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Bangladesh cabinet approves Madrasah Education Board Act, 2020

The Bangladesh Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the draft of the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board Act, 2020 at a meeting here

Crime rising amid pandemic: Cops blame joblessness, income drop

After a sharp fall in crime rate during the first few days of coronavirus pandemic, crimes like theft, robbery and mugging have recently taken an upward turn

Bangladesh counts 2,772 new virus cases, 37 deaths

Bangladesh has registered 37 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a day, bringing the death toll to 2,965

Half of Bangladesh affected by devastating floods, 119 dead

Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of floods on Monday, which have also claimed the lives of 119 people

Intel on possible ‘militant attack’: New security alert before Eid

The police have received intelligence that militant outfit "Neo JMB" could try to carry out attacks in Bangladesh centring around the Eid-ul-Azha

US reopens Bangabandhu killer Rashed’s asylum case

The US has reopened a decades-old asylum case against Rashed Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,  the founder of Bangladesh, keeping alive the prospect that he could be deported to Bangladesh where he has been sentenced in absentia to death

Bangladesh hospital owner placed on 28-day remand

A hospital owner in Bangladesh who has been arrested on charges of fraud and for allegedly issuing thousands of fake COVID-19 test results, and embezzling around Tk 12.5 crore from various individuals and organisations, has been placed on a 28-day remand, officials said

Bangladesh flood situation worsens in Brahmaputra, Ganges basins

Bangladesh State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief, Md. Enamur Rahman has said that the country's third stage flood situation has worsened in the Brahmaputra and the Ganges basins

US to hand over Sheikh Mujib assassin to Bangladesh, says FM

The US has started the process of sending back Rashed Chowdhury, the fugitive self-proclaimed assassin of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to face justice, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr A.K. Abdul Momen said

Floods continue in nearly a third of Bangladesh for three weeks

Many of the families in Kurigram’s Ulipur have been spending their days on rooftops of houses built with corrugated tin sheets for three weeks after floods hit the low-lying areas three times in a month

Bangladesh hospital owner embezzled Tk 12.5 crore

A hospital owner in Bangladesh, who has been arrested on charges of fraud and for allegedly issuing thousands of fake COVID-19 test results, embezzled around Tk 12.5 crore from various individuals and organizations

Serve people with a smile: Foreign minister to Bangladesh missions

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has asked all Bangladeshi missions abroad to serve people with a smile

Bangladesh PM opens world's biggest climate refugee rehab scheme

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the world's biggest rehabilitation project for the climate refugees in Cox's Bazar

Port Trade Unions band together to protest against attempt to lease ECT

Port Trade Unions once again protested against attempts to lease the East Container Terminal to an Indian Company

Van crashes into passenger vehicle, kills seven in Cox’s Bazar

At least seven people are dead and two others injured in a head-on collision between a covered van and a small passenger vehicle called ‘Laguna’