Patuakhali: A fisherman died after being electrocuted in Gandamari village under Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district early this morning. The deceased was Rahim Talukder, 24, son of Rahman Talukder, a resident of the same village.
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Dhaka: Members of the Hindu community have celebrated Ratha Yatra of Jagannath Dev with due religious fervor and gaiety. The festival commemorates the annual journey of Lord Jagannath, along with his siblings Balabhadra and Subhadra, from the Jagannat…
Khulna: Defying poverty and hardship after the death of her husband, a widowed woman in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila has transformed her life through vegetable farming, becoming a symbol of resilience and self-reliance for other women in her community. Ta…
Rajshahi: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five alleged drug peddlers with 104 kilograms of ganja in two separate anti-crime operations in the district last night. The arrested individuals have been identified as Selim Mian, 28, Yeasin…
Dhaka: The Health Department has reported 10 new COVID-19 cases in the 24-hour period from 8 am Thursday to 8 am today. During this time, 199 samples were tested, yielding a patient detection rate of 5.02 percent. One person has died from COVID-19 in …
Dhaka: A total of 1,616 people with cases and warrants were arrested across the country in the ongoing special police operations in the last 24 hours. Among the arrestees, 1,060 were wanted in various cases, while 556 others were arrested for other cr…
Dhaka: The government has initiated the formation of district-level committees to oversee the observance of the student and public uprising days in July and August across the nation. These committees are part of a structured effort to commemorate the …
Dhaka: Jahangirnagar University authorities have rescheduled the long-awaited election of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU), which will now be held on September 11 this year. The decision was made at an exchange-of-views mee…
Rangamati: Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan today said that the government is working to increase the paper production capacity of Karnaphuli Paper Mills Limited (KPML). He expressed hope that the factory will become a profitable enterprise.
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