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Dhaka University teacher dies of 'heart attack' at China airport

Dhaka, July 25 -- Dhaka University Prof Mohammad Jahangir Alam of the Department of World Religions and Culture has died due to heart-related complications at China's Kunming Changshui International A... Read More


Visiting Indian medical team assesses burn victims of Milestone crash

Dhaka, July 25 -- The Indian medical team, now in Dhaka to help provide treatment to Milestone crash victims, has held detailed medical consultations with senior officials of the Bangladesh Ministry o... Read More


Only two people can accompany passengers to Dhaka airport driveway: authority

Dhaka, July 25 -- Only two people are now allowed to accompany passengers to the driveway and canopy area at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, according to the airport authority. In a s... Read More


NCC struggles to reach consensus on key reform issues

Dhaka, July 25 -- The National Consensus Commission (NCC) is facing challenges in reaching a consensus over three significant reform issues -- the appointment of the election-time caretaker government... Read More


Delhi ignores Dhaka's request for trade talks, businesses pay

Dhaka, July 25 -- India continues to cold-shoulder requests for holding talks to resolve accumulating trade-related disputes, officials say, while Bangladesh businesses have to pay for abrupt shipment... Read More


Milestone tragedy: Ayman laid to rest in Shariatpur

Dhaka, July 25 -- The body of Ayman, a 10-year-old student of Milestone School and College who died from injuries in the recent Uttara plane crash, was taken to his ancestral home in Narayanpur villag... Read More


Arrested must be allowed to contact kith and kin in 12 hrs

Dhaka, July 25 -- The council of advisers approved a proposal on Thursday to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to stop harassment and enforced disappearances by law enforcers. It was approv... Read More


Contentious party-symbol provision in local-govt elections scrapped

Dhaka, July 25 -- Election to local-government bodies reverts to nonpartisan system as the interim government scraps the party-symbol provision widely disliked for "politicisation" of local governance... Read More


ICCB president mourns Uttara jet crash victims

Dhaka, July 25 -- The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh has expressed profound shock at the tragic deaths of students and others in a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash into Mile... Read More


Govt moves to amend PPAs, slash tariffs of 9 plants

Dhaka, July 25 -- The interim government has initiated steps to amend power-purchase agreements (PPAs) and lower tariff rates for nine power plants that have been selling electricity to the Bangladesh... Read More