BNP leader Mirza Abbas faces angry chants as he visits injured Hadi

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas has come under fire from supporters of Sharif Osman bin Hadi when he arrived at the hospital to see the injured independent hopeful for Dhaka-8 and Inqi... Read More

Dhaka Metro Rail screeches to a halt as staff hit service with work stoppage

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) officers and staff have launched a full-scale work stoppage, bringing metro rail services to a halt. The protest began on Friday after aut... Read More

AL brings out torch procession in Ganabhaban despite ban

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- The Awami League and its affiliated organisations, whose activities are banned, have brought out a protest procession in Dhaka's Ganabhaban area. The procession paraded down the Aur... Read More

Two Bangladeshis die after 'drinking petrol' on migrant boat bound for Greece

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Two Bangladeshi migrants have reportedly died after mistakenly drinking petrol during a journey by sea from Libya to Greece. According to the Bangladesh Embassy in Athens, the group... Read More

Asif Mahmud announces independent bid for Dhaka-10 in upcoming election

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, a former advisor to the interim government, has announced that he will contest the upcoming 13th national election as an independent candidate from the Dh... Read More

Bangladesh promotes 2,706 college teachers to professor, associate professor ranks

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The government has elevated 2,706 teachers in government colleges to ranks of professor and associate professor. Among them, 995 associate professors were promoted to professor, whi... Read More

Police detain 11 on second day of protests over 'Secretariat allowance'

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Police have detained 11 people on the second day of protests demanding the introduction of a "Secretariat allowance". Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of the Ramna division, said on ... Read More

Petition to remand Shaukat Mahmood for 10 days to be heard

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The hearing of a 10-day remand petition against Shaukat Mahmood, former Jatiya Press Club president and Janata Party Bangladesh general secretary, in an Anti-Terrorism case filed at ... Read More

Jamaat says 'confusion' over election cleared, NCP doubts EC neutrality

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Several political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party, have welcomed the schedule announced by the Election Commission for the 13th parliamentary electi... Read More

Tarique calls on BNP activists to join 'election battle'

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Tarique Rahman, the BNP's acting chairperson, has called on party leaders and activists to take to the field together to face what he described as an impending "election battle". He... Read More

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