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BGMEA recommends factory closures in Tongi, Gazipur on Tarique's return day

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), an organisation of traders in the sector, has suggested declaring a holiday for ready-made garment factories i... Read More


'We are not handicapped': tribunal says to Tajul as counsels bicker

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A heated exchange has taken place between the prosecution and defence during the charge-framing hearing over enforced disappearance and torture during the tenure of the ousted Awami ... Read More


'Robber groups' clash for control, supremacy over sandbar, killing five members

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A gunbattle between two "robber gangs" in Noakhali's Hatia for occupying land and establishing control in a sandbar has left five dead and 10 others injured. The shootout took place... Read More


Education advisor says state will support wife, children of lynched Hindu worker Dipu Das

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has said the government will bear the expenses of the wife and children of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment worker who was lynched and burn... Read More


Nine suspects land in jail over arson and vandalism at The Daily Star office

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has sent nine people to jail in connection with attacks, vandalism and arson at the office of The Daily Star. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jamshed Alam passed the ... Read More


Inqilab Moncho pledges martyrdom, demands trial for Osman Hadi within 30 days

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Inqilab Moncho members have taken a "Shaheedi oath", a solemn pledge for martyrdom, vowing to complete the trial of Sharif Osman bin Hadi's killing within 30 working days and to rebu... Read More


BNP, Jamaat locked in 'competition' to draw Awami League votes, says Nahid

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has accused the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami of engaging in a desperate race to absorb the voter base of the inactive Awami League by promising legal repr... Read More


Protests erupt outside Bangladeshi missions in India's Delhi, Kolkata, Agartala

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Amid protests over the killing of garment worker Dipu Chandra Das and growing diplomatic tensions, demonstrations have erupted outside Bangladeshi missions in Delhi, Kolkata, and Aga... Read More


Key suspect Faisal's associate Kabir to be quizzed for five more days over Hadi murder

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has granted police five more days to interrogate Kabir, who is identified with a single name, a close associate of Faisal Karim Masud -- the key suspect in the murder o... Read More


Bangladesh seeks swift action after India pledges protection of diplomatic missions

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- In response to protests targeting Bangladesh's diplomatic missions in India, Dhaka has sought tangible follow-up to a security pledge from New Delhi. On Tuesday afternoon, foreign m... Read More