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Home ministry meets field-level officials to ensure peaceful election

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs is set to hold a high-level meeting with field officers to review the country's law and order situation ahead of the 13th general election. The vir... Read More


Drivers demand uniform BRTA policy for battery rickshaws, easybikes

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Drivers of battery-powered rickshaws, vans and easybikes have called for a unified policy under the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), rejecting draft regulations frame... Read More


Traffic snarls as garment workers block Kuril road over unpaid wages

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Workers from a garment factory have occupied a road in Dhaka's Kuril area to demand payment of wages and allowances, triggering severe traffic congestion. The protest by employ... Read More


ACC to prosecute two of S Alam's sons, 8 others for evading Tk 750m in taxes

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a case against 10 people, including two sons of controversial business tycoon Md Saiful Alam, for allegedly evading Tk 750 mill... Read More


Counter Terrorism ADC Razibul suspended in 'public interest'

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Sheikh Razibul Hasan, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of DMP's Counter Terrorism Research and Development (CTRD), has been suspended from his post. The home ministry issue... Read More


Gazipur Police Commissioner Nazmul Karim removed from duty

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Gazipur Police Commissioner Nazmul Karim Khan has been withdrawn after controversy over closing one lane of a highway while travelling from Dhaka to his workplace. He was instr... Read More


Police constable hacked during midnight clash in Adabor

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- A police constable has been injured after being attacked with a sharp weapon while trying to intervene in a clash between two groups in Dhaka's Adabor. The incident occurred ar... Read More


Two govt advisors inspect International Crimes Tribunal renovations

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Law Advisor Asif Nazrul and Housing and Public Works Advisor Adilur Rahman Khan have inspected the renovation work on the main building of the International Crimes Tribunal. Th... Read More


EC raises voter numbers per booth under revised election guidelines

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Election Commission (EC) has revised its guidelines for polling centres, raising the number of voters assigned to each booth and reducing the overall number of booths nationwide... Read More


North Korea's Kim Jong Un heads to Beijing by train to attend parade, state media says

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into China on his special train early on Tuesday to attend China's celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War T... Read More