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Police say no arrests made yet over five killed in clash over Hatiya sandbar

Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- Police have yet to arrest anyone over the deaths of five people killed in a violent shootout over control of a sandbar in Hatiya, Noakhali. No case has been filed even 24 hours afte... Read More


Tarique's flight to depart London at midnight, says Salahuddin

Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- Acting BNP chief Tarique Rahman's flight for Bangladesh will depart from London's Heathrow Airport shortly after midnight Bangladesh time, senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed has said. S... Read More


BNP cedes eight more constituencies to partner parties ahead of national elections

Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- BNP has extended its electoral concessions to allied parties ahead of the parliamentary polls, ceding eight more constituencies as part of a broader consensus with seven parties that... Read More


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