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Trials within 120 days in newly approved anti-enforced disappearance ordinance

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The interim government has approved a draft ordinance to prevent and remedy enforced disappearances, mandating that trials be completed within 120 working days after charges are frame... Read More


High Court grants bail to Latif Siddique, journalist Panna in Anti-Terrorism Act case

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The High Court has granted bail to expelled Awami League leader and former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, and journalist Monjurul Alam Panna, both arrested in a case filed under the A... Read More


Court orders trial of former BB deputy governor SK Sur to begin in graft case

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- A Dhaka court has indicted Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, popularly known as SK Sur, the former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, in a case filed over the senior government banker n... Read More


Jamaat warns of tougher programmes to secure pre-election referendum

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has warned that the party will resort to a tougher action if necessary to secure a referendum before the national election. Speaking at a brief rally at Paltan inters... Read More


Governor Mansur outlines challenges in merging five weak Shariah-based banks

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Following the formal initiation of the process to merge five financially distressed Shariah-based private banks, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has identified several challen... Read More


Attack on BNP's Ershad Ullah 'brutal manifestation of chaotic unrest', says Fakhrul

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has condemned the gun attack on party candidate Ershad Ullah in Chattogram's Bayezid, describing it as "a brutal manifestation of the... Read More


Government declares Halda River 'Fish Heritage', bans fishing and waste disposal

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The government has declared the Halda River, a natural breeding ground for carp and home to the endangered Gangetic dolphin, as a "Fish Heritage" site. A gazette notification issued ... Read More


Depositors of five merging banks to get money this month, shares 'wiped out', says BB governor

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Depositors at the five Islamic banks set for merger will be able to start withdrawing their money later this month, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has announced. At a press ... Read More


Justice Khurshid Alam Sarkar dismissed from High Court Division

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- High Court Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar has been removed from his position for "failing to properly discharge his duties", according to an official gazette issued by the law ... Read More


BNP appeals to reinstate caretaker government system for election under interim administration

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has pleaded with the Supreme Court to revive the caretaker government system, saying the approaching general election must be overseen by the existing... Read More