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Driver flees checkpoint, Chattogram police seize 100,000 yaba pills from car

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Chattogram Police have seized 100,000 yaba tablets after a driver abandoned his car and fled upon seeing a police checkpoint. The incident occurred on Thursday evening on Mariners' ... Read More


Seven vehicles on fire over seven hours since midnight

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Fires have reportedly broken out on seven vehicles in the seven hours after midnight on Wednesday in Dhaka, Tangail, Munshiganj, Gopalganj, and Shariatpur. Rashedul Khalid, officer-... Read More


Tree felled, tires set on fire to block road in Faridpur's Bhanga

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Activists and supporters of the banned Awami League have blocked the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in the Shuwadi Bus Stand area of Faridpur's Bhanga Upazila as part of the party's "Dhaka loc... Read More


Election Commission to hold talks with 12 more political parties Sunday

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The Election Commission (EC) will sit with 12 more political parties on Sunday as part of its ongoing series of dialogues with stakeholders ahead of the parliamentary polls. On Thur... Read More


Supreme Court to track progress of inquiry into murder of judge's son in Rajshahi, says chief justice

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The Supreme Court will closely monitor the progress of the murder investigation into the killing of the son of a Rajshahi district judge, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has said in ... Read More


Parties push EC to cut campaign costs, rotate officials in next polls

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Several political parties have urged the Election Commission to exercise greater caution in appointing election officials, lower the deposit and expenditure ceiling for parliamentary... Read More


Tribunal to set date of verdict against Hasina in crimes against humanity case

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The International Crimes Tribunal is to set a date for the verdict in a crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the suppression of the July Upri... Read More


Fakhrul says Yunus's address to the nation may invite 'differing opinions'

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has reiterated the restoration of democracy in Bangladesh hinges on free and fair elections, noting that Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's address to the nat... Read More


'Incoherent' July Charter referendum unacceptable, says Bangladesh JaSaD

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD) has dismissed the planned referendum on the July National Charter, scheduled alongside the parliamentary polls, calling it "incoherent". T... Read More


As EC launches party dialogue, split Jatiya Party's invite hinges on 'who owns the Plough'

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- With the parliamentary election slated for the first half of February and the schedule due in early December, the Election Commission (EC) opens talks with political parties on Thurs... Read More