BNP chief Khaleda returns home from hospital after sudden illness

Dhaka, April 2 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned home after receiving treatment for three days at Dhaka's Evercare Hospital following her sudden illness. She arrived in her Gulshan residenc... Read More

Bangladesh discusses a second nuclear power plant with Russia's Rosatom

Dhaka, April 2 -- The first of the two 1200 MW units of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in northern Bangladesh is expected to begin experimental production by the end of 2024. Alexey Likhachev, director ... Read More

Worker's body recovered after girder of an under-construction bridge collapses in Sirajganj

Dhaka, April 2 -- Emergency responders have recovered the body of a worker buried underneath an under-construction bridge's girder which collapsed in Sirajganj Sadar. The body was found under the fal... Read More

Satkhira Medical College closed after clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League factions

Dhaka, April 2 -- Satkhira Medical College has been closed indefinitely after clashes between rival factions of ruling Awami League's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League over control of the campus.... Read More

Nobel laureate Yunus sees rule of law absent after conviction for labour law breach

Dhaka, April 2 -- Convicted of labour law violation, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has lamented the "absence of rule of law" after appearing in court for the hearing of another case over embezzlement.... Read More

Man to die for raping and murdering child with lure of tamarind in Cumilla

Dhaka, April 2 -- A tribunal has sentenced a man to death over the murder of a third-grader after raping her in Cumilla's Chauddagram Upazila in 2019. Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention... Read More

Daily Star sacks Executive Editor Ashfaqul Haque 2 months after fatal 'fall' from his flat

Dhaka, April 2 -- The Daily Star has dismissed its Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque under pressure from rights activists amid allegations that the newspaper was protecting him after he landed in j... Read More

Anti-tobacco campaigners demand rise in cigarette prices, taxes in budget

Dhaka, April 2 -- Speakers at a workshop for journalists have demanded that the government raise prices of tobacco products in the budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year starting on Jul 1. Hiking prices ... Read More

Tense silence descends on BUET campus

Dhaka, April 2 -- The atmosphere is tense at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) campus following the High Court's order to suspend its ban on student politics. At 11:30am ... Read More

Call to allay campus safety concerns as student politics returns to BUET

Dhaka, April 2 -- The High Court has temporarily lifted a ban on politics at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology or BUET, reigniting concerns of abuse by the powerful or fights for... Read More

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