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BNP leader Tarique warns of difficult times ahead, urges unity

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has called on party members to remain united, warning that "conspiracies" were still brewing in Bangladesh. He made the remarks at a discussion or... Read More


Parents of Faisal, key suspect in Hadi shooting, 'confess' to aiding him

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Faisal Karim Masud's parents, Humayun Kabir and Hasi Begum, have confessed in court to assisting their son following the attempted assassination of Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman... Read More


Legal notice sent to CEC seeking disqualification of 12th election candidates

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Students Against Discrimination has served a legal notice on the chief election commissioner (CEC), calling for all candidates of the 12th parliamentary election to be declared i... Read More


Bangladesh 'freezes' Tk 661bn assets to recover laundered money, domestically and globally

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The interim government has reported that immovable and movable assets worth Tk 661.46 million belonging to different industrial groups, both in Bangladesh and abroad, have been "atta... Read More


Jatiya Party to field candidates for 300 constituencies despite fears of 'engineered elections'

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Jatiya Party, led by GM Quader, has announced it will field candidates in all 300 constituencies for the parliamentary polls, despite concerns over "voting fairness", Secretary G... Read More


Shamsul named chief security officer for Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has appointed retired brigadier general AKM Shamsul Islam as the chief security officer to the party chairperson and acting chairman. The deve... Read More


Household aide Ayesha 'confesses' to Mohammadpur double murder

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Domestic aide Ayesha Akhter has given a confessional statement to the court in connection with the murder of a mother and her teenage daughter in Dhaka's Mohammadpur, after her husba... Read More


EU to deploy nearly 200 observers for national election, says EC secretary

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The European Union (EU) will send between 175 and 200 observers to Bangladesh for the parliamentary elections, according to the Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed. He disclo... Read More


Police block 'March to Indian High Commission' in North Badda

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Police have blocked a protest march towards the Indian High Commission in Dhaka by a group called the July Oikya. On Wednesday afternoon, police intercepted the procession, which st... Read More


Hero Alom granted 1-month interim bail in domestic violence case

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Content creator Ashraful Alam, popularly known as Hero Alom, has been granted one month's interim bail in a case filed by his former wife accusing him of "attempted murder and assaul... Read More