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US Embassy warns citizens to avoid gatherings, crowds

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The US Embassy in Dhaka has warned US citizens that peaceful gatherings could "turn into violence" ahead of the parliamentary election. The embassy issued a security alert for the e... Read More


Withdraw remarks and apologise over Hadi shooting, DUCSU VP Shadik tells CEC

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Abu Shadik Kayem has demanded that Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin apologise for his remarks over the shoo... Read More


Detective Branch takes over probe into Hadi shooting

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been tasked with investigating the attempted killing of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman Hadi. A case over the s... Read More


'If Yunus wants to turn country into a prison, he can do it': journalist Anis Alamgir tells court

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir has told a Dhaka court that the allegation against him, that his "incendiary" statements have endangered "public safety", is "false" and a "staged drama". Sa... Read More


Anis Alamgir arrested in anti-state conspiracy case, actress Shaon accused

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and four others have been named in a case filed at Uttara West Police Station, accusing them of conspiring to destabilise the stat... Read More


Case finally filed over shooting attack of Sharif Hadi

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A case has finally been filed over the shooting of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi. An officer on duty at Paltan Police Station, who declined to be identified, told bd... Read More


Air ambulance carrying shooting victim Hadi departs for Singapore

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Inqilab Moncho Convenor Osman Sharif Hadi, who was shot in the capital last week, has been airlifted from Dhaka to Singapore for advanced medical treatment. The private jet, a Gulfs... Read More


Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon accused in anti-state conspiracy complaint

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and four others have been named in a complaint filed at Uttara West Police Station, accusing them of conspiring to destabilise the... Read More


Five weeks on, no breakthrough yet in shooting of BNP candidate Ershad Ullah

Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- Five weeks after being shot during an election canvassing drive, the attack on BNP-nominated Chattogram-8 candidate Ershad Ullah remains unresolved, with investigators yet to make an... Read More


Election Commission orders halt to early campaigning for February polls

Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- The Election Commission (EC) has ordered an immediate halt to early campaigning for the parliamentary elections. It also instructed authorities to ensure compliance with the electio... Read More