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Almost 200 dead, 1,800 wounded in Sudan battles: UN
Online Desk: Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, damaging hospitals and hampering aid after three days of urban warfare. Aread more
Rain brings sigh of relief in Sylhet amid severe heatwave
Online Desk: Amid the current severe heatwave, rain brings sigh of relief in Sylhet on Monday night. Rain began at 8:00pm on Monday at three upazilas in Sylhet — Companiganj,read more
Metro rail to operate on Eid day
Online Desk: The metro rail will run during the Eid holidays and even on Eid day. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd, also said the physicalread more
5-member committee formed over New Super Market fire
Online Desk: A five-member committee was formed on Monday to probe the fire at the New Super Market, next to Dhaka New Market on Saturday morning. Headed by Md Wahidulread more
PM urges Islamic scholars to preach against militancy, narcotics, corruption
Online Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the country’s Allem, Ulema and Khatib to speak out against militancy, drugs, corruption, women repression in their Khutba (sermon) inread more
11 die of heatstroke at India award ceremony, over 100 ill in Maharashtra
Online Desk: The Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony on Sunday in Navi Mumbai turned fatal for at least 11 people who died of heatstroke after standing in the sun for hours.read more
Mujibnagar Day: PM pays homage to Bangabandhu
Online Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina today paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic Mujibnagar Day. She paid homage byread more
Two trains collide in Cumilla, 50 injured
Online Desk: At least 50 people were injured as Dhaka-bound Sonar Bangla Express train hit a freight train at Hasanpur Railway Station under Nangalkot upazila of Cumilla district on Sunday.read more
Dhaka temperature breaks another record of 58 years
Online Desk: Amid a severe heatwave, the capital today recorded its highest temperature in decades with the mercury soaring to 40.5 degrees Celsius. Yesterday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department put Dhaka’sread more
