Bangladesh seals deal with Danish APM to build Laldia Char container terminal

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The Chittagong Port Authority has signed a deal with Denmark's APM Terminals to build a container terminal at Laldia Char in Chattogram. The deal was signed on Monday at Dhaka's Int... Read More

After court verdict, Bangladesh says India has an 'obligation' to extradiate Hasina

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The government has once again requested India to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who have both been sentenced to death in ... Read More

Government urges public to remain calm, restrained after 'historic' verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The interim government has described the death sentence of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan in the July Uprising crimes trial as a "histo... Read More

Home advisor dismisses security concern, urges agitating students to return to studies

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Home Affairs Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has dismissed any cause for panic over the International Crimes Tribunal verdict that handed Sheikh Hasina a death sentence. He made the... Read More

Bangladesh to renew push to extradite Hasina from India after death sentence

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Law Advisor Asif Nazrul says justice has been done with the awarding of the death penalty to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity, adding that another lett... Read More

Bangladesh to hang Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity over July Uprising

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity for her attempts to suppress the July Uprising. ... Read More

Fear, tension sweep Dhaka as security ramped up before Hasina verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Dhaka is on edge as security forces tighten their grip on the capital amid a surge in arson attacks and crude bomb blasts ahead of the verdict in Sheikh Hasina's trial over crimes ag... Read More

Vandals flee Dhanmondi 32 amid baton strikes, stun grenades; excavator driver bolts

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The Army and police have foiled an attempt by a group of people to demolish the ruins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence on Dhanmondi's Road No. 32. Around 12pm on Mon... Read More

Bangladesh waits with bated breath as court Hasina once empowered poised to judge her

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Bangladesh stands on the edge of a reckoning unlike any in its history -- a judgment of law, but also a moment of profound political reckoning. On Monday, the very court that former... Read More

Yunus calls upcoming vote 'an election to save Bangladesh'

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has urged district administrators to carry out their duties in the upcoming election and referendum with complete honesty, neutrality, and dedication. A... Read More

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