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Dhaka University professor Ershad Halim sent to jail over 'sexual harassment'

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- A Dhaka court has ordered authorities to send Dhaka University (DU) Chemistry Professor Ershad Halim to jail in a sexual harassment case initiated by a student. Halim was arrested l... Read More


Dhaka University professor Ershad Halim sent to jail over 'sexual assault'

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- A Dhaka court has ordered authorities to send Dhaka University (DU) Chemistry Professor Ershad Halim to jail in a sexual assault case initiated by a student. Halim was arrested late... Read More


Prime suspect arrested after dismembered body recovered near High Court

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Police's Detective Branch has arrested the friend identified as the "prime suspect" in the killing of Ashraful Haque, whose dismembered body recovered from a plastic drum near the Hi... Read More


Body in drum outside High Court: Police search friend as 'prime suspect'

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Police are searching for a friend as the "prime suspect" after a dismembered body of Ashraful Haque was recovered from a blue plastic drum near the High Court area in Dhaka. Ashrafu... Read More


Eight Islamist parties demand separate date for referendum, resignations of 3 advisors

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Eight Islamist political parties have announced a three-point list of demands, including a separate date for the July National Charter referendum and the resignations of three adviso... Read More


Jamaat thanks Yunus for July Charter order, condemns his referendum announcement

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has thanked Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus for issuing the order to implement the July National Charter but at the same time condemned his decision to hold the referend... Read More


Laws 'cannot interfere in' parliament's sovereignty: BNP's Salahuddin Ahmed

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- BNP National Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has warned that the sovereignty of Bangladesh's parliament cannot be "interfered with" through law or order imposed on it. He... Read More


Judges demand security, threaten 'pens-down' work stoppage

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- The Bangladesh Judicial Service Association is pressing for a two-point list of demands, including immediate deployment of adequate security forces at every court in the country, at ... Read More


Fleeing after 'setting bus on fire', man dies falling into Turag River

Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- A man has died after falling into the Turag River while fleeing after "setting a bus ablaze" on the Mirpur embankment, police say. Locals caught another suspect, later handed over t... Read More


BNP 'thanks' Yunus for scheduling referendum, parliamentary election on same day

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed gratitude to Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus for deciding to hold the July Charter referendum on the same day as the next parliamentary el... Read More