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Jamalpur Commuter derailment disrupts Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link
Four compartments of the Jamalpur Commuter train, including its power car, derailed, disrupting train service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link, railway officials said.
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Bangladesh plans Family Card benefits for 16 million families over four years
Bangladesh will launch its Family Card program on Aug. 16 with a Tk 14,500 crore budget, approximately $1.18 billion, covering 41 lakh, or 4.1 million, households during the current fiscal year.
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Bangladesh cricket star joined Hasina’s media appearance. Hours later, his home was attacked.
Windows were smashed and petrol bombs were thrown at former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan’s ancestral home in Magura after he joined ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s first public media event since her 2024 removal from power.
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Bangladesh emerges as key growth market for U.S. soybean exporters
Bangladesh has emerged as a rapidly growing market for U.S. soybeans as American exporters seek to diversify sales beyond traditional destinations, according to the U.S. Soybean Export Council.
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Bangladesh plans to dissolve U.S.-sanctioned Rapid Action Battalion
Bangladesh’s government has drafted legislation to dissolve the Rapid Action Battalion and replace it with a specialized police unit called the Special Response Battalion.
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Bangladesh restores gas supply from damaged LNG terminal after nearly two-week disruption
Gas shortages in Chattogram have begun easing after a damaged boiler at a floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Maheshkhali resumed operations, officials said Thursday.
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Bangladesh press chose obedience over its constitutional duty
Bangladesh’s major television networks and newspapers failed their audiences when they refused to report meaningfully on Sheikh Hasina’s Aug. 5 speech in New Delhi.
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Bangladesh home minister pledges full implementation of July Charter
Home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Wednesday that the government would fully implement the July National Charter through constitutional amendments and institutional reforms.
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Bangladesh lawmakers to elect new president on Aug. 20
Bangladesh will hold its presidential election on Aug. 20, with voting scheduled from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Election Commission announced Wednesday.
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Bangladesh television networks skirt Hasina speech while reporting outrage around it
A large number of Bangladeshi television networks published hundreds of news segments on Aug. 5, but none of the networks provided viewers with meaningful details about Sheikh Hasina’s speech in New Delhi.