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A minor was killed in a road accident at the Bakshiganj upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.
Two siblings drowned in a pond adjacent to their house in the Jhenaigati upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.
Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Sangram Parishad called off their indefinite strike started from Tuesday to press home their 20-point demand, including election of Tea Workers’ Union and increase salary.
Two senior officials of Bangladesh Army have been given attachment in the Foreign Ministry in deputation for making them diplomats.
The members of law enforcement recovered two bodies of sister-in-law and brother-in-law at Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Mousumi, 23, and Mohesh, 25, of Chilarang union under the upazila.
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Tuesday categorically said the initiatives are being taken to ensure transparency and accountability in different government works, including accounts and estimated accounts.
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 has sent Syed Mohammad Kaiser, former state minister for Agriculture and Jatiya Party leader, to jail in war crimes case.
Election Commissioner M Shah Newaz on Tuesday categorically said the schedule of bifurcated Dhaka city corporations (DCC) polls would be declared after Ramadan.
The United Nations has commended the work carried out by the Bangladeshi Government ahead of tropical storm Mahasen, which hit the country last Thursday, noting it saved thousands of lives.
A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world’s highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday.
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 extended time till May 29 for two Jamaat leaders to explain their warnings of ‘civil war’, and remarks on ongoing ICT trial.
Jamuna Group chairman Nurul Islam Babul, his wife Salma Islam and son Shamim Islam have got one-month anticipatory bail in seven tax evasion cases filed by National Revenue Board.
Just two more months, the daughter promised her mother by telephone, then she’d be home for good.
Bashundhara City, the 12th-largest shopping mall in the world, on Tuesday organized a fire fighting drill as part of its plan to check the level of preparedness to face emergencies.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Tuesday morning after wrapping up her two-day official tour to Thailand to attend the Second Asia Pacific Water Summit (2APWS).
Deep convection is taking place over North Bay and adjoining area of Bangladesh.
A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools.
At top terror was killed and four cops were injured in a gunfight in Kalarmarchhara hilly area of Maheshkhali of the district early Tuesday.
Tea workers of 358 gardens across the country started an indefinite strike from Tuesday morning to press home their 20-point demand, including election of Tea Workers’ Union and increase salary.
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between garments workers and law enforcers in Narasinghapur of Ashulia on Tuesday morning.
In view of the recent tragedies at readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing factories in Bangladesh, the US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena has suggested some immediate measures that need to be taken.
Two people were electrocuted in two separate incidents at Ratanpur village of Sadar upazila and in the town on Monday. One deceased was identified as Sahabuddin, 28, son of Abul Kashem of the area.
A four-year old girl was allegedly raped at Baburchar village of Bhasanchar union under Sadar upazila on Monday.
At least two people were killed and seven others injured as a tornado lashed Kotalipara of the district on Monday afternoon.