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4 death row convicts held hour after fleeing Bogura jail

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Four death row convicts, who escaped from Bogura district jail, were rearrested within one hour on Wednesday. The convicts are Nazrul Islam Majnu, of Diadanga…

4 death row convicts held hour after fleeing Bogura jail

Amnesty International for ending impunity for torture by Bangladesh security forces

Authorities in Bangladesh must end impunity for torture and…

Amnesty International for ending impunity for torture by Bangladesh security forces
Hasina invites Yunus to a debate with her

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today invited Nobel Laureate Dr…

Hasina invites Yunus to a debate with her

Govt working to implement pry school upgrade to Class VIII

Govt working to implement pry school upgrade to Class VIII

A total of 154 primary schools across the country are ready for upgrading the primary level up to class VIII and 1000 more schools will be added in the next three years, said Primary…

Rohingyas need security to return home in Myanmar: Swedish envoy

Rohingyas need security to return home in Myanmar: Swedish envoy

Outgoing Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexandra Berg Von Linde on Tuesday said that the forcibly displaced Rohingyas can't return to their homeland unless a conducive atmosphere…

Chinese Minister shares optimism on 'Sonar Bangla'

Chinese Minister shares optimism on 'Sonar Bangla'

Visiting Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Liu Jianchao, has underscored the significance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's…

Hasina moves to India for Teesta scheme

Hasina moves to India for Teesta scheme

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will accept the financing proposal for the Teesta Masterplan Project, considering which one is the most beneficial for the…

Parliament speaker, Tehran mayor, a heart surgeon on race for Iran's next president

Parliament speaker, Tehran mayor, a heart surgeon on race for Iran's next president

Six candidates have been approved by Iran's theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with…

Full text of PM's written speech at press conference

Full text of PM's written speech at press conference

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed a press conference at her official Ganabhaban residence here this morning on her state visit to India on June 21-22. She read out a written speech…

Int'l media probe finds Israeli tank likely hit AFP Gaza office

Int'l media probe finds Israeli tank likely hit AFP Gaza office

A collaborative investigation by AFP and international media outlets published Tuesday points to Israeli tank fire likely being the cause of blasts that damaged the global news agency's Gaza bureau on November 2. The Israeli military has indicated "the building was not targeted in any way", and in June said the incident that occurred less than a month into the Gaza war was under review.

Khulna Jubo League leader shot dead

Khulna Jubo League leader shot dead

Khulna, June 23 (UNB) - A former Union Parishad member and local Jubo League leader, was shot by unidentified assailants in Khulna on Monday night.   The incident occurred near…

PM addresses press conference

PM addresses press conference

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has addressed a press conference to apprise the media of the outcome of her recent state visit to India. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went to New Delhi…

Hasina urges China to resolve the Rohingya crisis

Hasina urges China to resolve the Rohingya crisis

Visiting Minister of International Department of the Communist Party of China Liu Jianchao on Monday said his country is committed and is working with Myanmar on how to improve the…

Dr Yunus victim of increasingly autocratic Sheikh Hasina: TIME

Dr Yunus victim of increasingly autocratic Sheikh Hasina: TIME

Over more than four decades, Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank has disbursed some $37 billion in collateral-free loans to over 10 million of the world’s poorest people. But founder…

Indians remit $50.6m from Bangladesh in 10 months

Indians remit $50.6m from Bangladesh in 10 months

Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Monday said Indians living in Bangladesh took away 50.60 million dollars to their country in the first ten months of the running 2023-24 financial…

Khaleda moved to cabin with CCU facilities

Khaleda moved to cabin with CCU facilities

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who underwent the implantation of a permanent pacemaker in her chest at Evercare Hospital in the capital, was shifted from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU)…

Rajshahi-Kolkata train service set to resume after 77 years

Rajshahi-Kolkata train service set to resume after 77 years

The train service between Rajshahi and Kolkata is set to resume after a 77-year hiatus. This announcement was made following a meeting between the prime ministers of Bangladesh…