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Oil tanker fire: 4 hospitalised victims in critical condition

Dhaka, April 2 -- At least four of the seven victims of the Savar oil tanker fire admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery are in critical condition, the doctors sa... Read More


Khaleda Zia's condition 'stable' in CCU

Dhaka, April 2 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been admitted to the CCU at Dhaka's Evercare Hospital, is now 'stable', according to her personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain. "Under the m... Read More


Border-crossing at Akhaura halted due to technical glitch in immigration server

Dhaka, April 2 -- Passenger transit through the Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria has been halted due to a technical glitch in the immigration systems in India's Agartala. According to ASI Morshedul ... Read More


Bangladesh sees remittances fall below $2bn in March, lowest in three months

Dhaka, April 2 -- Bangladeshi expatriates have sent over $1.99 billion in March, the lowest in three months. The inward remittances last month, which ended just 10 days before Eid-ul-Fitr, were also ... Read More


Fire at Gazipur tiles factory brought under control after 1.5 hours

Dhaka, April 1 -- A fire has burnt a tiles factory in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila. The blaze broke out at the 'Mir Ceramics' factory in Mulaid village of the Upazila's Telihati Union around 11:30pm on ... Read More


Why are madrasas gaining more pupils amid a fall in number of school students

Dhaka, April 1 -- Sadeka Jahan Apsara, a girl living in Mirpur-12, studied up to Class Six at the conventional MDC Model Institute school and then transferred to Dhaka Ideal Cadet Madrasa in Rupnagar ... Read More


Barrister orchestrated gang-rape of woman in Dhaka flat from abroad, police say

Dhaka, April 1 -- Police are trying to locate a lawyer who allegedly masterminded the gang-rape of a young woman in a flat in Dhaka's Mohammadpur. Police say the accused persons used to film the inci... Read More


Fuel price cut will benefit bus owners only, not travellers: Passenger Welfare Association

Dhaka, April 1 -- The decision to cut fares of diesel-run buses by Tk 0.03 per kilometre following a fuel price adjustment will benefit the owners only, not the travellers, the Passenger Welfare Assoc... Read More


Couple, son burnt in Dhamrai kitchen gas fire die in hospital

Dhaka, April 1 -- A couple and their son have succumbed to burn injuries they suffered in a kitchen gas fire in Dhamrai on the outskirts of Dhaka. Sufia Begum, 48, died at the Sheikh Hasina National ... Read More


Awami League says it spent Tk 27.7m on Jan 7 election

Dhaka, April 1 -- The Awami League has spent around Tk 27.7 million on the campaigns of more than 250 candidates in the 12th parliamentary election, including posters and rallies. The ruling party su... Read More