Another victim, identified only as Asma, has died from burn injuries after a house explosion in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj Upazila, raising the death toll to seven. Eight members of two families had been admitted to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery after sustaining burns in the Aug 23 blast. Among them, an 8-year-old child named Muntaha is still in treatment. On Saturday, Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, a residential surgeon at the burn institute’s emergency unit, said: “Asma, 35, was admitted to the ICU with 50 percent burns. She died at 11pm on Friday.” The fire broke out in the early hours of Aug 23 at a tin-shed house in Painaadi Purba Para after an explosion, leaving at least nine...
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গণঅধিকার পরিষদের সভাপতি নুরুল হক নুরের ওপর হামলার ঘটনায় নিন্দা জানিয়েছে অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকার। এক বিবৃতিতে সরকার বলেছে, অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকার গণঅধিকার পরিষদের সভাপতি, জুলাই আন্দোলনের অগ্রগামী...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS) - Jahangirnagar University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan today inaugurated the construction of the extended Arts and Humanities...
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