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Pricier chicken, oil, veggies put a strain on commoners

Prices of loose edible oil, chicken, and vegetables marked further rise last week, causing more hardship for common people.Prices of the Sonali and Pakistani chicken varieties rose sharply to Tk 380-420 per kg, increasing by Tk 20-30 a kg.Price of the indigenous chicken species also went up to Tk 750-850...

A child patient is wriggling from pain in his mother's lap

A child patient is wriggling from pain in his mother's lap while undergoing treatment in the dedicated measles unit at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in the capital on Friday. The Directorate General of Health Services has reported three more deaths from the highly contagious viral infection across the country...

Three die in Sirajganj bus crash

Three people have been killed as a bus tire burst, causing the vehicle to veer out of control and crash into a road divider and an overbridge before overturning in Sirajganj, reports bdnews24.com.At least 10 others have been injured in the accident.The incident occurred at around 11:00 am in the...

Proud past, exciting future

Highlighting the growing bilateral ties, Ambassador of Ireland to Bangladesh (resident in New Delhi), Kevin Kelly, has said that Ireland wants to do much more to further strengthen relations between the two countries, reports UNB."Our past is something to be proud of, but our future is also very exciting… we...

Mother kills son, then herself' in Khilgaon

Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her 5-year-old son from their residence in the capital's Khilgaon, in what investigators believe is a case of murder-followed-by-suicide triggered by a "domestic feud", reports bdnews24.com.The dead have been identified as 35-year-old Nargis and her son, Mahim, both known with a...

38 fishermen jailed for catching Jatka in Meghna

CHANDPUR, Apr 03 (UNB): A mobile taskforce detained 38 fishermen for catching Jatka (Hilsa fries) in the Meghna River sanctuary of Chandpur in violation of a government-imposed ban.Of the detainees, 32 were sent to jail after a case was filed against them at the local River Police Station.The remaining six...

DU student found dead in Hazaribagh house

Police recovered the body of a Dhaka University (DU) student from a house in the capital's Hazaribagh area early Friday.The deceased was identified as Saiful Amin, alias Simanto (25).He was a student of the Department of Chemistry at the university. According to relatives, Simanto used to live in a room...

NEWS IN Brief_2026-04-04

GST 'B' unit admission test held at IUThe 'B' unit admission test under the General Science and Technology (GST) cluster system for the 2025-26 academic session was held at Islamic University (IU) on Friday. A total of 93,158 candidates, including 9,133 for the IU centre, registered for the 'B' unit...