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Mother hands over son to police as key suspect in Jagannath University student murder

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Police have detained three people in connection with the murder of Jagannath University Chhatra Dal leader Md Jobayed Hossen, including a college student identified as the prime susp... Read More


Interim government retires nine OSD secretaries

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The interim government has sent nine secretaries, who were previously made officers on special duty (OSD) at various times following the power shift, into retirement. The list inclu... Read More


Govt revises honorarium rates for recruitment, promotion-related work

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The government has revised the honorarium and remuneration rates for staff involved in recruitment and promotion activities under ministries, divisions, directorates, and departments... Read More


Some 'want to disrupt' the unity of 1971 and 2024, BNP leader Fakhrul says

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed some people are "trying to disrupt" the unity created during the 1971 liberation struggle and 2024 Uprising, and said the pa... Read More


Ex-BB chief Atiur, Janata Bank's Barkat to face loan fraud charges

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission has approved a chargesheet against former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman, former Janata Bank chairman Abul Barkat, former director Jamal Uddin A... Read More


Advisor Asif announces 'cancellation' of 10 Bangladesh-India projects, foreign advisor coy

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has shared details of the "cancellation" of 10 Bangladesh-India projects and agreements. Posting a photocard on his verified Face... Read More


Ex-narcotics officer, five others sentenced to prison for 1,050g gold robbery

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced former assistant director of the Department of Narcotics Control SM Shakib Hossain and six others to different terms of imprisonment in a case of robbing ... Read More


Bangladesh records over 50 fatalities from dengue in October

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Over the past 24 hours, dengue has claimed four more lives in Bangladesh, raising this year's death toll to 249, while 942 people have been admitted to hospitals around the country. ... Read More


Home Advisor Jahangir signals 'doubts' over election preparedness

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has acknowledged seeing "doubts" over law and order preparedness ahead of the parliamentary elections. After a meeting at the Secretariat on Mon... Read More


July Uprising murder cases to be tried at Speedy Trial Tribunal, special panel to oversee prosecution

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The cases filed on charges of murder committed on the orders of the Awami League government to suppress the student-led mass movement during the July Uprising, excluding cases pendin... Read More