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EC, Jamaat meet ahead of polls, referendum schedule

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- A delegation from Jamaat-e-Islami has sat down for talks with the Election Commission amid preparations to announce the schedule of the 13th parliamentary election and the planned nat... Read More


Crimes against humanity: Former ministers, state ministers among 16 brought before tribunal

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Several former ministers and state ministers in the Awami League government are among the 16 suspects who have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal in a case allegin... Read More


Urdho, Walid triumph at IUB inter-university squash meet

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Rizaul Jannat Urdho and Sayed Hasan Bin Walid have won the women's and men's titles respectively at the Mehram-IUB Inter-University Squash Tournament 2025, held at Independent Univers... Read More


Shakib makes retirement U-turn, eyes all-format swansong at home

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has rowed back on his decision to retire from Tests and T20Is, saying he now intends to play in all three formats at home before drawing the cur... Read More


Two Bangladeshi workers die within hours of each other in Maldives

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Two Bangladeshi migrant workers have reportedly died from cardiac complications within a span of 12 hours in the Maldives. The men, Ahmed Kamal, 48, and Selim Uddin, 64, were both fr... Read More


Classes at Dhaka Central University from Jan 1 as ordinance nears 'finalisation'

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Classes for the first batch (2024-25) of the proposed Dhaka Central University, comprising seven colleges in the capital, will begin on Jan 1, the education authorities have said. Th... Read More


Higher interest rates needed to tame inflation, says Anisuzzaman

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Chief Advisor's Special Assistant on Finance Anisuzzaman Chowdhury has said interest rates need to be raised more to bring inflation down to the 5 percent range. On Monday, he said t... Read More


Court sends journalist Shaukat Mahmood to jail, sets Thursday for remand hearing

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- A court has sent journalist Shaukat Mahmood, secretary general of the newly-formed Janata Party Bangladesh, to jail over charges under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magi... Read More


Man injured in Magura clash dies, sparking fresh violence that leaves 50 hurt

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- A man injured in a clash over a power struggle between two factions of villagers in Magura's Sadar Upazila has died of his wounds. The death sparked another clash that led to at least... Read More


Police zero in on domestic worker over Mohammadpur double murder

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- After the suspected double murder of a woman and her teenage daughter in Dhaka's Mohammadpur, police have set their sights on a domestic aide who had only been working at the home for... Read More