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Govt appoints CCC Mayor Shahadat as full-time administrator
The government has appointed BNP leader Shahadat Hossain, who took office as Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) following a
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Jamaat demands action over IGP’s crossfire remarks
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday demanded action against Inspector General of Police Ali Hossain Fakir over his remarks that police would resort to crossfire if the government allowed it.
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President stresses improved textile education to reduce reliance on foreign experts
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday stressed the need to improve textile education and research to produce internationally competitive engineers and specialists and reduce the sector’s dependence on foreign experts.
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Saint Martin’s Island reopens with Tk 100 Eco fee
Saint Martin’s Island, the country’s only coral island, will reopen to tourists on November 1, with daily visitor numbers capped at 3,500 until March 15, 2027 and each visitor required to pay a Tk 100 environmental conservation fee.Environment-2 wing of the Ministry of Environment, Fores
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Dynamic City Lions Club, Salma-Adil Foundation holds eye camp & rehabilitation program in Banshkhali
More than 600 villagers received healthcare services, rehabilitation assistance and support through a day-long community program organized at Banshkhali Hamedia Rahima Fazil Madrasha in Chittagong. The program was organized by Lions Club of Chittagong Dynamic City and Leo...
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Teacher arrested for sexually abusing a madrasa student
A student alleged that he had been subjected to sexual abuse by two individuals at the madrasa. Following a case
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Police are taking a cautious approach as the investigation reaches politically connected suspects. File photo
The transferred officials have been instructed to join their new workplaces by 28 October or face automatic release from their current posts the following day.
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Focus on technology transfer and skilled workforce development in meeting with Taro Aso
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3 jailed for life over rape on moving bus
A court in Tangail has sentenced three men, including a bus driver and his assistant, to life imprisonment for raping a female passenger on a moving bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway. Tangail Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge ANM Ilias delivered the...
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DB arrests five members of 'honey-trap' gang
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested five people including two women for their alleged involvement in a “honey-trap” gang.
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Body of Bangladeshi man killed in Latvia returns home
The body of Bangladeshi national Sohel Rana, who died in Latvia after allegedly being tortured by human traffickers, returned home on Sunday. The remains of Sohel, 45, son of Abul Hashem, reached his home at Ramchandrapur village in Sadar upazila around 3:00 pm, triggering an...
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Nepal resumes electricity exports to Bangladesh
Nepal resumed electricity exports to Bangladesh on Friday after a nearly two-month suspension caused by flood damage to hydropower plants, an official said.
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PM’s Japan visit to help build long-term partnership, attract investment: Humaiun Kobir
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Monday said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Japan offers an important opportunity to explore new areas of cooperation and build a long-term partnership based on mutual interests.
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Bus services on Kishoreganj-Mohakhali route suspended indefinitely
Bus services on the Kishoreganj-Mohakhali route have been suspended indefinitely due to a dispute among transport owners, leaving passengers travelling
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Five held over honey-trapping, blackmailing wealthy men in Dhaka
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested five alleged members of a honey-trapping and blackmailing gang, including its suspected ringleader, in the capital’s Turag area. The gang allegedly used fake social media identities to lure...
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Pakistani actor Bilal Abbas Khan to visit Dhaka in Nov
Pakistani actor Bilal Abbas Khan is scheduled to visit Dhaka from November 6 to 8 as a special guest at
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File photo of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir. Photo: Courtesy
The state minister will represent Bangladesh at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda from 1 to 4 November.
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The BNP and its affiliated bodies subsequently dissolved three committees and expelled 14 leaders and activists following the attack on the Radda maternal and child health centre in Mirpur. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain.
Political leaders may change, but the networks linking political loyalty to economic gain often survive. Unless parties establish transparent funding systems and break the nexus between influence and profit, corruption will persist under successive government
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Tiger attack injures four in Lalmonirhat; gunshots fail to stop it
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Erfan Group (Rice Unit) holds Annual Distributor Conference 2026
“United by Trust, Rising to the Peak of Success”—embracing this slogan, Erfan Group (Rice Unit), one of Bangladesh’s leading producers, marketers and exporters of rice and food products, held its Annual Distributor Conference 2026 on October 24 at the...
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