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Highway blocked for 3 hours as students protest former student's death

Mymensingh, Nov. 2 -- Students of Notre Dame College blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for three hours on Monday, protesting the death of a former student in a road crash and demanding the cancella... Read More


26-foot road being built in Gandaria's Ghuntighar after drug den clearance: Ishraque

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- foot-wide road is being constructed in the Ghuntighar area of Gandaria in the capital following the eviction of drug dens, with the removal of illegal structures along the railway lin... Read More


4 robbers detained after posing as DB officers in Feni

Feni, Nov. 2 -- Police arrested four members of a robber gang while they were attempting to commit a robbery posing as Detective Branch (DB) officers at Dakshin Bazar in Daganbhuiyan upazila of Feni o... Read More


12 buses held at JU after Itihas Paribahan conductor attempts to harass female student

JU, Nov. 2 -- Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) detained 12 buses of Itihas Paribahan on Monday over allegations that a bus worker tried to physically harass a female student and behaved rudel... Read More


Acting Foreign Minister joins Commonwealth FMs' meeting ahead of CHOGM-2026

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Acting Foreign Minister Humaiun Kobir on Monday joined the Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegation of Commonwealth nations to discuss progress made by different Commonwealth bodies ... Read More


UNB Bogura Correspondent Abul Kalam Azad passes away

Bogura, Nov. 2 -- Abul Kalam Azad, Bogura correspondent of the United News of Bangladesh (UNB), died in the early hours of Monday. He was 55. Azad breathed his last at around 2:30am while being taken... Read More


Two killed in bike collision in Faridpur

Faridpur, Nov. 2 -- Two young men were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the elevated section of the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway in Bhanga upazila of Far... Read More


Cabinet approves draft Public Procurement (2nd Amendment) Act, 2026

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The Cabinet on Monday gave approval to the draft of the Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Act, 2026, aiming to ensure greater transparency, accountability, equal treatment and ope... Read More


Cabinet approves holiday calendar for 2027

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The cabinet on Monday approved the list of public holidays for 2027, with 15 days of general holidays and 14 days of holidays under executive orders. However, the actual number of ho... Read More


Cabinet clears draft law to expedite solar power installations

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The Cabinet on Monday gave approval - both in principle and final - to the draft Special Solar Power Installation Act, 2026, aimed at expediting the expansion of solar power installat... Read More