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DSCC orders crackdown on mosquito breeding

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam has ordered officials to intensify and coordinate mosquito-control activities, stressing the destruction of breedin... Read More


88,909 doctors needed to meet WHO ratio

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Bangladesh needs around 88,909 doctors to meet the World Health Organisation's minimum doctor-population ratio, but only 30,311 doctors are currently working in government hospi... Read More


President lays foundation stone for Thakurgaon University

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday laid the foundation stone of the long-awaited Thakurgaon University, formally beginning construction of the public university on ... Read More


Measles-related deaths reach 997

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Three children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am Monday, raising Bangladesh's combined confirmed and suspected measles-related death toll to 997 this yea... Read More


Driver competency, public awareness vital to cut road deaths: Minister

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam has stressed proper training and competency of drivers alongside greater public awareness to reduce road accident deaths, ... Read More


14-year-old boy missing in Pallabi

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Mohammad Ullah, 14, went missing from Pallabi, Dhaka, on September 6, 2026, at around 3:30pm while he was on his way to the Badsha Faisal Institute hostel. Despite searches amon... Read More


554 heritage sites listed, digital archive planned

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- The government has published a list of 554 gazetted immovable archaeological sites and is planning to establish a National Digital Cultural Repository to preserve and provide gl... Read More


Tabligh leaders urged to heal rift

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Moulana Karim ibn Mosobbir, a former central leader of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has called on the two factions of Tabligh Jamaat to resolve their differences and reunite ahead... Read More


Consumer rights drive fines five in Rangpur

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- The National Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection has fined five businesses a total of Tk 50,000 during a market monitoring drive in Badarganj, Rangpur. The drive was cond... Read More


New Administrator Noman joins Feni Municipality

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Nuruddin Muhammad Shibli Noman has joined Feni Municipality as the newly appointed Municipal Administrator. He assumed the new responsibility after the outgoing Municipal Admini... Read More