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A massive fire that broke out at a garment factory inside the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) on Thursday afternoon is yet to be brought under control, with 19 firefighting units working to douse the blaze. The fire broke around...

DHAKA : Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain today pleaded for awarding exemplary punishment to those involved in committing crimes against humanity during the mass uprising in July and August, 2024. He made the...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser’s Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi held a high-level meeting with US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia and the US Ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor at his office in the West Wing of the White...

DHAKA : The Bangladesh Consulate General in Miami, USA has launched voter registration and National Identity (NID) services for Bangladeshi expatriates, enabling them to register as voters and receive NID-related services directly from the mission. Additional Secretary and Director General...

DHAKA : Bangladesh and Uganda on Wednesday signed an instrument on the commencement of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between the two countries, establishing a structured mechanism for regular discussions covering the full spectrum of bilateral cooperation. The signing took place...

DHAKA : As many as 279 students from eight overseas centres passed the HSC examinations-2025, achieving a 95.88 percent pass rate. A total of 291 students appeared in the examinations from the overseas centres. The results of the HSC and equivalent...

DHAKA : The much-awaited historic "July National Charter-2025" to be signed tomorrow. Chief Adviser and Chairman of the seven-member National Consensus Commission (Jatiya Oaikymoto Commission) Professor Muhammad Yunus will grace the signing occasion of the charter. It will be held...

DHAKA : Social Welfare Adviser Sharmeen Soneya Murshid today called for relocating chemical warehouses from densely populated areas to safer places alongside taking tougher action against those responsible for the devastating fire in Mirpur. "We have to formulate stronger policy...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will join a meeting of the National Consensus Commission with the political parties at the Foreign Service Academy here this evening to discuss the overall preparations and other issues regarding the July...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has instructed the authorities concerned to investigate into the devastating fire in a garment factory and chemical warehouse at Shialbari in the city's Mirpur area claiming so far 16 lives and injuring...