5 more die of dengue as 1,366 hospitalised in a day
Five more people have died from dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,366 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the mosquito-borne disease.
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Diamond World MD Dilip Agarwala remanded
A court has put Dilip Kumar Agarwala, managing director of Diamond World, on one-day remand in a money laundering case.
Deaths from measles, measles symptoms cross 1,200
The number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms in the country has risen to 1,201. Of these, 1,097 people have died with measles symptoms. And 104 people have died after measles was detected in sample tests.
Diamond World MD Dilip Agarwala arrested
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) has arrested Dilip Kumar Agarwala, managing director of Diamond World, at the request of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with a case filed with the agency.
491 bodies recovered from rivers, canals, forests and abandoned sites in 9 months: HRSS
At least 73 people were killed and more than 6,473 injured in 1,013 incidents of political violence across Bangladesh between January and September this year, according to a report by the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS). During the same period, 187 people were killed in 398 incidents of mob violence and lynching, while 95 inmates died in prisons.
One of the Bangladeshis executed in Saudi Arabia was a migrant worker, other an umrah pilgrim: Minister
One of the two Bangladeshis whose death sentences were carried out in Mecca was a migrant worker, while the other had travelled there to perform Umrah, Bangladesh’s expatriates’ welfare minister has said.
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