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Integrated Efforts Stressed to Make Village Courts People-Friendly

Rajshahi: Speakers at a workshop here today unanimously agreed that integrated efforts by all concerned can be a crucial means of making village courts more gender-sensitive, inclusive, and people-friendly. Village courts have been ensuring justice fo…

EU Welcomes Bangladesh’s Move to Revise Labour Act

Dhaka: The European Union has welcomed the interim government’s revision of the Bangladesh Labour Act, calling it a crucial step toward stronger labour rights and essential for sustaining Bangladesh’s long-term preferential access to the EU market. Th…

RAB Arrests Fugitive Convict in Sherpur

Sherpur: Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested a fugitive convict, Ariful Mawla Mamun, 36. The arrestee is Mamun, son of Azhar Ali of the Gouripur area of the district town.

According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, acting on a …

CUET PME Department to Host National Workshop on Safety

Chattogram: The Petroleum and Mining Engineering (PME) Department of Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) is set to host a national workshop titled “National Workshop on Occupational (EHS) and Process Safety 2025” starting tomorr…

Government Terminates Three Probationary Assistant Commissioners

Dhaka: The government has terminated three probationary Assistant Commissioners (ACs) from their positions as they were nearing the end of their probationary period in the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (administration) cadre. This decision was communi…

Fire of Chemical Warehouse Doused in Gazipur

Gazipur: A fire that broke out today at the chemical warehouse of a coil factory in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur was brought under control. The blaze ignited at 12:55 pm in the chemical storage facility of Phoenix Coil Factory located in the Bagerbazar …

Indonesia Raises Alert Level as Volcano Near Bali Erupts

Jakarta: A volcano on Indonesia’s main island of Java erupted on Wednesday, throwing ash and gas kilometres into the sky and forcing officials to raise the alert status to its highest level. Mount Semeru in eastern Java, about 310 kilometres west of t…