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DHAKA : Bangladesh and India have agreed to stop killings, smugglings, illegal intrusion at borders alongside repatriate their nationals following due legal process and not to take development schemes within 150 yards of zero line. The agreement came in a...

DHAKA : The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has announced a traffic diversion at the Karnaphuli Tunnel due to scheduled maintenance work. The routine maintenance work, including jet fan cleaning and servicing as well as road marking, starting today, will continue...

DHAKA : Three officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today testified in three cases filed against 53 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots in the...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today accused certain political parties of intentionally raising new demands to derail the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls. Addressing a discussion at the National Press Club marking the...

DHAKA : The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) today placed its opening statement in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) student Abu Sayed during the July-August Mass Uprising of 2024. Chief...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is the main inspiration for establishing a developed and democratic society. "National poet Kazi Nazrul is the main inspiration for...

Dhaka : The 49th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed today at Dhaka University (DU) with due respect and solemnity. Marking the day, DU authorities organized various programmes. The day's programme began at 6:30 am when...

DHAKA : Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Md. Motaher Hossain today said more than 700 prisoners out of over 2200 who escaped during the July Uprising are still fugitive. "Of the fugitives, nine are militants and 69...

COX'S BAZAR : On the concluding day of the three-day international stakeholders' dialogue on the Rohingya crisis, foreign diplomats, representatives from UN agencies and international organizations, as well as leaders from Bangladeshi political parties visited Rohingya camps in Ukhiya...

DHAKA : The Bangladesh Consulate General in New York has sent letters to the local police, the Mayor's office, and the US State Department's regional office requesting legal action against Awami League miscreants involved in Sunday's incident. "Still images and...