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Election Commission withdraws BNCC deployment from polling centres

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The Election Commission (EC) has reversed its decision to deploy Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC) cadets at polling centres to assist with election duties during the parliamenta... Read More


Police classify 'three-quarters' of Dhaka polling centres as 'high-risk'

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- With the parliamentary elections less than 10 days away, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has classified nearly three-quarters of the capital's polling centres as "important", refl... Read More


Draft education law seeks to end coaching, guidebooks and corporal punishment in five years

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Bangladesh is moving to overhaul its education system with a new draft law that aims to eliminate private tuition and guidebooks in five years. The proposal outlines stepwise measure... Read More


Bangladesh seals deal with Japan to acquire defence equipment, technology

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- In the final days of its tenure, the interim administration has signed a defence equipment and technology transfer agreement with Japan, marking a significant step in strategic cooper... Read More


Government sacks Biman MD Shafiqur, puts bureaucrat Humaira in charge

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The government has fired Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Shafiqur Rahman after his arrest on charges of torturing a child domestic worker. The... Read More


ICT brings formal charges against Menon, Qamrul over 'killing' during July Uprising

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has formally charged Bangladesh Workers Party chief Rashed Khan Menon and former food minister Qamrul Islam with crimes against humanity over "... Read More


BNP chief Tarique to deliver election address on BTV on Feb 9

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is currently the only party to respond to an Election Commission (EC) initiative to broadcast speeches by the heads of political parties partici... Read More


BNP's Tarique Rahman heads to Barishal, Faridpur on Wednesday

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is headed to Barishal and Faridpur on Wednesday as part of his campaign ahead of the Feb 12 general election. Mahadi Amin, spokesman for the party's centr... Read More


People aren't asking to learn Liberation War history from Jamaat's chief, says BNP's Khosru

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- BNP National Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has criticised the remarks made by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman regarding the role of retired colonel Oli ... Read More


Ex-IGP Shahidul, ex-DB chief Harun, 9 others charged with killing 7 after 'framing them as militants'

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- A charge has been filed against 10 people at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) over the killings of seven people in Gazipur in 2016 after they were allegedly "framed as militant... Read More