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PM Tarique reviews plans to revive shuttered factories, mills

Dhaka, May 4 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has held a meeting with the Ministry of Textiles and Jute to discuss ways to reopen closed mills and factories. The meeting began at the Prime Minister's... Read More


Measles surges amid 'patchwork' response as experts' advice ignored, coordination falters

Dhaka, May 4 -- Stopgap Shock: Escalating Outbreak Two-decade high: With 280 deaths in six weeks, this surge is the deadliest in 20 years. 38,000 suspected cases have forced the WHO to label the nati... Read More


Customers of merged banks in Chattogram protest for second day

Dhaka, May 4 -- Depositors and customers of five merged banks have staged protests for the second consecutive day in Chattogram, locking bank branches and demanding repayment of their deposits along w... Read More


Bangladesh to slash import duties on electric buses, trucks until June 2026

Dhaka, May 4 -- Bangladesh will offer substantial tax breaks on imports of electric buses and trucks for commercial use, extending incentives beyond educational institutions. The decision was approve... Read More


Death toll rises to nine as another worker dies after truck-pickup collision in Sylhet

Dhaka, May 4 -- The death toll from a head-on collision between a pickup and a truck in Sylhet's South Surma has risen to nine after another injured labourer died. Fifty-year-old Ramim, identified by... Read More


Shipment of 10 vaccine types incoming amid immunisation crisis

Dhaka, May 4 -- Amid mounting criticism over child deaths from measles and a severe shortage of essential immunisations, the government has announced that a large shipment of 10 types of vaccines is e... Read More


Lawyer seeks Tk 5mn compensation from Ifad Motors over road crash

Dhaka, May 3 -- A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking Tk 5 million in compensation from Ifad Motors Ltd after suffering fractured ribs in a road crash involving ... Read More


'Not in the habit of switching sides': Shakib rules out leaving Awami League despite ban

Dhaka, May 3 -- For Shakib Al Hasan, politics appears to be the next innings after cricket. And in that innings, he says, there is only one team he wants to play for: the Awami League. The former Ban... Read More


Shakib wanted to contest 2026 election, 'show everyone'

Dhaka, May 3 -- Even after the fall of the Awami League government, Shakib Al Hasan says he had considered running for parliament in this year's general election. However, the cricket icon claims he ... Read More


8 workers die as pickup truck crashes into truck in Sylhet

Dhaka, May 3 -- Eight construction workers have been killed in a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a truck in Sylhet. The accident occurred on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in the Telibazar Bri... Read More