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Unsafe shipping in Naf River threatens St Martin's tourism

Risky shipping in the Naf River due to the ongoing conflict at the Rakhine State of Myanmar close to Bangladesh border is posing a serious threat to the tourism sector of Saint Martin's Island.Uncertainty over sailing on the Teknaf-Saint Martin route, the main way to reach the only coral island...

10 monitoring teams working to combat dengue as 2024 toll crosses 200

A total of 10 teams under the Local Government Division (LGD) are working to control the spread of dengue as both infection and fatality rates have increased sharply during the current month, reports BSS.The coordination and monitoring teams were formed on September 23 at an emergency meeting of the LGD...

Durga Puja festivities in full gear

Durga Puja, the most significant festival for the Hindu community in Bangladesh, is in full force across the country, reports UNB. In Dhaka, temples and mandaps are glowing with colorful lights as devotees celebrate Maha Ashtami, one of the most important days of the festival.A visit to several puja mandaps...

Indian HC airs concern over theft of crown gifted by Modi

The Indian High Commission (HC) in Dhaka has voiced serious concern over the theft of a crown gifted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple in Satkhira, reports UNB.The high commission urged the Bangladesh government to conduct a thorough investigation, recover the stolen crown, and bring...

Ex-UZ chairman sued over land grabbing

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has lodged a lawsuit against a former upazila chairman and another individual for grabbing land through forging documents.The accused are Md Aminul Islam (66), former upazila chairman of Birganj, Dinajpur, and his brother Md Azaharul Islam (59).They have been charged with conspiring to illegally seize 1.55...

RAB DG visits puja mandap in Gazipur

GAZIPUR, Oct 11 (BSS): Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) AKM Shahidur Rahman has said those, who are spreading rumours and misinformation and are involved in subversive activities especially in social media centring the Durga Puja, have remained under surveillance of intelligence agencies. "We won't spare anybody for spreading...

Preparation in full swing to distribute new textbooks to students

The interim government has been working in full swing with the hope of distributing free textbooks among the students from pre-primary to secondary level across the country at the very beginning of the academic year 2025, reports BSS.A total of 375 million textbooks will be printed for the upcoming 2025...

Sale of the country's traditional Jamdani saree

Sale of the country's traditional Jamdani saree has taken a downward trend for the ongoing economic recession pushing the weavers into dire straits. An artisan couple was pictured weaving a jamdani saree by using handloom in Jamdani Polli of Rupganj upazila under Narayanganj district on Friday. — FE photo

Weather (2024-10-12)

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh & Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal & Chattogram divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country until 6:00 pm...

Coast Guard East Zone pose with three people who were arrested

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard East Zone pose with three people who were arrested with locally-made firearms in a drive in Katabuniya area under Teknaf police station in Cox's Bazar on Thursday.