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CID files case against ex-Padma Bank chief Nafeez Sarafat, family for 'laundering Tk 16.1bn'

Dhaka, Nov. 28 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a case accusing former Padma Bank chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, members of his family, and an associate of laundering more ... Read More


Man stabbed to death in 'late-night mugging' in Chattogram

Dhaka, Nov. 28 -- A man has been killed during a "late-night mugging" in Chattogram. The incident occurred opposite the Chattogram District Council building in the port city's Kotwali Thana on Thursd... Read More


Cyclone Ditwah in Bay of Bengal unlikely to affect coastline, Met Office says

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A low-pressure system located in the southwest Bay of Bengal and the adjacent Sri Lankan coast has intensified into a cyclone, which has been named "Ditwah". The Bangladesh Meteorol... Read More


Cyclone Ditwah spins up over Bay of Bengal, ports on alert

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A low-pressure system located in the southwest Bay of Bengal and the adjacent Sri Lankan coast has intensified into a cyclone, which has been named "Ditwah". The Bangladesh Meteorol... Read More


Purbachal plot graft: Ousted PM Hasina gets total of 21 years in jail in 3 cases

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladeshi prime minister ousted by the July Uprising, to a total of 21 years in jail in three cases over corruption in the allocation... Read More


Verdicts being read out in plot graft case against Hasina, her children

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A judge has begun reading out the verdicts in three cases against 23 suspects, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case over misusing government power to allocate plo... Read More


Depression deepens over Bay, cyclone forecast

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has said the low-pressure system over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lanka coast has intensified into a deep depression.... Read More


Fakhrul visits ailing Jamaat leader Taher in hospital

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has visited Jamaat-e-Islami deputy chief Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher in a hospital. The visit took place on Tuesday afternoon. Ac... Read More


Heavy security near Dhaka's lower courts as Hasina family graft verdict looms

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Security has been beefed up in Dhaka's lower court area ahead of the verdict in three Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) cases against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of... Read More


Lawyer ZI Khan Panna withdraws from Hasina's defence over lack of confidence in ICT

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Senior lawyer ZI Khan Panna has said he will not act as state-appointed lawyer for Sheikh Hasina in two cases involving enforced disappearances and torture at the TFI and JIC during ... Read More