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Court orders investigation into Telegram groups 'spreading pornography'

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- A Dhaka court has ordered an investigation and prosecution against individuals and groups accused of sharing pornographic content on the messaging app Telegram. Additional Chief Met... Read More


BUP student "rape" suspect Mithu to be interrogated in custody

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Police have secured two days to interrogate Mithu Biswas in custody, arrested in connection with the "rape" of a Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student in Savar. Dhaka... Read More


Bloodied body of Jagannath Chhatra Dal leader discovered on staircase of Dhaka home

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- The bloodied body of Zobayed Hossain, a leader of Jagannath University's Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, has been recovered from the stairs of a building at Old Dhaka's Armanitola. Around... Read More


Jamaat's push for PR system is a strategic masquerade, says NCP's Nahid

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- The National Citizen Party Convenor Nahid Islam has denounced the Jamaat-e-Islami's demand for general elections under proportional representation (PR) system as a deliberate "politi... Read More


NCP's Patwary warns Election Commission fractured into four

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- A delegation from the National Citizen Party has told the Election Commission officers that the body has "split into four", Senior Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary has said. On Sunday... Read More


Airport fire: Cargo clearance resumes through alternate route

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- In the aftermath of the fire at the Cargo Village of Shahjalal International Airport, the Dhaka Custom House has arranged for temporary cargo clearance through the ground support equ... Read More


Bangladesh spin coach Sohel believes Rishad will soon 'perfect the googly'

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Bangladesh's leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is "slowly becoming a master of the googly", according to the team's spin coach Sohel Islam. Sohel believes the 23-year-old is developing int... Read More


Bangladesh records one dengue death, 950 hospital admissions in a day

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Over the past 24 hours, dengue has claimed one more life in Bangladesh, raising this year's death toll to 245, while 950 people have been admitted to hospitals around the country. T... Read More


Eight parties, including Jamaat, to stage protests for 'order' to implement July Charter

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Eight like-minded political parties, including the Jamaat-e-Islami, have announced a three-day protest in the fourth phase of their ongoing movement to demand an official 'order' for... Read More


Fire at Shahjalal airport doused after 27 hours of relentless firefighting

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- The fire at the Cargo Village of Shahjalal International Airport has been completely extinguished 27 hours after it broke out. Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, director of the... Read More