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Crude bomb explodes in front of Ramna Police Station

Bangladesh, Oct. 23 -- A crude bomb has exploded in front of the old Ramna Police Station in Dhaka's Bailey Road. The blast occurred around 8pm on Friday, according to Sheikh Jahidul Islam, deputy co... Read More


Billion-dollar medical device market unexplored, import dependence grows

Bangladesh, Oct. 23 -- Bangladesh imports nearly 90 per cent of its medical equipment as a potential billion-dollar manufacturing opportunity is left largely untapped for policy shortcomings in the ma... Read More


Rethinking boardroom oversight

Bangladesh, Oct. 23 -- The release of the draft Corporate Governance Rules in May 2026 by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) marks a welcome and timely step forward for the count... Read More


Election Commission weighs EVM reuse, resale, destruction to end mounting costs

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- For the Election Commission, a technology once promoted as a modern alternative to ballot-box voting has become an expensive burden. Some 150,000 electronic voting machines (EV... Read More


UNEP says emissions must nearly halve by 2035 to limit global warming

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said the world must cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth by 2030 and by almost half by 2035 to avoid dangerously overshooting climate t... Read More


HSIA 3rd Terminal Opening: CAAB, Japanese consortium differ on inaugural flights

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Negotiations are underway to finalise the number of flights to be operated on the inaugural day of the long-awaited third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSI... Read More


Two matches, no 200: Bangladesh's batting problem a year out from the World Cup

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh have a year left before the ODI World Cup, and the tri-nation series in the UAE has shown where the work lies: in two matches, their batters did not reach 200 either ... Read More


Low-pressure area likely to form over Bay of Bengal on Oct 23

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- A new low-pressure area is likely to form over the Southeast and adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal around October 23 and may intensify, according to Bangladesh Meteorological... Read More


Probation gives hundreds of offenders a second chance at life

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- A legal facility known as probation has helped hundreds of minor offenders in Chattogram reform themselves and return to normal life without serving time in prison. Since the p... Read More


DNA sequences of seven Sundarbans aquatic species to enter GenBank

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- DNA sequences of five fish species and two shrimp species newly documented in the Sundarbans are set to be submitted to the international GenBank database, marking a significant... Read More