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Shot in the chest: Three witnesses tell tribunal about Uprising killings in Chankharpul

India, Sept. 15 -- Three witnesses have appeared before the International Crimes Tribunal to testify about the fatal shooting of a protester during an Anti-discrimination Student Movement at Dhaka's C... Read More


Ex-state minister Babar holds 2-hour meeting with home advisor

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar has held a two-hour meeting with Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury at the home ministry. Babar, who was jailed from... Read More


Padma Bridge launches e-toll collection process on trial basis

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- A modern, non-stop electronic toll collection (ETC) system has launched on Padma Bridge on a trial basis. An ETC allows a customer to pay the toll automatically without stoppi... Read More


Four sent to jail in anti-middlemen drive near passport office

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- A mobile court has sentenced four people arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to different jail terms following a special anti-middlemen drive in the area adjacent to t... Read More


Sylhet braces for short-term floods as Surma, Kushiyara swell

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- Water levels in the Surma and Kushiyara rivers have risen over the last 24 hours and could breach the danger mark in the next three days. As a result, low-lying areas of Sylhe... Read More