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IUB launches 2nd phase of innovation to impact award

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- Twenty-four faculty and student teams have advanced to the incubation phase of Independent University, Bangladesh's (IUB) Innovation to Impact Award (i2i), as the university laun... Read More


Damaged barrier at Pirojpur U-loop poses accident risk

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- A damaged height-restriction barrier at the Pirojpur-Mograpara U-loop on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway has raised serious safety concerns, with local residents fearing a major acc... Read More


Sugarcane cultivation booms in Kalkini

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- Farmers in Kalkini upazila of Madaripur are optimistic about higher earnings following a bumper sugarcane harvest this year, with the crop cultivated on 115 hectares of land. Lo... Read More


BCG provides free medical services in Mongla

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- The Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) has provided free medical services and distributed essential medicines among 133 people in the coastal and riverbank areas of Joymonirghol in Mon... Read More


Fish trader fined for storing rotten hilsa

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- A fish trader has been fined Tk 10,000 for storing rotten hilsa for sale during a raid at Boro Station Fish Market in Chandpur town on Saturday. Abdullah Al Imran, Assistant Dir... Read More


Human chain demands end to banditry in Sundarbans

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- A human chain was held in Ramzanagar Union under Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira, demanding that the Sundarbans be freed from forest bandits and security be ensured for fishermen ... Read More


4 AL activists held over cocktail blast

Bangladesh, Oct. 31 -- Police have arrested four activists of the Awami League, whose activities remain banned, and its affiliate organisation Jubo League after a cocktail explosion in the capital's D... Read More


Heat wipes out 29.3b work hrs in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Oct. 31 -- Climate change-related health risks are costing Bangladesh an estimated $20.7 billion a year, equivalent to 4.6 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, a... Read More


Lightning strike kills 6 in Pabna

Bangladesh, Oct. 31 -- Six people were killed and three others injured in a lightning strike in the wetlands of Pabna Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred in the Sonapati wetlands... Read More


Bodies of 7 more Saudi fire victims set to return home

Bangladesh, Oct. 31 -- The bodies of seven more Bangladeshi workers killed in a fire at a sofa factory in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday morning, nearly three months after the ... Read More