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Students call blockades at three city locations over Dhaka Central University ordinance

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Students from seven government colleges have announced a blockade at three key locations in Dhaka on Wednesday, pressing a single-point demand for the immediate issuance of a final o... Read More


Students block different Dhaka streets demanding Dhaka Central University ordinance

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Students from different colleges have started staging blockades at different points in Dhaka including Technical intersection, Tantibazar, and Mohakhali Amtoli intersection pressing ... Read More


Rajendrapur video shows man clinging to closed train door, falls but 'survives'

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- A chilling video circulating on social media shows a young street vendor clinging to the outside of a moving train with bottles of water and juice balanced on his head, repeatedly pl... Read More


Preliminary exam for 50th BCS scheduled for Jan 30

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- The preliminary test for the 50th Bangladesh Civil Service examination is to be held on Friday, Jan 30. The Public Service Commission (PSC) announced that the exam will be held in ei... Read More


Court extends deadline for probe report in Mohammadpur double murder

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- A Dhaka court has extended the deadline for submitting the formal investigation report in the double murder case involving a mother and daughter in Mohammadpur by a month. Dhaka Met... Read More


NCP's Akhter acquitted of rioting, obstructing charges by Dhaka courts

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- National Citizen Party's Member Secretary Akhter Hossen has been cleared of charges in two cases filed nearly five years ago over alleged "rioting, illegal assembly and obstructing g... Read More


Key suspect Milon 'confesses' to murdering Banasree schoolgirl

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Milon Mallik, accused of killing a schoolgirl in Banasree, has confessed to the crime in court, according to investigators. Investigating officer Sub-Inspector Abdur Razzak of Khilg... Read More


Court seizes ex-minister Saifuzzaman's 297 houses, 30 flats abroad, freezes $10mn

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of 297 houses and 30 flats abroad belonging to former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir... Read More


Court freezes former land minister Saifuzzaman's shares worth Tk 46.4mn

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of shares worth Tk 46.4 million registered in the names of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and five others. Dhaka Metropolita... Read More


Premium smartphone prices expected to fall as import duty drops to 10%

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- The interim government has reduced import duty on mobile phones, a move expected to lower prices of handsets in the domestic market. The import duty on mobile handsets has been cut ... Read More