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Woman killed in road crash on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

Woman killed in road crash on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

A 50-year-old woman was killed and three others injured when a microbus crashed into an auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway at Ompara in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Tuesday.  The deceased was identified as Zobaida Begum, wife of Ekhlas Uddin of Baroikhali Shibrampur are

RMG factory closure sparks protests in Gazipur

RMG factory closure sparks protests in Gazipur

Workers of a garment factory staged a demonstration in front of PN Composite Ltd at Ambagh in Konabari, Gazipur on Tuesday, protesting the sudden closure of the factory. “The authorities hung a closure notice on the main gate on Monday evening. When workers arrived for duty on Tuesday mornin

Constable accused of beating Barishal journalist with hammer

Constable accused of beating Barishal journalist with hammer

A police constable has been accused of entering a flat in Barishal and beating Asian TV's Barishal bureau chief, Firoz Mostafa, with a hammer. The incident took place on Monday night at his rented home on Gorachand Das Road, according to Barishal Kotwali Model Police Station chief (OC) Al Mamun Ul

Dhaka College, Ideal College students clash again

Dhaka College, Ideal College students clash again

A month after students from Dhaka College and Ideal College brokered a “peace pact”, the two sides have clashed again. A dispute on Tuesday over arguments and a scuffle eventually escalated to the vandalism of buses. Since then, the two sides have been engaging in back-and-forth chase

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