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Redwan Ahmed joins BNP from LDP, set to run for Cumilla-7

Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- Redwan Ahmed has resigned as secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and officially joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). On Wednesday afternoon, he joined ... Read More


BGMEA recommends factory closures in Tongi, Gazipur on Tarique's return day

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), an organisation of traders in the sector, has suggested declaring a holiday for ready-made garment factories i... Read More


Nine suspects land in jail over arson and vandalism at The Daily Star office

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has sent nine people to jail in connection with attacks, vandalism and arson at the office of The Daily Star. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jamshed Alam passed the ... Read More


BNP, Jamaat locked in 'competition' to draw Awami League votes, says Nahid

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has accused the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami of engaging in a desperate race to absorb the voter base of the inactive Awami League by promising legal repr... Read More


Key suspect Faisal's associate Kabir to be quizzed for five more days over Hadi murder

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has granted police five more days to interrogate Kabir, who is identified with a single name, a close associate of Faisal Karim Masud -- the key suspect in the murder o... Read More


Government approves grade 10 pay for headteachers

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The government has raised the salaries of headteachers at government primary schools to grade 10, granting them the rank of gazetted officers. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Educa... Read More


East West University student faces interrogation for 'plastering Hizb ut-Tahrir posters

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has granted police a day to interrogate East West University student Amjad Hossain Bukhari in custody over pasting posters of the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. D... Read More


Manju issues stern message to government, Election Commission over polls

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Jatiya Party-JP Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju has taken a sharp swipe at the government and the Election Commission, saying he has "learnt many new lessons" from their recent conduct.... Read More


ECNEC approves Tk 354bn project to expand Eastern Refinery capacity

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The interim government has sanctioned a Tk 354.65 billion project to modernise and expand the capacity of Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) at a meeting of the Executive Committee of th... Read More


Zaima Rahman recalls childhood, hopes for future in Facebook post ahead of return

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, has shared an emotional Facebook post revisiting her childhood and setting out hopes for the future, alongside a photogr... Read More