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Is proxy voting a secure option for ensuring expatriate voting rights?

Dhaka, March 19 -- The number is not insignificant; while Bangladesh has 123 million voters, the number of expatriate voters stands at more than 10 million. Experts and analysts perceive the proxy vo... Read More


Khetlal Police Station 'attacked' to 'free' detainees

Dhaka, March 19 -- More than 100 BNP leaders and activists have allegedly beaten up police personnel by blocking Joypurhat's Khetlal Police Station to "free" those detained for purportedly demanding e... Read More


HC scraps Lutfozzaman Babar's 17-year jail sentence in arms case

Dhaka, March 19 -- The High Court has acquitted former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in an arms case, overturning a 17-year prison sentence handed down by a trial court. The bench... Read More


Chief Advisor Yunus urges Qatari businesses to relocate factories to Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 19 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has urged Qatari businesses to relocate their factories to Bangladesh as part of efforts to strengthen economic ties between the two nations. He made t... Read More


Journalist 'gang-raped' in Dhaka's Pallabi, 2 arrested

Dhaka, March 19 -- A female journalist has allegedly been gang-raped after being held overnight in an under-construction building at Barontek in Dhaka's Pallabi. Police arrested two suspects, Enamul ... Read More


Bangladesh shortens marine water fishing ban to 58 days during breeding season

Dhaka, March 19 -- The government has reduced the fishing ban in Bangladesh's territorial waters during the breeding season from 65 days to 58 days. In line with the Marine Fisheries Rules 2023, all ... Read More


DBA urges Yunus to bring state-owned, multinational companies to capital market

Dhaka, March 18 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange Brokers Association (DBA) has urged Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus to take the initiative to bring state-owned and multinational companies operating in Bangla... Read More


Elderly man in Gaibandha arrested for 'raping' 10-year-old child

Dhaka, March 18 -- A 60-year-old man has been arrested by the police in Phulchari Upazila of Gaibandha on charges of raping a student in the second grade. The accused, Bisha Sheikh, was arrested on M... Read More


Foreign Advisor Touhid urges US Senator Gary to counter 'false and misleading information' about Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 18 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has urged US Senator Gary Peters to help counter "false and misleading information" being spread about Bangladesh at home and abroad. He made the cal... Read More


Uprising attacks: 289 Jahangirnagar University students, 9 teachers suspended

Dhaka, March 18 -- Jahangirnagar University has temporarily suspended 289 activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League for attacks on students during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement protests. ... Read More