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BNP, Jamaat locked in 'competition' to draw Awami League votes, says Nahid

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has accused the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami of engaging in a desperate race to absorb the voter base of the inactive Awami League by promising legal repr... Read More


Key suspect Faisal's associate Kabir to be quizzed for five more days over Hadi murder

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has granted police five more days to interrogate Kabir, who is identified with a single name, a close associate of Faisal Karim Masud -- the key suspect in the murder o... Read More


Government approves grade 10 pay for headteachers

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The government has raised the salaries of headteachers at government primary schools to grade 10, granting them the rank of gazetted officers. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Educa... Read More


East West University student faces interrogation for 'plastering Hizb ut-Tahrir posters

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has granted police a day to interrogate East West University student Amjad Hossain Bukhari in custody over pasting posters of the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. D... Read More


Manju issues stern message to government, Election Commission over polls

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Jatiya Party-JP Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju has taken a sharp swipe at the government and the Election Commission, saying he has "learnt many new lessons" from their recent conduct.... Read More


ECNEC approves Tk 354bn project to expand Eastern Refinery capacity

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The interim government has sanctioned a Tk 354.65 billion project to modernise and expand the capacity of Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) at a meeting of the Executive Committee of th... Read More


Zaima Rahman recalls childhood, hopes for future in Facebook post ahead of return

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, has shared an emotional Facebook post revisiting her childhood and setting out hopes for the future, alongside a photogr... Read More


NDF announces 119 candidates amid 'fairness concerns'

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Amid fears of a "booth-capturing" climate in the parliamentary election, Anwar Hossain Manju's Jatiya Party-JP and the 20-party National Democratic Front (NDF), formed around the Jat... Read More


BNP agrees to relinquish 4 seats to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam under election deal

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The BNP has announced a seat-sharing agreement with the Islamist party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, under which the party will not contest four parliamentary constituencies in th... Read More


Government yet to decide schedule for next year's SSC exams

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The interim government has yet to finalise when the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin next year. Education board officials said on Monday tha... Read More