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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


Bangladesh beat India to reach final of SAFF U16 Women's Championship

Dhaka, March 5 -- Bangladesh have fought off India's comeback for a 3-1 victory to reach the final of SAFF U16 Women's Championship in Nepal. After the brilliance at ANFA Complex in Kathmandu on Tues... Read More


Case evidence, vehicles burnt in Shahbagh dumping station fire

Dhaka, March 5 -- Several vehicles and case evidence collected by police have been burnt after a fire started at a dumping station behind Shahbagh Police Station in Dhaka. The fire started at 2:45 pm... Read More


Govt agencies pouncing like hyenas in aftermath of Bailey Road fire: restaurant owners

Dhaka, March 5 -- The Restaurant Owners Association has described the drives by government agencies at various restaurants across Dhaka following the loss of life in the fire at Green Cozy Cottage on ... Read More


Banks open from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm during Ramadan

Dhaka, March 5 -- Banks will only be able to make transactions from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm for the month of Ramadan. Banks can continue to operate another one and a half hours until 4 pm for office work. ... Read More


Mobile banking institutions alert police on rampant NID data trade

Dhaka, March 5 -- Mobile banking organisations have issued an alert for illicit trading of customer data through Telegram. According to a press release from mobile financial service (MFS) company Nag... Read More


Vulnerable, exploited and abused: Bangladesh domestic helps lack legal protection, workers' rights

Dhaka, March 5 -- The domestic helps of Bangladesh are arguably larger in number than garment factory workers, but they have no legal protection or rights as workers. The government formulated a poli... Read More


Fire at sugar warehouse will not affect the market, says S Alam Group

Dhaka, March 5 -- The S Alam Group of Industries claims the market will remain unaffected during the fasting month of Ramadan despite the damage to the 100,000 tonnes of raw sugar during a fire at a w... Read More


Judge scraps bail for BNP's Hafizuddin, sends him to jail

Dhaka, March 5 -- A Dhaka court has scrapped the bail of BNP Vice Chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed, who was sentenced to 21 months in prison in a 2011 sabotage case. Hafiz had returned to Bangladesh from ab... Read More