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Bangladesh moves to outlaw Awami League as interim govt paves way for trial of political parties

Dhaka, May 10 -- Bangladesh's post-uprising interim government has moved to formally ban the Awami League, the party of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, under the Anti-Terrorism Act, bowing to lon... Read More


Dhaka stock turnovers soar close to Tk 6bn in recovery

Dhaka, May 5 -- The key index on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has surged as the market posted its highest turnovers in almost two and a half months, soaring close to Tk 6 billion. The last time tra... Read More


Commission recommends primary healthcare to be declared 'basic right' in Constitution

Dhaka, May 5 -- The Health Sector Reform Commission - one of the five commissions formed in the second phase to recommend state reforms - has recommended the declaration of declare primary healthcare ... Read More


HC questions validity of penalising men for marriage promise to solicit sexual relationship

Dhaka, May 5 -- The High Court has asked why a law that penalises only men for engaging in sexual relations under the promise of marriage, should not be declared unconstitutional. The bench of Justic... Read More


Hifazat's rally with four-point demand underway

Dhaka, May 3 -- Hifazat-e Islam Bangladesh has started a grand rally with four-point demands including the abolition of the Women's Affairs Reform Commission. The rally began at Suhrawardy Udyan at 9... Read More


Hifazat announces nationwide protest on May 23

Dhaka, May 3 -- Hifazat-e Islam Bangladesh has announced two programmes to press home its four-point charter of demand. The organisation's Secretary General Sajidur Rahman announced the events at the... Read More


BNP Chairperson Khaleda to return to Dhaka via Sylhet

Dhaka, May 3 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return to Dhaka from London via Sylhet on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines jet. The BNP is making elaborate preparations to welcome the party chairperson o... Read More


BNP says Chairperson Khaleda will return to Dhaka in Qatari emir's air ambulance

Dhaka, May 3 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to return home on a special air ambulance of the Qatari Emir. Due to this, changes may occ... Read More


Call to scrap Women's Affairs Reform Commission defeats July Uprising spirit: BaSaD

Dhaka, May 3 -- Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BaSaD) has condemned the demand to scrap the Women's Affairs Reform Commission as "contrary to the spirit of the July Uprising". Speaking at a dialogue ... Read More


Have you forgotten walking around the court, Hifazat's Mamunul asks CA Yunus

Dhaka, May 3 -- Hifazat-e Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque has called on the interim government to withdraw all cases against the organisation's leaders and activists within two months, war... Read More