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'Isolated incident': Election on track despite Hadi shooting, says CEC Nasir

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has allayed concerns over security ahead of the upcoming national election, describing the recent shooting of Inqilab Moncho Conveno... Read More


Air ambulance arrives to take Hadi abroad for advanced treatment

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- An air ambulance has arrived in Dhaka to transfer Inqilab Moncho Convenor Osman Sharif Hadi, who was shot in the capital last week, to Singapore for further treatment. The private j... Read More


Faisal only named suspect in Hadi shooting case

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Faisal Karim Masud is the only suspect named in a case over the shooting of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi filed on Sunday night. Deputy Commissioner Harun Or Rashid ... Read More


Clothing trader shot dead in Khulna

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A clothing trader has been shot dead in Khulna's Rupsha Upazila. The killing took place around 10:30pm on Sunday near the eastern end of the Rupsha Bridge in front of the Jabusa Aut... Read More


Bangladesh becomes first country in Asia to classify cigarette filters as 'single-use plastic'

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Bangladesh has become the first country in Asia to classify cigarette filters as "single-use plastic" (SUP). The move is aligned with Article 18 of the WHO Framework Convention on T... Read More


Anis Alamgir arrested in anti-state conspiracy case, actress Shaon accused

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and four others have been named in a case filed at Uttara West Police Station, accusing them of conspiring to destabilise the stat... Read More


Fraud allegations filed against 5 over cancelled Atif Aslam concert in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A fraud complaint has been filed in a Dhaka court against five people, including organisers of a cancelled concert by Pakistani singer Atif Aslam, over allegations that ticket money ... Read More


Student protesters leave Shahbagh after three hours

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, the student wing of National Citizen Party (NCP), has suspended the blockade at the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding the resignation of the home af... Read More


EC warns of 'saboteurs and infiltrators posing as allies' as shooting stirs polls jitters

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Election Commission (EC) has long said it wants the election climate to remain "tolerable" and under control. After the schedule was announced, the question now is whether that h... Read More


DUCSU leaders at Secretariat to demand action over Hadi shooting

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Leaders of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) have gone to the home ministry to demand action after the shooting of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman Hadi. DUCS... Read More