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

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

Tejgaon College students protest in Farmgate over death of peer Sakibul

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Students of Dhaka's Tejgaon College have launched a protest to demand the swift arrest of those accused in the death of Sakibul Hasan Rana, who died after being injured during a clas... Read More

'Hearing 1971 called worst generation breaks my heart', says freedom fighter Shahjahan

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- When the generation that carved Bangladesh out of blood and bullets is dismissed as the "worst", it tears open wounds that never truly healed, war-wounded freedom fighter Md Shahjaha... Read More

'I'm half Sylheti,' says Tarique to warm applause at Victory Day event in London

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- BNP leader Tarique Rahman has described himself as "half Sylheti" while addressing a Victory Day discussion in London, drawing loud applause from hundreds of expatriate Bangladeshis ... Read More

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