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DNA tests to confirm Karwan Bazar slum fire victims' identities

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Police have decided to conduct DNA tests to confirm the identities of the two bodies recovered after a fire at a slum in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar after a resident claimed them to be his ... Read More


No sign of the sun, forecast says it will grow even colder in Dhaka

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- The heavy fog and cutting chill of winter is likely to persist for a few more days, according to a forecast from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Dhaka and most other parts... Read More


New cabinet pays its respects at Bangabandhu's mausoleum

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the members of her cabinet have paid their respects at the mausoleum of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj's Tun... Read More


Autonomous or subordinate? Ministry of Cultural Affairs directive stirs anger, controversy

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has issued directives to various autonomous institutions, including the Bangla Academy, instructing them to incorporate the ministry's name into thei... Read More


Voting underway at suspended Mymensingh-3 centre amid tight security

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Balloting is underway at the Bhalukapur High School polling centre in Mymensingh-3, where voting was suspended over irregularities during the national election, amid tight security. ... Read More


Woman, child dead as fire guts slum in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Authorities have recovered the bodies of a woman and a child after a blaze ripped through a slum in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar. About 300 homes were destroyed in the fire that broke out i... Read More


Hasina tells ministers to keep costs of essentials from rising in Ramadan

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Sheikh Hasina has asked her new cabinet to take measures to make sure prices of essential commodities do not surge during the Ramadan which is two months away. "Holy Ramadan is comi... Read More


Bangladesh records 25 new dengue cases, 1 death in a day

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Hospitals in Bangladesh have recorded 25 new cases of dengue fever in a day, taking the tally of infections this year to 632 after the worst outbreak in the country's history in 2023... Read More


AL's Poppy wins Mymensingh-3 race after voting at suspended centre

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Awami League candidate Nilufar Anjum Poppy has won the Mymensingh-3 seat after a new round of votes were cast and counted at a centre that was suspended over irregularities during th... Read More


Batchmates, colleagues seek justice over death of Bangladesh Bank official Dipanwita

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- The former classmates and colleagues of Bangladesh Bank Assistant Director Dipu Sana alias Dipanwita Biswas, who died after being hit by a concrete block that fell from an under-cons... Read More