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Yunus calls for Army, police assistance to ensure a peaceful, festive national election

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has requested support from the Bangladesh Army, police, and other law-enforcing agencies to conduct the next parliamentary election in a peaceful and fes... Read More


Khalilur meets India's NSA Doval in Delhi to discuss key bilateral issues

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Bangladesh's National Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman has held a meeting with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on his visit to Delhi. According to a Bangladesh High Commission sta... Read More


ACC investigates alleged Tk 3.32 billion state loss in 2018 Rose Garden acquisition

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an inquiry into the purchase of Rose Garden on Hrishikesh Das Road in Old Dhaka, alleging a loss of nearly Tk 3.32 billion to the st... Read More


NGO director arrested in Dhaka over 'Tk 6bn fraud'

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Police have arrested the director of a Naogaon-based NGO over allegations of embezzling customer funds totalling more than Tk 6 billion. Nazim Uddin Tanu, 37, director of Bandhu Mit... Read More


Election Commissions lacks ability to enforce electoral code of conduct, says NCP

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has expressed strong support for the Election Commission after the Representation of the People Order (RPO) was amended to require coalition candidat... Read More


'Detectives' take journalist Mizanur Sohel away from home in midnight raid

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Mizanur Rahman Sohel, head of online at Dainik Bhorer Kagoj, has been whisked away from his residence in Badda by officers identifying themselves as members of the Detective Branch (... Read More


Bangladesh HC orders pause on Adani arbitration in Singapore over disputed power deal

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Bangladesh's High Court has ordered India's Adani Group not to proceed with arbitration in Singapore over a contentious power purchase agreement until a government investigation into... Read More


Revised labour law allows trade union formation with 20 workers in small factories

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- In a major overhaul of labour laws, workers in factories with 20 to 300 employees can now form a trade union with the backing of just 20 workers, down from the previous requirement o... Read More


OC Sayed, ASI Bishwajit burnt six bodies in Ashulia with petrol: state witness

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- A former policeman testifying for the state in the case over the burning of six bodies in Dhaka's Ashulia during the July Uprising has said the ex-chief (OC) and an assistant sub-ins... Read More


Jamaat calls for wholesale administrative shake-up after announcement of election schedule

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has called for all deputy commissioners and police superintendents across Bangladesh to be transferred simultaneously once the Election Commission (EC) formally annou... Read More