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In one of the worst fire tragedies of the time, at least 46 people including 26 women and three children, were killed and 22 critically injured in the deadly fire that originated in a seven-storey building housing the ‘Kacchi Bhai’ outlet at Bailey Road in the capital on Thursday night.T...
“Just ordered the food. Suddenly, I heard screaming all around followed by the stench of smoke, and after a while, a loud bang.I went out and saw the fire below. I went upstairs. Then the power was cut off. Darkness and heavy smoke lay all around. Many people were burning while in the rush of ...
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Senior police officers on Thursday urged the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to establish a separate university for police to develop the professional skill of the police officers.They also demanded the recruitment of police officers on deputation in Bangladesh embassies abroad.They placed the proposal...
Dhaka City dwellers have been facing severe mosquito menace for the last few weeks though both the city corporations have taken various initiatives in controlling growth in mosquito population.Crores of taka are spent every year in the capital to destroy breeding grounds of mosquitoes, but to no ava...
As the country’s first modern urban public transport, the metro rail from Uttara to Motijheel has come into full service, the public bus services on the respective routes have faced a shortage of passengers. To save time in this city of severe traffic jams, most commuters on this importan...
The teen gang culture across the country, particularly in Dhaka, has taken a dire shape as the gangsters get involved in various crimes, including robbery, murder, rape and drug trade.These teen gangs are not only imposing threats to the law and order of the country but also destroying the usual nor...
In the face of intensified fighting between Myanmar security forces and rebels, now military personnel of the neighbouring country along with Border Guard Police (BGP), immigration officials and civilians have also started taking refuge in Bangladesh.As many as 264 Myanmar nationals, including perso...
At least two people including a woman were killed and another one was wounded in Bangladesh after mortar shells fired from Myanmar side landed in a bordering village of Ghumdhum union under Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban on Monday.One of the two slain people is a Bangladeshi woman and the other...
As many as 58 Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel have fled and taken refuge under the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in the border areas being unable to survive due to heavy fighting with rebel Arakan Army.They entered Bangladesh through Ghumdhum-Tumbru border of Naikhongchhari in Bandarb...
To stop malpractices in the health sector, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has so far identified around 1,050 illegal hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres and blood banks across the country. Meanwhile, 727 of the illegal hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres and blood banks...
Used or out-of-order computers, laptops, mobile phones, photocopiers, micro-owavens, batteries and other e-stuff threatens public health and environmental damages.Due to lack of proper electronic trash management policies such pollution, generated by electronic devices, the country appears to be fac...
The government’s various initiatives to contain rice prices did not work as a section of dishonest businessmen, their syndicate and vested quarters are not paying any heed to anything though the production and supply are quite adequate.The situation does not change at all as the cart...
Members of law enforcement agencies, including the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), were deployed across the country on Friday for the upcoming national election with a view to holding the polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner.Law enforcers will perform their duties across the country, including t...
At least 382 independent candidates are contesting for 221 seats in the upcoming 12th National Parliament Elections scheduled for January 7, 2024.Most of them are leaders of the Awami League, and who have already been recognised as independent candidates of Awami League in the polling field. In...
Terrorist acts have increased in Rohingya camps at Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar in recent times as different armed groups are frequently killing Rohingya leaders and volunteers over establishing supremacy in the camps, drug trafficking and previous enmity.Four Rohingyas have been killed an...
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