Foreign Minister Mahmud calls for ban on deadly weapons at border with India

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has highlighted several unresolved issues, such as the killing of a Bangladeshi border guard and the Teesta water-sharing deal in a discussion with his I... Read More

Curfew imposed after violence leaves four dead, 250 injured in India's Uttarakhand

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Four people have died and 250 others were injured in widespread violence over the demolition of a madrasa and an adjoining mosque in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Authorities have... Read More

Bus crushes 2 Rohingya children to death in Teknaf

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Two children belonging to Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingya community have died when a bus hit them in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf. The accident occurred on Shaheed ATM Zafar Alam Araka... Read More

For Malaysian filmmakers, censorship stifles optimism after overseas glory

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- It was a stellar 2023 for Malaysian filmmakers with awards at Cannes and the Oscars, but signs of heightened censorship at home and death threats have fuelled worries about whether th... Read More

Fire breaks out at multi-storey building in Chattogram

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- A fire has broken out at a multi-storey commercial building in the Amtola area adjacent to Chattogram's Reazuddin Market, which houses a panjabi warehouse on several floors. The Fire... Read More

State minister defends 4 million 'Bangla Teslas' on roads

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid says he wants to personally encourage the use of battery-run autorickshaws despite the many complaints against them. He described the three-whee... Read More

We won't open up the border to all: Quader

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader says that Bangladesh will not open its borders as it did six and a half years ago to allow Rohingya refugees to enter unobstructed. Bangladesh ... Read More

Bangladesh preparing to send fleeing Myanmar security forces home via sea route.

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The Bangladesh government is preparing to send the Myanmar border guards and military personnel who fled across the border back home through the sea route. They will be sent along th... Read More

NSU students mark the Chinese Spring Festival with a dumpling-making event.

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Students at North South University have attended an event on making dumplings to commemorate the 2024 Spring Festival, the most celebrated event in Chinese culture. The event aimed t... Read More

100,000 students to take medical college admission exam on Friday.

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The MBBS exams for admission to private and public medical colleges across the country for the 2023-24 academic year will be held on Friday. The hour-long test will start at 10am at ... Read More

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