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Interim govt to be given reasonable, not unlimited time

The BNP wants to give the interim government reasonable but specific time to hold an acceptable election by reforming all the institutions, the party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday. He made the remarks…

Millions cut off without food, power

Millions of people were still left without electricity and any means of communication, and relief materials had not reached many remote areas where families were stranded in flooded villages for days. Even the shelters opened by the…

Metro rail service resumes after over a month

Metro rail operations resumed this morning more than one month after its suspension due to violence amid quota reform movement. "Operations resumed at 7:10am from Uttara end and everything is okay so far," MAN Siddique, the managing…

Hasina, Qudaer sued for murder of student in Savar

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader have been sued over the death of a student on August 5. Father of Abul Ahad Saikat, a student of Dhaka Commerce College, Nazrul Islam…

Floods in Ctg, Sylhet divisions: 44 lakh marooned

More areas in Cumilla and Chattogram were flooded in a span of few hours yesterday with strong currents washing away parts of embankments along the Gumti and Halda rivers. As many as 44 lakh people remained marooned in 11 districts…

British envoy meets Yunus

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke today met interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and discussed issues of mutual interest. The meeting was held at state guesthouse Jamuna. The chief adviser's…

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