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16 Bangladeshi nationals held in Tripura

Tripura Police have arrested 16 Bangladeshi nationals, including five children, in two separate locations of Dhalai District in the state. Speaking on the issue, Dhalai District Superintendent of Police, Avinas Rai, told India Today NE that based on secret information, the Police of

Dhaka-Mymensingh train services resume

Dhaka’s rail connectivity with Mymensingh, Tangail and Netrokona resumed at 7pm Saturday more than 30 hours after a train collision at the Joydebpur Railway Junction in Gazipur disrupted railway movement between Dhaka and the country’s northern regions. Railway employees

Met office predicts heavy rainfall with thunderstorm from May 6

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (May 4) predicted heavy rainfall with thundershowers between May 6 and 11 across the country.  "Analyzing mathematical model of rainfall index, Bangladesh is likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall with thunderstorm from

Sundarbans in fire

A fire broke out in Amarbunia area under Chandpai Range of Sundarbans East Forest Division in Bagerhat on Saturday (May 4) afternoon. Kazi Mohammad Nurul Karim, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans East Forest Department confirmed the matter. He said forest officials

All in govt not angels: Arafat

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today (May 4) said all those, who run the government are not angels. He made the remark while addressing a discussion titled "A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the face of the Environmental Crisis" at

Two minors drown in Dhaka’s Diabari lake

Two minors drowned in a lake in Diabari area of Dhaka's Uttara sector-18 on Saturday (May 4) afternoon. The deceased identified as Md Ashraf, 16, and Tamim, 16, were class nine students of a high school in Mirpur. According to locals, Ashraf and Tamim, including 3 others got

Four killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Noakhali

Four passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed after being hit by a truck in Begumganj Upazila of Noakhali on Saturday (May 4). The accident occurred at Chandraganj Purba Bazar on the Noakhali-Lakshmipur regional highway of the upazila around 5:30 am. The deceased were

DMP arrests 26, files 17 cases in 24-hr anti-narcotics drive

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Saturday (May 4) arrested 26 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

3 of a family killed in Munshiganj road crash

Three persons of a family were killed and two others injured after a covered van ran over their private car on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Munshiganj's Gazaria early Saturday (May 4). The incident happened in front of Mana Bay water park in Baushia area of the upazila around

2 construction workers killed in Gazipur truck-pickup van collision 

Two construction workers were killed and 11 others injured after a truck collided with a pickup van at Ansar Road in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Saturday (May 4). The deceased were identified as Russel Mia, 25, and his brother-in-law Abu Sufian, 25. Both hailed from

RMG workers’ demo: Severe traffic congestion on Airport road

The RMG workers staged a demonstration by blocking roads against the closure of a garment factory causing a long tailback at Banani of the capital on Saturday morning (May 4). During the protest, severe traffic jam was created on almost all the roads from Mohakhali to Airport. The

Met office predicts rain in parts of country

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (May 4) predicted rain or thundershowers in different parts of the country as day temperature may fall further amid severe heatwave in the districts of Pabna, Jashore, Chuadanga and Bagerhat. According to the BMD weather bulletin, rain

Met office again issues heatwave alert for next 48-hour

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (May 3) issued again a country-wide heatwave alert message for the next 48 hours. In the latest heatwave alert Meteorologist Md Omar Faruq said: "The prevailing heatwave over Khulna, Rangpur, Rajshahi divisions and the western parts

Severe heatwave continues in parts of Bangladesh 

Although the rainfall on different parts of the country has declined heatwave intensity by this time in various places while medium to high range heatwave still being continued in several north and southern parts of the country.   "Severe heatwave is sweeping over Rajshahi,

Four injured as two trains collide head-on in Gazipur

At least four people were injured as a commuter train crashed into a stationary oil carrying freight train at Outer Signal of Joydebpur Railway junction in Gazipur on Friday morning, said railway officials. Several compartmentds of both the trains derailed after the accident that

DMP arrests 29, files 18 cases in 24-hr anti-narcotics drive

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (May 3) arrested 29 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in the

5-member JS panel of chairmen nominated

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today nominated a five-member panel of chairmen for the second session of 12th parliament. The panel members are M A Mannan, Asaduzzaman Noor, Shafiqul Islam Shimul, Golam Kibria Tipu and Fazilatun Nesa.   The panel

Bodies of 8 Bangladeshi victims of Tunisia boat capsize arrive in Dhaka

The bodies of eight Bangladeshis, who died in a boat capsize on Tunisian coast, reached Dhaka today (May 2). A flight of Saudia Airlines carrying the eight bodies reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 12:30pm. The deceased are: Mamun Sheikh, Sajal Bairagi, Nayan

Milton Samadder on 3-day remand in fraud case

A Dhaka court today (May 2) placed Milton Samadder, founder of Child and Old Age Care on a three-day remand in a case filed for allegedly making fake death certificates in his centre.   Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order as police

LPG price slashed by Tk 49

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has reduced price of a 12kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder by Tk 49 to TK 1,393. In April, the price of 12 kg cylinder was Tk1,442. BERC chairman Nurul Amin announced the new price through a press conference in the in the