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Hijacked Bangladeshi ship reaches Somali coast, shadowed by EU maritime force

Dhaka, March 14 -- The Bangladeshi cargo ship MV Abdullah, hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean, has reached the coast of Somalia. A ship from European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR), engaged in com... Read More


Somali pirates of the Indian Ocean strike again, unsettling a strained shipping industry

Dhaka, March 14 -- When the global shipping industry is grappling with attacks by Houthi militants in the Red Sea, the pirates of Somalia come back to haunt merchants in the Indian Ocean. After a per... Read More


Spare no effort to save victims of Gazipur cylinder fire: minister

Dhaka, March 14 -- Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen has called on doctors to do everything in their power to aid the survivors of a fire ignited by a gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur's Kaliakair. The... Read More


UN, partners seek over $850 million to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 14 -- The UN refugee agency UNHCR and its other humanitarian partners have called on the international community to redouble efforts to protect and assist Myanmar's forcibly displaced Roh... Read More


Top commander of Rohingya insurgent group among 4 held in Cox's Bazar

Dhaka, March 14 -- The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four people with arms and ammunition during a raid at a settlement for Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar's Ukhi... Read More


Two jailed for life, 3 acquitted for 1989 murder of housewife Sagira Morshed

Dhaka, March 13 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced two suspects to life in prison and acquitted three others for the murder of housewife Sagira Morshed in the capital's Siddheswari over a family feud in 1... Read More


Families await news of MV Abdullah crew as pirates' demand remain unspecified

Dhaka, March 13 -- The families of the crew members aboard the Bangladeshi vessel MV Abdullah, which has been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, are anxious about their safety as the pira... Read More


Shanto century guides Bangladesh to dominant win in first ODI against Sri Lanka

Dhaka, March 13 -- Najmul Hossain Shanto has led Bangladesh to a dominant six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first of the three ODIs. The captain has support from veterans Mahmudullah (37 off 50) a... Read More


Eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer Sadi Mohammad dies by apparent sucide

Dhaka, March 13 -- The renowned Rabindra Sangeet singer Sadi Mohammad's hanging body has been found in the music room of his house. The police suspect that the artist chose to die by suicide. Sadi's... Read More


Counterfeit or forged tag?: Government sugar is sold at Tk 170 after price is set at Tk 140

Dhaka, March 13 -- The government has set the price of sugar from its mill at Tk 140 per kg, but the product is being sold at Tk 170 at some places in Dhaka. It is unclear if the product is counterfe... Read More