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59% of BNP's candidates facing financial liabilities, TIB finds

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- Nearly 59 percent of the BNP's candidates contesting in the parliamentary polls have outstanding loans, according to Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). The findings were d... Read More


Parliamentary election: Candidates assigned symbols ahead of campaigning

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Returning officers have begun allocating symbols to candidates contesting in the parliamentary election. Nearly 2,000 candidates - part-backed and independent - are contesting the po... Read More


Toby Cadman steps down from International Crimes Tribunal

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Barrister Toby Cadman, the British international human rights lawyer, co-founder, and joint head of Guernica 37 Chambers, has stepped down from the post of special advisor to the chi... Read More


BNP rusticates 62 leaders for standing in election defying party line

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled 62 leaders for running for parliament independently in defiance of party mandates. The move was announced Wednesday night in a me... Read More


HC suspends Shilpakala Academy recruitment circular appointing 3 officials for 6 months

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- The High Court (HC) has stayed the recruitment circular appointing three deputy directors at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) for six months. The bench of Justices Fatema Naj... Read More


Govt introduces grade-based salary for Imams, Muazzins

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- The government has introduced a grade-based salary structure for Imams, Muezzins, and Khadims in the mosques while also specifying provisions related to recruitment, leave, housing, ... Read More


'Why is EC silent on Tarique's 'breach of conduct' in promising flats?' asks Patwary

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary has demanded to know why the Election Commission has remained silent after BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman "directly violated" election laws and ... Read More


Crimes against humanity: Joy, Palak to face trial for internet shutdown during July Uprising

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has framed charges against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former ICT state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, accus... Read More


Abul Kalam Azad, sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes, surrenders to tribunal

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Abul Kalam Azad, a fugitive convicted of war crimes in 1971, has surrendered to the International Crimes Tribunal. He appeared before the tribunal on Wednesday and submitted an appl... Read More


Gas supply to Narayanganj, Munshiganj to be suspended for five hours

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Gas supply will be suspended for five hours in Narayanganj city, Munshiganj city, and several surrounding areas for urgent maintenance under the road widening and second-floor road c... Read More