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UN calls for dissolution of RAB, restriction of BGB to border duties and DGFI to military intelligence

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The United Nations Human Rights Office, or OHCHR, has issued a series of recommendations addressing human rights violations in Bangladesh, highlighting concerns across the country's ... Read More


ACC finds evidence of Nagad's 'excessive e-money creation, laundering'

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has found evidence that mobile financial service provider Nagad "created excessive electronic money and laundered funds" through foreign compa... Read More


BNP accuses Hasina among 500 suspects in murders of 848 BNP activists at ICT

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The BNP has brought allegations against 500 people, including ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to the International Crimes Tribunal, or ICT, over the killings of 848 party... Read More


Transport shortage in Dhaka leaves commuters in the lurch

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bus services in Dhaka have been severely disrupted as several transporters have halted operations, citing misgivings about the new counter-based ticketing system. The suspension affe... Read More


UN report: gunfire accounts for 78pc of protest deaths, reveals cause of Abu Sayed's death

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A United Nations investigation into the recent student-led mass movement in Bangladesh has revealed that 78 percent of the 1,400 people reportedly killed during the protests died fro... Read More


Awami League members involved in enforced disappearances, murders will be tried: press secretary

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- All Awami League leaders involved in enforced disappearances and killings will be brought to justice, while the fate of the party will be decided by "the people of Bangladesh", Chief... Read More


Nagad administrator Badiuzzaman Dider attacked following ACC raid

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- The car of Badiuzzaman Dider, the administrator overseeing mobile financial service provider Nagad, has been attacked in Dhaka's Banani. The incident occurred on Banani Road No 12 o... Read More


591 arrested on fourth day of Operation Devil Hunt

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A total of 591 people have been arrested on the fourth day of the ongoing nationwide crackdown, Operation Devil Hunt, according to the Police Headquarters. It also confirmed the rec... Read More


Hasina govt engaged in 'serious human rights violations': UN

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- The United Nations has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered and oversaw multiple large-scale operations that involved killings and indiscriminate shootings during th... Read More


Interim govt formed legally and by people's will, Bangladesh High Court rules

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- The High Court has ruled that the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is both legally supported by constitutional provisions and formed with the will of the Bangladeshi people. Th... Read More