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Govt working to implement pry school upgrade to Class VIII

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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…

Govt working to implement pry school upgrade to Class VIII

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…

Parliament speaker, Tehran mayor, a heart surgeon on race for Iran's next president
Full text of PM's written speech at press conference

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed a press conference at…

Full text of PM's written speech at press conference

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…

PM likely to visit Beijing in between July 8-11: Hasan

PM likely to visit Beijing in between July 8-11: Hasan

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to pay her bilateral visit to Beijing any day in between July 8 and July 11. "We expect that…

Travel ban slapped on ex-NBR official Matiur, wife and son

Travel ban slapped on ex-NBR official Matiur, wife and son

Dhaka, June 24 (UNB)-A Dhaka court today imposed a travel ban on Md Matiur Rahman, the recently removed president of the National Board of Revenue’s (NBR) Customs, Excise, and…

13 Bangladeshis return home after serving jail in India

13 Bangladeshis return home after serving jail in India

Thirteen Bangladeshis including women and children, who were trafficked to India, returned home on Sunday night through Jashore's Benapole check post after serving jail there. The…

Khaleda to undergo medical tests today

Khaleda to undergo medical tests today

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will undergo medical tests today (Monday), a day after a permanent pacemaker was implanted in her chest at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital…

‘Intense war with Hamas about to end,’ focus to shift to Lebanon border: Netanyahu

‘Intense war with Hamas about to end,’ focus to shift to Lebanon border: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the “intense phase of the war with Hamas (in Gaza) is about to end,” and that the military’s…

Chuadanga Sadar Hospital grappling with diarrhea patients

Chuadanga Sadar Hospital grappling with diarrhea patients

Chuadanga Sadar Hospital, the largest government hospital in the district, has been grappling with diarrhea patients as on an average some 25 people were admitted there per day over…