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Business Line
April 25, 2018
On April 24 a passenger bus began a trial run from Dhaka in Bangladesh to the Nepalese capital city of Kathmandu. The bus travelled through the Siliguri corridor in West Bengal this morning and entered Nepal through the Panitanki (WestBengal)-Kakarvitta (Nepal) border, carrying delegates from theÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 23, 2018
Locals rushed the injured to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after the accident between a Suprabhat bus and a Best Transport agency bus around 5:30am on Monday. Bacchu Mia, the officer-in-charge of DMCH police outpost, told bdnews24.com that a total of eight wounded persons were brought to theÃâà...
Arab News
April 23, 2018
DHAKA: Officials in Bangladesh have denied that there are any new security threats to US citizens in Bangladesh. The US State Department on Friday issued a new travel advisory for Bangladesh, urging US citizens to reconsider travel to Dhaka due to crime and terrorism. The advisory put Bangladesh atÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 23, 2018
She landed in Dhaka aboard a Biman Bangladesh flight at 10:45am on Monday. The prime minister left from London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday night and was seen off by Bangladesh High Commissioner in London Md Nazmul Quanine. Hasina flew to London last Monday after attending the closingÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 22, 2018
The dead has been identified as Kamruzzaman Dukhu, the brother of a local Awami League leader. The clashes that occurred in the neighbourhood of Dhaka's Badda area left eight others bullet-injured. Supporters of local MP AKM Rahmatullah and acting Beraid Union Parishad Chairman Jahangir AlamÃâà...
Xinhua
April 22, 2018
Video PlayerClose. BANGLADESH-DHAKA-WATERMELON-DAILY LIFE. Workers unload watermelons from boats along a river bank near a wholesale market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 21, 2018. (Xinhua)Ãâà...
bdnews24.com
April 21, 2018
Boy dies from stabbing wounds in Dhaka. Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com. Published: 2018-04-20 17:34:03.0 BdST Updated: 2018-04-20 ... Shihab lived with his parents in the neighbourhood of Dhalpur in Dhaka. Citing local residents, Jatrabari Police Inspector Tofail Ahmed said Shihab engaged in an altercationÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 21, 2018
The victim, 'Rosina', 21, was admitted to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation or Pongu Hospital after the accident that occurred in Chairmanbarhi footbridge area around 9pm on Friday, police said. Gani Molla, a director of the hospital, said a leg of the woman was cut offÃâà...
NDTV
April 21, 2018
India, Bangladesh Border Forces To Meet In Dhaka Next Week ... smuggling of fake Indian currency notes and attacks on BSF personnel by cross-border criminals are some of the issues that will be discussed at a high-level meeting of the chiefs of India and Bangladesh's frontier forces in Dhaka next week.
bdnews24.com
April 21, 2018
Hall Provost Prof Sabita Rezwana Rahman told bdnews24.com all three students returned to the hall on Friday evening. Two of them were seen to take part in the inter-hall football competition at Dhaka University Central Playground representing Sufia Kamal Hall. On Thursday night the DU hall authorityÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 20, 2018
Three policemen injured in gunfight with suspected yaba peddlers in Dhaka. Senior Correspondent bdnews24. ... Dhaka Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Shamsuzzaman told bdnews24.com the three policemen suffered bullet injuries in their hands and legs. He said the injured suspect wasÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 19, 2018
Speaker of Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury attended the event at the British high commissioner's residence in Dhaka on Wednesday as chief guest. The lunch brought together 150 people including the high commissioners of Malaysia, Brunei, Canada and Sri Lanka, acting high commissioners ofÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 29, 2018
“Islamic Values for Sustainable Peace, Solidarity and Development” – is the theme of the Dhaka meeting, the state minister said. He said with the decision of hosting the meet, Bangladesh has already become part of the OIC CFM Troika and an “influential” member of the eight members OIC ExecutiveÃâà...
Travel Daily News International
March 29, 2018
AMMAN – Royal Jordanian expanded its codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways, giving its guests access to Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Qatar Airways flights. Royal Jordanian will start to market Qatar Airways route to Dhaka International Airport (DAC) as of April 1, 2018. The route will be sold in connectionÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 28, 2018
First, BIMSTEC established its permanent Secretariat in Dhaka in 2014. Second, BIMSTEC cooperation received new impetus from the Leaders' Retreat held in Goa, India on Oct 16 in 2016, wherein the BIMSTEC Leaders pledged to work collectively towards making BIMSTEC stronger, more efficient, andÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 28, 2018
A Dhaka University teacher is facing protests and criticism from colleagues for what they say his disparaging remarks 'belittling' Bangabandhu in a newspaper article. Dhaka University Teachers' Association has issued a statement demanding punishment of marketing department's Professor Dr MorshedÃâà...
The Peninsula Qatar
March 28, 2018
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have detained a man who faked his murder on social media -- using red fruit juice as imitation blood -- to avoid paying out $1,800 on a cricket bet, a senior officer said Tuesday. A video of Adel Shikder's purported murder was shared some 10,000 times within days, prompting aÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 26, 2018
The 43-year-old, a native of Munshiganj, worked as a manager at a garment store in Old Dhaka. He lived at Narayanganj's Adamjee with his wife and an eight-year-old daughter. The latest casualty takes the death toll of Bangladeshis in the country's worst aviation tragedy to 27. Nine Bangladeshi victimsÃâà...
