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PM leaves Dhaka for Chandpur visit

, May 16 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left here for Chandpur on Saturday morning on his first visit to the district as head of government. His motorcade started the journey by road from his Gulsh... Read More


Teenage boy killed 'by friend' in Sylhet

, May 16 -- A teenage boy was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend at Tanaghat in Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Siam Ahmed, 15, son of Kayes Ahme... Read More


Pranay Verma: "Our paths will cross again, somewhere, sometime"

Dhaka, May 16 -- Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma and his wife, Manu Verma, hosted a reception at India House on Saturday to bid farewell to friends from the media amid con... Read More


Rising water levels in Sunamganj haors spark concern over remaining Boro paddy

Sunamganj, May 16 -- Water levels in rivers and haors in Sunamganj have started rising again due to unrelenting rain, creating fresh concern among farmers over harvesting, threshing and drying the rem... Read More


Bangladesh eyes long-term G2G energy cooperation arrangement with Angola

, May 16 -- Bangladesh has expressed strong interest in forging a long-term, government-to-government (G2G) energy cooperation arrangement with Angola and invited an Angolan technical team to visit Dh... Read More


Sudanese PM pays courtesy call on President Shahabuddin in London

Dhaka, May 16 -- Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris on Saturday paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, who is currently staying in the United Kingdom. The informal meetin... Read More


JUCSU warns of Dhaka-Aricha highway blockade if rape attempt suspect not arrested quickly

JU, Savar, May 16 -- Leaders of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) on Saturday warned of blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway if authorities fail to arrest the suspect accused o... Read More


Bovine nightstays proliferate in guise of farms in Sunamganj

Sunamganj, May 16 -- ul-Azha approaching, cattle smuggling syndicates have intensified their operations along the Dowarabazar border, allegedly using registered and unregistered dairy farms as tempora... Read More


Israel says Gaza airstrike targeted Hamas military wing leader

, May 16 -- Israeli officials said Friday that an airstrike in Gaza targeted Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas' military wing, though it was not immediately known whether he was killed or wounde... Read More


PM urges vigilance against bid to create 'confusion in the name of politics'

Chandpur, May 16 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged people to remain alert to what he described as attempts by vested interests to spread confusion in the name of politics. "A section... Read More