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to take immediate action against "mob attacks" on suspects in courts. In a statement issued Thursday a... Read More


Grief grips Kushtia villages after tragic bus accident at Daulatdia

Dhaka, March 26 -- A day after a bus plunged into the river at Daulatdia Ferry Terminal, silence and sorrow have settled over four Kushtia villages, where grieving families buried their loved ones, in... Read More


Government invokes probation rules to dismiss four ASPs from 43rd BCS

Dhaka, March 26 -- In a move grounded in longstanding civil service rules, the government has dismissed four probationary assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) from the 43rd BCS. The home minist... Read More


Former DGFI chief Mamun faces 5-day interrogation over 'July Uprising killing'

Dhaka, March 26 -- A Dhaka court has placed former Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) chief Sheikh Mamun Khaled on a five-day remand for questioning in a murder case linked to the July ... Read More


Bangladesh starting 'new chapter' this Independence Day, says US Secretary of State Rubio

Dhaka, March 26 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has congratulated the people of Bangladesh on Independence Day. In a statement from Washington on Wednesday, local time, he wrote: "This commemor... Read More


China wants to 'carry forward' friendship with Bangladesh, says Xi

Dhaka, March 26 -- Marking Bangladesh's 55th Independence Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping has renewed Beijing's commitment to strengthening ties with Dhaka in a continuation of what he described as ... Read More