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Bangladesh assures Pakistan of signing agreement on strengthening police cooperation

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Bangladesh is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan to strengthen cooperation between the police academies of the two countries. In a meeting at the Secretar... Read More


Postal voting: Bangladeshi expatriates get five-day registration slots

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The Election Commission has given Bangladeshi expatriates five days to get registered on the postal voting app for participating in the next general election through the Postal Vote ... Read More


EC issues gazette granting party registration to NCP, BaSaD Marxist

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- With the 13th parliamentary election approaching, the Election Commission (EC) has granted party registration to the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal Ma... Read More


National Cyber Security Agency asks media to avoid airing convict's statements

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) has asked media outlets not to air statements of convicted individuals in the interest of national security and warned that "legal" action c... Read More


Crude bomb sounds heard in New Market, Dhanmondi after Hasina's verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Police have reported hearing explosions in Dhaka's New Market and Dhanmondi. These incidents happened amid a spate of arson attacks and crude bomb explosions surrounding the verdict... Read More


After Hasina's death sentence, where does the Awami League go from here?

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Bangladesh's political theatre has entered a new and perilous act. The International Crimes Tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself created to try the crimes against humanity of 1971 ha... Read More


Dhaka University deputy registrar arrested in terrorism case

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Dhaka University Deputy Registrar Muhammad Lovelu Mollah has been arrested in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Shahbagh Police Station chief Mohammad Khali... Read More


Abul Hossain's murder merits death sentences, but doesn't qualify him for the official martyrs' list

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan have received capital punishment from the International Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against hu... Read More


Five vehicles torched, crude bombs go off in overnight unrest across Dhaka

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Several buses, a truck and a four-wheeled passenger vehicle, locally known as a "Laguna", have been set on fire in Dhaka's Merul Badda, Mohammadpur, Savar, Narayanganj, and Dhamrai a... Read More


Rickshaw driver shot for 'not driving fast' after Jubo Dal leader killing

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Miscreants who killed Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria in Dhaka's Pallabi and fled in a battery-powered rickshaw also shot the driver for "not going fast enough". The 20-year-old driver... Read More