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Children among 5 suffer burn wounds on new year night

Staff Correspondent Five individuals, including three children, sustained burn wounds from sky lanterns and firecrackers in the capital while celebrating new year on December 31. Injured –Farhan, 8, Sifan Mallik,

Too many tasks, too short a time

The to-do list for the interim government in 2025 gets even longer TDS Desk From fighting corruption and bringing back assets stolen from Bangladesh to completing trial of Sheikh Hasina

Loose electrical connection caused secretariat fire: Probe reveals

No evidence of sabotage TDS Desk The investigation committee, formed by the government, has said that the devastating fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat on December 26 was caused by a

2024, breaking free from autocracy

TDS Desk The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement was at its peak. Police unleashed frisky shooting to suppress the movement and the pile of bodies of students and mass people was mounting.

Countrywide gas supply to be disrupted for 72 hours from Wednesday

TDS Desk People across the country will experience low pressure of gas for 72 hours from Wednesday due to suspension of operation of a LNG station, known as floating storage

Six reform commissions not submitting their reports Tuesday

UNB, Dhaka Despite setting 31December, 2024 for submitting reports, none of the six reform commissions—on the Constitution, election, judiciary, anti-corruption commission (ACC), police and public administration—has submitted their reports yet.