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NCP reverses boycott to sign July National Charter before Yunus

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP), which had earlier boycotted the signing ceremony citing a lack of a clear legal basis for implementing the July Charter, has finally signed the docu... Read More


3 BCL members sent to jail under anti-terror law after arrest at Dhanmondi

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- A Dhaka court has sent three alleged Bangladesh Chhatra League members to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act following their arrest at Dhanmondi 32. Metropolitan Magi... Read More


Ex-Chhatra League leaders remove lock, reinstall AL signboard in Chattogram office

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Chhatra League leaders have installed the Awami League's signboard at its North District office near the New Market intersection in Chattogram city. On Monday afternoon, former join... Read More


37 vehicles prepared for incoming ministers, cabinet calls from Tuesday morning

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Authorities have readied 37 official vehicles for the incoming cabinet, with formal calls to prospective ministers scheduled for Tuesday morning. Additional vehicles remain on stand... Read More


Mohanagar Express derailment suspends track near Cumilla's Nangalkot, rescue under way

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Mohanagar Express, bound for Dhaka from Chittagong, has gone off the track at Nangalkot in Cumilla, suspending train services on one of the Chittagong-Dhaka rail tracks. The inc... Read More


CEC Nasir to swear in MPs, Constitutional Council members

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin will administer the oaths to candidates elected in the parliamentary polls. From 10am on Tuesday, members of parliament and the Constitut... Read More


BGB brings back 73 fishers from Arakan Army custody via Teknaf

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has brought back 73 fishermen who had been held by the Arakan Army, Myanmar's armed rebel group. They were returned through the Jaliapara transit t... Read More


Hasina's stay in India no barrier to Bangladesh ties, says Fakhrul

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- As Bangladesh stands on the brink of a political transition, senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has sought to decouple bilateral diplomacy from domestic reckoning, saying ... Read More


DMP issues traffic curbs, diversions for swearing-in of MPs, ministers

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has put traffic measures in place around parliament ahead of the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected MPs and cabinet ministers at the South Plaz... Read More


Tarique Rahman keeps Dhaka-17, gives up Bogura-6 before oath

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, who won from two constituencies in the election, has decided to relinquish the Bogura-6 seat and take oath as a lawmaker from Dhaka-17. A day before swe... Read More