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Election Commission to meet with CA Yunus ahead of schedule announcement

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- As the announcement of the schedule for the parliamentary election nears, the Election Commission led by AMM Nasir Uddin is going to meet Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus. Following a co... Read More


Former president Abdul Hamid in ACC's crosshairs over 'misuse of state funds'

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an inquiry into allegations that former president Md Abdul Hamid misused state resources for personal benefit during his time in offi... Read More


Journalist Shaukat Mahmood taken into DB custody

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has detained Shaukat Mahmood, the secretary general of the newly formed Janata Party Bangladesh. Shaukat, also a former preside... Read More


Tribunal to hear defence arguments on enforced disappearance charges Tuesday

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set Tuesday to hear defence submissions on whether charges should be framed in a case alleging torture at the military's Joint Interrogatio... Read More


Bangladesh extends voting window by an hour for parliamentary election, referendum

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Polling centres will be open from 7:30am to 4:30pm on the day of the parliamentary election and July Charter referendum due in early February next year. The Election Commission (EC) ... Read More


CID begins identification of July Uprising activists' bodies under international protocols

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has said the identification of the July Uprising activists buried near the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial will begin in line with internat... Read More


Khaleda's London flight: German air ambulance seeks 'Tuesday landing slot'

Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- The German air ambulance hired to take BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to London for treatment has sought a landing slot in Dhaka for Tuesday, according to a Civil Aviation Authority of B... Read More


Senior lawyer Sara Hossain calls for end to 'harassment charges' against satirists

Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- Senior Supreme Court lawyer Sara Hossain has called for an end to the "practice" of filing cases against cartoonists and meme creators, highlighting the need to protect democratic exp... Read More


Bangladesh Judiciary has entered a 'new institutional era', says Chief Justice Refaat

Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- Bangladesh's judiciary has entered what the Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has described as a "new institutional era", marking a fundamental shift in how the justice system operates ... Read More


Khaleda Zia's London transfer in doubt as doctors weigh her ability to fly

Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- The day began with confident plans to airlift Khaleda Zia to London for advanced treatment on a Qatari air ambulance. By nightfall, the question was no longer when the BNP chairperson... Read More