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597 road accidents claim 614 lives in May

Staff Correspondent: A total of 614 people were killed and 1,196 injured in 597 road accidents across the country in May, according to a report by Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.

51pc Bangladeshi girls married off before 18

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia, with 51 percent of girls married before turning 18 between 2006 and 2024, according to a report

Tarique may propose February election during meeting with CA

Staff Correspondent: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman may propose holding the next national election in February next year during his Friday meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports a

No bar on returning of Tarique: Home Adviser

Staff Correspondent: Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said there is no government bar on BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s return to the country

Yunus sends condolence to Indian PM Modi over plane crash

TDS Desk: Bangladesh chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus has sent his condolences to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi expressing deep sadness over the crash of an Air India plane bound

607 petitions to redraw constituencies before EC’s draft

TDS Desk: The Election Commission (EC) says it has received 705 petitions so far to redraw the constituencies of 75 seats in the national parliament. As these petitions were submitted