The Guardian
March 21, 2018
After decades cleaning the sewers of Dhaka, Bangladesh's crowded capital, Sujon Lal Routh has seen plenty of misery. But the tragedy of 2008 was the worst. After a day of heavy rainfall left the streets flooded – as usual – seven workers were assigned to clear a blocked manhole in Rampura, in the centreÃâà...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
March 20, 2018
In an effort to reduce logistics costs and make India-Bangladesh trade more competitive, the Union Shipping Ministry has proposed the inclusion of Pangaon river terminal near Dhaka in the bilateral protocol for inland water trade, during the upcoming secretary-level talks. The Pangaon container terminal isÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 20, 2018
First, BIMSTEC established its permanent Secretariat in Dhaka in 2014. Second, BIMSTEC cooperation received new impetus from the Leaders' Retreat held in Goa, India on Oct 16, 2016, wherein the leaders pledged to work collectively towards making BIMSTEC stronger, more effective, and resultÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 20, 2018
Another suspected robber, Hanif, was detained on the scene with bullet woundsand admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. A checkpoint has been set up in front of Madhumoti Hotel based on a top that a gang was robbign trucks along the route, RAB-10 Additional DIG of Police Shahabuddin KhanÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 20, 2018
The plane returned to the Dhaka airport after a technical glitch was detected mid-flight. The airplane left Dhaka for Syedpur around 12pm on Tuesday, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Junior Ground Officer Zahid Mia told bdnews24.com. “But it had to return due to technical problems. We expect the flight to leaveÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 19, 2018
The transport aircraft landed at Dhaka's Shahjajal Airport just after 4pm on Monday, bdnews24.com's Rifat Rahman Bhuiyan reported from the spot. Ruling Awami League General Secretary and Road Tranpsort Minister Obaidul Quader and Civill Aviation Minister Shahjahan Kamal officially received theÃâà...
bdnews24.com
March 19, 2018
The fog started to engulf different areas in Dhaka around 8am. The situation remained unchanged till 11am. “This is not totally abnormal. Air pollution could have played a role,” said senior BMD official Ruhul Quddus. Meteorologists term such fog as 'mist' that brings down the visibility level between 1,000 toÃâà...
Economic Times
March 19, 2018
It is understood that the smuggled arms had reached Dhaka and may be used to create unrest ahead of elections towards the end of the year. The first cache of arms was allegedly smuggled in December 2016 through Chittagong port. This is reminiscent of the 2004 incident when 10 trucks of Chinese armsÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 14, 2018
Dhaka still continues to rank among the cities that have the lowest quality of air in the world. Dhaka's ranking in the air quality index improved with comparison to the previous week. Even though Dhaka ranked 11th in the US Air Quality Index on Tuesday with a score of 149, the air quality dropped again onÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 13, 2018
After a fire gutted their homes in the early hours of Monday, residents of a slum in Mirpur have been combing through the ashes to salvage what they can. Visiting the site of the fire on Tuesday, this Dhaka Tribune correspondent saw many slum dwellers sifting through the remains of shanties to collect tin orÃâà...
Condé Nast Traveller India
March 12, 2018
The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 passenger jet was flying from Dhaka to Kathmandu. Eyewitnesses report that the plane seemed to struggle during the descent, and seems to have either overshot the runway or missed it altogether. An altitude log on flight tracking service FlightRadar24 also seems to suggestÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 9, 2018
Police have foiled BNP's sit-in program in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka. BNP was observing a scheduled program on Thursday to demand the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. Party vice chairperson AZM Jahid Hossain was addressing the program around 11:47am whenÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 9, 2018
Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has ranked the fifth most polluted city in the world. Dhaka scored 180 in the US Air Quality Index (AQI) at 9am on Thursday. The air was classified as “unhealthy.” The index was developed by the Environmental Protection Agency for reporting daily air quality of any city or country.
bdnews24.com
March 9, 2018
Afsana was five months into her pregnancy, said her husband Abul Azim, who was driving the motorcycle. “We were on our way to Narayanganj to visit a relative. Afsana fell on the road as the bike slipped. A truck ran over her,” he told bdnews24.com. Afsana was rushed to the Dhaka Medical CollegeÃâà...
Quartz
March 9, 2018
Golden Harvest, on the other hand, is a large business conglomerate based out of Bangladesh's capital city, Dhaka. Bangladesh's pizza-delivery market is small, but growing. Between 2011 and 2015, its size increased from $2 million to $3.7 million, according to research firm Euromonitor. “Pizza is aÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 9, 2018
Dhaka is the cultural, political, and financial center of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in South Asia, with a population of approximately 17.5 million people in 2015 and growing at the rate of over 3 percent per year (World Bank 2015). By 2025, the United Nations (UN)Ãâà...
bdnews24.com
March 8, 2018
The victims were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital or DMCH around 10pm on Wednesday, Sub-Inspector Bachchu Mia at the police camp there told bdnews24.com. Quoting the victims, he said their flat on the third floor of a five-storey building on road no. 2 in the neighbourhood caught fire from aÃâà...
The Star Online
December 31, 1999
PETALING JAYA: A Bangladeshi man was tied up mid-flight during a Malindo Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka on Saturday for attacking a stewardess and for being undressed during the flight. The incident occurred on the OD162 flight on Saturday (March 3). The 20-year-old male who is said to be aÃâà...
