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Zubaida flies back to London ahead of husband Tarique's return

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Zubaida Rahman, the wife of BNP leader Tarique Rahman, has set off for London ahead of her husband's planned return to Bangladesh after more than a decade in the UK. She left Dhaka ... Read More


Bangladesh observing day of mourning for slain activist Osman Hadi

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Bangladesh is observing a day of state mourning following the death of political activist Sharif Osman Hadi, who was shot at close range in Dhaka earlier this month. National flags ... Read More


BNP vows to thwart 'orchestrated conspiracy' to derail election

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- The BNP has accused "certain political groups" of working through a planned design to strip people of their democratic rights, warning that any attempts to disrupt the election will ... Read More


Hadi shooting: Faisal's wife, brother-in-law, friend to face interrogation

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- A Dhaka court has granted four days for questioning the wife, brother-in-law, and a close friend of Faisal Karim Masud, the key suspect in the shooting death of Inqilab Moncho Conven... Read More


Journalist Anis Alamgir sent to jail after interrogation

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir has been sent to jail after interrogation concluded in an Anti-Terrorism Act case filed with Uttara West Police Station in Dhaka. The order was issued on Sat... Read More


Udichi decries govt inaction despite threats prior to Dhaka office attack

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Udichi Shilpigosthi has hit out at the government's failure to provide security despite alerting authorities to prior threats of an attack on its central office in Dhaka. The cultur... Read More


LDP suspends ex-Army officer Sarwardy for 'breaching party discipline'

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suspended its presidium member retired Army lieutenant general Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy on charges of breaching party discipline. A media stat... Read More


Hadi laid to rest beside Kazi Nazrul Islam after emotional farewell

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Thousands of people have bid an emotional farewell to Osman Hadi, convenor of the Inqilab Moncho platform who died after being shot earlier this month. A funeral prayer service was ... Read More


'We're here to avenge my brother': Inqilab Moncho leader at Hadi's funeral

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Abdullah Al Jaber, member secretary of Inqilab Moncho, has called on fellow activists to gather at Dhaka's Shahbagh after the burial of the platform's convenor, Sharif Osman Hadi. A... Read More


A school in flames, a child demands answers over violence against learning

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Afroditi Akira, a student of Nalonda High School, has been inconsolable since learning about the attack on her school. Tears have not ceased, as she struggles to understand why her ... Read More