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Dhaka's police chief assures high security during Ekushey Book Fair

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali has requested the Bangla Academy not to allow any provocative book to display at the month-long Ekushey Book Fair. ... Read More


Reform initiatives aim to foster good governance, inclusive election: Ambassador Mushfiqul

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Highlighting the interim government's reforms initiatives, Bangladesh Ambassador to Mexico M Mushfiqul Fazal (Ansarey) has said these initiatives aim to foster good governance, democ... Read More


Book Fair: Paperback still rules readers' choice in digital age

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Despite the rapid digitalisation of reading materials, paperback books remain the preferred choice among readers in Bangladesh, as research, surveys, and reports consistently indicat... Read More


BSF erects electric pillars along Bangladesh's Patgram border: BGB

Lalmonirhat, Jan. 31 -- Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has allegedly erected electric pillars along the border in Patgram of Lalmonirhat, breaching International Border Act, said Border Guard Bang... Read More


20 injured as two buses collide in Sylhet

Sylhet, Jan. 31 -- At least 20 people were injured in a head-on collision between a BRTC bus and another bus in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Friday morning. The accident happened around 9:30 am nea... Read More


2 die as truck hits autorickshaw in Kushtia

Kushtia, Jan. 31 -- Two people, including a woman, died and two others injured after a stone-laden dump truck collided with a CNG-run autorickshaw in Kushtia's Mirpur upazila. The accident happened a... Read More


Baroness Rosie Winterton appointed as UK trade envoy to Bangladesh

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Newly appointed British trade envoy to Bangladesh Baroness Rosie Winterton of Doncaster has said she looks forward to working closely with the Department for Business and Trade, the ... Read More


BNP's Babar hospitalised in Dubai on way to Saudi

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar has been admitted to a hospital in Dubai after suddenly falling ill en route to Saudi Arabia for Umrah. Mirza Haider Ali, Ba... Read More


18th National Pitha Festival kicks off at BSA

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- The 18th National Pitha Festival, one of the flagship winter festivities in the country, began Thursday at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). Celebrating Bangladesh's rich culinar... Read More


Khulna consumers hit by rising rice and edible oil prices

Khulna, Jan. 31 -- Like elsewhere in the country, consumers in Khulna are struggling with rising rice and edible oil prices. However, prices of all varieties of vegetables remain under buying capacit... Read More