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Teacher at Sirajganj medical college suspended for classroom shooting incident

Dhaka, March 6 -- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suspended lecturer Dr Md Raihan Shareef of Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College Hospital in Sirajganj following his arrest after a gun he ... Read More


HC grants bail to Hafsa who was 'arrested in place of her husband'

Dhaka, March 6 -- The High Court has granted bail to Hafsa Akter, a woman who was arrested in place of her BNP activist husband in a sabotage case. Their two minor daughters have attended the hearing... Read More


DNCC imposes Tk 100,000 fine on Kacchi Bhai restaurant in Gulshan

Dhaka, March 6 -- A mobile court has imposed a fine of Tk 100,000 on popular biriyani chain Kacchi Bhai's outlet in Dhaka's Gulshan for operating with fire hazards. Additionally, Dhansiri restaurant ... Read More


Shop owners organise firefighting training for staff at Dhaka markets

Dhaka, March 6 -- The Bangladesh Shop Owners' Association has launched an initiative to shore up emergency response capabilities at shopping malls and markets in Dhaka following the deadly blaze at a ... Read More


Sri Lanka committed to repaying debt within 2027-2042 schedule, president says

Dhaka, March 6 -- Sri Lanka is committed to repaying its debt within the 2027-2042 schedule, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday, adding that successful debt restructuring negotiations wi... Read More


Melting of raw sugar intensified warehouse fire in Chattogram, says fire service

Dhaka, March 5 -- The fire service says it is taking time to completely extinguish the fire at the S Alam Group sugar warehouse in Chattogram due to the carbon and oxygen contained in the raw sugar st... Read More


RAJUK begins raid on illegal restaurants on Dhaka's Bailey Road

Dhaka, March 5 -- The capital development authority RAJUK has launched a raid on restaurants opened illegally on residential properties in Dhaka's Bailey Road. Nawabi Voj, a restaurant in the basemen... Read More


Dhaka Times Editor Arifur Rahman Dolon lands in jail in money laundering case

Dhaka, March 5 -- A court has ordered Dhaka Times Editor Arifur Rahman Dolon into jail pending his possible indictment in a Tk 20 billion money laundering case. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judg... Read More


Meta's Facebook, Instagram back up after global outage

Dhaka, March 5 -- Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram were back up on Tuesday after a more than two-hour outage that was caused by a technical issue and impacted hundreds of thousands of users globally.... Read More


Bangladesh shutters 6 restaurants in popular food neighbourhood Bailey Road after deadly fire

Dhaka, March 5 -- Dhaka's development authority RAJUK has sealed off six eateries on Bailey Road six days after the deaths of 46 people in a fire at a restaurant building in the neighbourhood popular ... Read More