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Leftist student alliance holds torch march at Dhaka University to protest US trade deal

Dhaka, May 9 -- The Democratic Students' Alliance, an alliance of several left-wing student organisations, have held a torchlight procession on the Dhaka University campus demanding the cancellation o... Read More


No crime against humanity will go unpunished, says information minister

Dhaka, May 9 -- The government will never allow any crime against humanity, genocide or anti-justice activities committed in the country to go unpunished, warns Information and Broadcasting Minister Z... Read More


Former Labour politician Lutfur Rahman re-elected mayor of Tower Hamlets

Dhaka, May 8 -- Lutfur Rahman, the controversial local government leader who formed a new party called Aspire after leaving Labour, has won re-election as the executive mayor of Tower Hamlets at the h... Read More


Lutfur Rahman wins fourth term as Tower Hamlets executive mayor

Dhaka, May 8 -- Lutfur Rahman, the controversial local government leader who formed a new party called Aspire after leaving Labour, has been re-elected executive mayor of Tower Hamlets at the heart of... Read More


Labour's Forhad Hussain becomes first Bengali mayor of Newham

Dhaka, May 8 -- A Bangladeshi-origin Labour politician has become the new mayor of Newham, a London borough that is home to a sizeable population of migrants, including Bengalis. Voting was held on T... Read More


Housewife killed in Khagrachhari, husband arrested

Dhaka, May 8 -- A housewife has been killed in Manikchhari Upazila of Khagrachhari. Police have arrested her husband in the incident. The body of the housewife was recovered from the East Gachchhabil... Read More


Body of transport worker found in pond in Khagrachhari

Dhaka, May 8 -- The body of a transport worker has been recovered from a pond in Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila. The body was recovered from a pond in front of the forest department's Sadar Range Officer... Read More


Bangladesh prisons target generating own power, feed national grid with solar electricity

Dhaka, May 8 -- The Department of Prisons has set a target to generate up to 18MW of electricity by using rooftops of its facilities across Bangladesh in solar power generation. The initiative, imple... Read More


China confirms it helped Pakistan's air force during 2025 war with India

Dhaka, May 8 -- China has acknowledged for the first time that it provided "on-site technical support" to Pakistan during its four-day war with India in May 2025, reports the South China Morning Post,... Read More


Fire destroys three shops at Narail market in early morning blaze

Dhaka, May 8 -- A fire has burned down three shops in Narail's Lohagara Upazila. The blaze broke out at Lahuria Bazar early on Friday, according to Md Sohaguzzaman, station officer of Lohagara Fire S... Read More