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Bangladeshi workers must be protected from criminalisation in Malaysia: UN experts

Dhaka, April 19 -- UN experts on Friday expressed dismay about the situation of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia, who had travelled there in the hope of employment after engaging in the official labou... Read More


A road, park in Dhaka to be named after Qatar's Emir

Dhaka, April 19 -- A road and a park of Dhaka will be named after the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on April 22-23. According to the itinerary, t... Read More


Dengue cases surge by nearly 50pc in Americas amid 'emergency situation'

Dhaka, April 19 -- Dengue cases have created an "emergency situation" in the Americas, although cases in hotspots Argentina and Brazil appear to have stabilised, the head of the Pan American Health Or... Read More


Two die as mob attacks construction workers of school after temple fire

Dhaka, April 19 -- At least two people have been killed and as many others seriously injured after agitated locals attacked construction workers of a school following a fire at a temple in Faridpur's ... Read More


Shib Narayan Das, designer of first Bangladesh flag, dies at 78

Dhaka, April 19 -- Shib Narayan Das, designer of the first Bangladeshi flag, has died at the age of 78. He passed away around 9:25am at the ICU of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka... Read More


Bhashantek gas fire: 7-year-old dies, taking death toll to four

Dhaka, April 19 -- The youngest of six members of a family burnt by a fire in Mirpur's Bhashantek has succumbed to her wounds. Lamia, 7, died around 6:30am on Friday, taking the death toll from the d... Read More


13 more Myanmar border guards take shelter in Bangladesh

Dhaka, April 19 -- Amid a conflict between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group in Myanmar's Rakhine, 13 more members of the country's Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter in Bangladesh on... Read More


Residential building in Rampura burnt in a fire

Dhaka, April 19 -- A fire broke out in a residential building in Rampura area of the capital on Thursday. However, there was no report of casualties in the fire incident. An official at the Fire Ser... Read More


BRTA asks all to conduct mobile court every day

Dhaka, April 19 -- The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has directed all concerned to conduct mobile court every day in a bid to check the plying of illegal transport and their overspeeding ... Read More


E-commerce scandal: Default platforms yet to pay clients Tk 1.22 billion

Dhaka, April 19 -- The crisis-ridden e-commerce companies, including Eorange, are yet to refund an estimated amount of Tk 1.22 billion to the affected clients. The volume of clients' stuck-up funds w... Read More