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President to address Parliament: Home Minister

Bangladesh, March 11 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that President Mohammed Shahabuddin will address the National Parliament. He said that the speech will cover all matters related to the ... Read More


Middle East tension: 391 flights cancelled at Shahjalal Airport over crisis

Bangladesh, March 11 -- A total of 391 flights have been cancelled at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport over the past 12 days due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. According to data fr... Read More


Dhaka, Jakarta stress on trade and economic cooperation

Bangladesh, March 11 -- With review the progress in negotiations on a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) Bangladesh and Indonesia stressed the importance of concluding the pact at an early date to exp... Read More


Iran launches new wave of strikes, claims attack on US base in Kuwait

Bangladesh, March 11 -- Iran has launched a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes targeting Israeli and US-linked sites across the Middle East, with Tehran claiming it also struck a major US militar... Read More


Iran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz: Report

Bangladesh, March 11 -- Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important energy chokepoint, which carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two sources fami... Read More


Rare species of brown Boobook bird rescued

Bangladesh, March 11 -- Members of the Kalapara branch of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali have rescued a rare species of brown Boobook bird in Kalapara upazila under Patuakhali district. The eyes of the ... Read More


'Family Card strengthens women's empowerment'

Bangladesh, March 11 -- Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, "We have no other interests, we will not build elite h... Read More


Boro paddy cultivation increases despite severe salinity

Bangladesh, March 11 -- Farmers in Rampal area under Bagerhat district are expecting a good harvest in the current season despite severe salinity. The Agriculture Department believes that due to favo... Read More


School teacher's dwelling house gutted

Bangladesh, March 11 -- A tin-shed dwelling house belonging to a primary school teacher named Abu Saleh of Uttar-Tafalbari village within Southkhali Union under Sharankhola Upazila in Bagerhat distric... Read More


Businessman jailed for illegal petrol stockpiling

Bangladesh, March 10 -- A mobile court in Sunamganj has sentenced a businessman to six months in jail and fined him Taka 10,000 for illegally storing petrol in violation of government regulations. Th... Read More