Special policy issued on gun licences for election candidates

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The government has issued a policy to allow "politically important" individuals and election candidates to obtain firearms licences and hire retainers (gunmen). Following the shooti... Read More

Local election observers have one week left to apply

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Domestic observer groups have until Dec 21 to submit applications to monitor the parliamentary polls and referendum, scheduled for Feb 12, 2026. A letter was issued on Monday outlin... Read More

US Embassy warns citizens to avoid gatherings, crowds

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The US Embassy in Dhaka has warned US citizens that peaceful gatherings could "turn into violence" ahead of the parliamentary election. The embassy issued a security alert for the e... Read More

Withdraw remarks and apologise over Hadi shooting, DUCSU VP Shadik tells CEC

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Abu Shadik Kayem has demanded that Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin apologise for his remarks over the shoo... Read More

Detective Branch takes over probe into Hadi shooting

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been tasked with investigating the attempted killing of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman Hadi. A case over the s... Read More

Anis Alamgir arrested in anti-state conspiracy case, actress Shaon accused

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and four others have been named in a case filed at Uttara West Police Station, accusing them of conspiring to destabilise the stat... Read More

'If Yunus wants to turn country into a prison, he can do it': journalist Anis Alamgir tells court

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir has told a Dhaka court that the allegation against him, that his "incendiary" statements have endangered "public safety", is "false" and a "staged drama". Sa... Read More

Case finally filed over shooting attack of Sharif Hadi

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A case has finally been filed over the shooting of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi. An officer on duty at Paltan Police Station, who declined to be identified, told bd... Read More

Air ambulance carrying shooting victim Hadi departs for Singapore

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Inqilab Moncho Convenor Osman Sharif Hadi, who was shot in the capital last week, has been airlifted from Dhaka to Singapore for advanced medical treatment. The private jet, a Gulfs... Read More

Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon accused in anti-state conspiracy complaint

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and four others have been named in a complaint filed at Uttara West Police Station, accusing them of conspiring to destabilise the... Read More

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