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Injured BNP candidate Ershad Ullah being shifted to Dhaka for advanced treatment

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Ershad Ullah, the BNP candidate for the Chattogram-8 parliamentary seat wounded in a shooting during a campaign event at the port city's Bayezid Bostami, is being shifted to Dhaka for... Read More


Ansar member dismissed over mobile phone theft at Dhaka airport's cargo complex

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- An Ansar member has been expelled from the force on charges of stealing mobile phones from the cargo complex at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The expulsion of Zenar... Read More


Revised Power of Attorney regulations allow overseas Bangladeshis to manage property without passport

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Syedur Rahman, a Bangladeshi who left the country nearly 20 years ago and acquired US citizenship, had surrendered his Bangladeshi passport. A few years ago, when he returned to Bangl... Read More


Primary teachers to stage nonstop sit-in from Saturday for pay bump

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Assistant teachers of government primary schools are set to launch a fresh protest programme, demanding that their salaries be raised to the 10th grade pay scale and to press for long... Read More


Election Commission awaits party talks, says poll preparations 'nearly complete'

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- With the parliamentary polls approaching, the Election Commission is now waiting to hold dialogue with political parties, a crucial step before launching large-scale election campaign... Read More


Lord Carlile warns Bangladesh must avoid "past mistakes" in February election

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- British House of Lords member Alexander Charles Carlile has cautioned that Bangladesh's next national election must avoid repeating "past mistakes". He also called for urgent reforms... Read More


'Conspiracy brewing to shatter democracy again' after mass uprising, warns BNP's Fakhrul

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- A conspiracy is being hatched to subvert democracy in Bangladesh again after the July Uprising, says BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He made the remarks while spea... Read More


Former Awami League minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali dies at 82 after kidney illness

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Former finance and foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Sheikh Hasina's cabinet, who served as the chief foreign representative of the Mujibnagar government in 1971, has died a... Read More


Ex-foreign minister Momen seeks UN intervention over 'persecution, rule-of-law breakdown' in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, who previously served as Bangladesh's permanent representative to the UN, has appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to in... Read More


Authorities urge calm after fire near Rooppur nuclear plant

Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Officials from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project have urged the public not to be misled by misinformation or rumours surrounding a recent fire that broke out near the plant in P... Read More