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Asaduzzaman resigns as attorney general to contest in parliamentary elections

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Md Asaduzzaman has tendered his resignation as attorney general to the president, formally stepping down from the country's top legal post. Deputy Attorney General Md Jahirlul Islam... Read More


Heavy fog prevents eight flights from landing in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- Eight flights scheduled to land at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport have been diverted to Kolkata, Bangkok, and Chattogram due to heavy fog. The airport authorities confirmed... Read More


Children among 4 injured in Keraniganj madrasa blast, explosives recovered

Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- Four people, including two children, have been injured after an explosion at a madrasa in South Keraniganj on the outskirts of Dhaka. The blast took place on Friday afternoon at the... Read More


'Mob attacks' on newspapers, cultural institutions could've been stopped, says former police chief Nurul Huda

Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- Nearly one and a half years after the July Uprising, questions remain over why "mob violence" has not been contained and how, despite prior indications, mobs were able to vandalise m... Read More


Tarique Rahman to enrol on voter list on Saturday

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- Tarique Rahman, who returned from self-imposed exile in London after over 17 years, is set to enrol on the electoral roll on Saturday. Voter registration is mandatory to contest in ... Read More


India: 2,900 incidents of violence against minorities no way 'media exaggeration' or 'political violence'

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- India has expressed grave concern over what it called "unremitting hostilities" against minorities in Bangladesh. India's foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal made the rema... Read More


Meta takes down official Facebook page of ex-interim govt advisor Asif Mahmud

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- Meta has removed the verified Facebook page of Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, who recently stepped down from his role as an advisor to the interim government to contest the upcoming gen... Read More


Tarique Rahman returns with call for unity as BNP flexes strength in numbers

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- More than 17 years after he left Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman came home to a human tide. Flags rippled along Dhaka's eastern edge, traffic froze, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ... Read More


Government says Rajbari killing was extortion-linked, not 'communal violence'

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- The government has dismissed claims that a man was killed in Rajbari in sectarian violence, calling reports circulating on social media and in some outlets "misleading". In a statem... Read More


No arrest over death of man in explosion of crude bomb thrown from Dhaka flyover

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- No one has been arrested yet over the murder of a man in an explosion of a crude bomb hurled from the Moghbazar flyover. Ali Akbar, the father of the victim, Siam Mazumder, 20, file... Read More