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Two units of Barapukuria power plant resume generation

Dhaka, March 4 -- Two units of Dinajpur's Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant have resumed electricity generation, supplying 240-250 megawatts daily to the national grid. The plant, which has a total cap... Read More


Ambassador Mohiuddin Ahmed passes away

Dhaka, March 4 -- Former ambassador and freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed has passed away at the age of 88. He breathed his last at a city hospital on Sunday due to multiple age-related complications, ... Read More


Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway

Dhaka, March 4 -- Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Tuesday blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for three hours protesting the killing of one of their fellows allegedly by bus work... Read More


1,752 complaints filed with enforced disappearance commission

Dhaka, March 4 -- A total of 1,752 complaints have been filed with the commission on enforced disappearance, according to the Commission's President, Justice (retired) Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury. He als... Read More


NCP leaders vow to rebuild Bangladesh with July spirit

Dhaka, March 4 -- Leaders of the newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP) on Tuesday paid tribute to the martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Martyrs Mausoleum in Savar, pledging to rebuild Ban... Read More


No short supply of daily essentials: Adviser Sakhawat

Dhaka, March 4 -- Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain said on Tuesday that an adequate amount of daily essentials had been imported, eliminating the risk of any short supply. Speaking a... Read More


MRT deploys two policemen in each metro coach

Dhaka, March 4 -- Starting today, two Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) police men will be stationed inside each metro rail coach to enhance passenger security, according to MRT Police Inspector (Operations) S... Read More


Trade wars erupt as Trump hits Canada, Mexico, China with steep tariffs

Dhaka, March 4 -- US President Donald Trump's new 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20 per cent, launchi... Read More


Oil slides on OPEC+ output increase, US tariff uncertainty

Dhaka, March 4 -- Oil prices extended losses on Tuesday following reports that OPEC+ will proceed with a planned output increase in April while markets braced for US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and Chin... Read More


Three die of Nipah virus this year: IEDCR

Dhaka, March 4 -- Three people have died from Nipah virus this year, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control And Research (IEDCR) confirmed on Monday. IEDCR said that the infected person they firs... Read More