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Three workers died after falling from the 11th floor of an under-construction building in the capital’s Basabo area on Friday (17 May). The deceased were identified as Altaf Hossain, 40, Antar, 25, and Mafizul Islam, 20. Confirming the matter, Sobujbag Police Station Officer in Charge Proloy Kumar Saha told the Daily Samakal that three of…

A Jamalpur court today sent six members of a teenage gang to jail in a case filed for allegedly attacking a train passenger in Jamalpur’s Sadar upazila last night. Police arrested three of the gang along with homemade weapons from the spot while the rest three were arrested from nearby areas of Piyarpur Railway Station…

The members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in several anti-drug campaigns arrested a total of 34 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours. The DB in association with local police carried out the drives simultaneously at different parts of the metropolis from 6…

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has vowed that her party will take the country towards prosperity overcoming all the conspiracies to give the people a beautiful and improved life. “Conspiracies are hatched every time and we overcome them. We have to keep it up,” she said. She was addressing the leaders…

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a heatwave alert for four divisions for the next 48 hours, commencing from 6:00 pm Friday. The divisions are – Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna and western part of Dhaka. The BMD alert said the prevailing heatwave over the four divisions may continue during the next 48 hours. Due to…

Following an announcement in January that the number of student visas issued will be curtailed in the coming years — mostly due to an acute housing crisis — the Canadian government last month announced detailed plans for allocations of international students for each province and territory. In a statement, Marc Miller, the Canadian minister for immigration, refugees,…

Despite a record-breaking outbreak last year, with more than 1,705 deaths, the authorities concerned are yet to establish a comprehensive surveillance system to track and control the Aedes mosquitoes, the carrier of the deadly dengue virus. Experts and public health officials, who have been calling for an effective surveillance system in place, are worried about…

One person died of dengue fever in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today. At the same time, at least 12 others were hospitalised across the country. With this, the death toll rose to 33, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Meanwhile, the total number of cases rose to 2,581 this year….

Failed Bangladeshi asylum seekers in the United Kingdom will be deported under a fast-track returns deal between the two countries. Bangladesh and the UK have held their first-ever Joint Working Group meeting on Home Affairs in London at the British Home Office and signed the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on Returns. British Minister for Countering…

As the rain keeps coming down intermittently, the heatwave has lost its brutal bite. A couple of days ago, I went to Mirpur around 9:30 pm to feel the social and economic pulse of nighttime Dhaka. On the way, I was intrigued by the brightly illuminated shrine of the 15th-century Sufi saint Shah Ali Baghdadi…