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Jatiya Party's GM Quader condemns 'mob attacks' on suspects in courts

Dhaka, March 26 -- Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has called upon Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to take immediate action against "mob attacks" on suspects in courts. In a statement issued Thursday a... Read More


Grief grips Kushtia villages after tragic bus accident at Daulatdia

Dhaka, March 26 -- A day after a bus plunged into the river at Daulatdia Ferry Terminal, silence and sorrow have settled over four Kushtia villages, where grieving families buried their loved ones, in... Read More


Government invokes probation rules to dismiss four ASPs from 43rd BCS

Dhaka, March 26 -- In a move grounded in longstanding civil service rules, the government has dismissed four probationary assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) from the 43rd BCS. The home minist... Read More


Former DGFI chief Mamun faces 5-day interrogation over 'July Uprising killing'

Dhaka, March 26 -- A Dhaka court has placed former Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) chief Sheikh Mamun Khaled on a five-day remand for questioning in a murder case linked to the July ... Read More


Bangladesh starting 'new chapter' this Independence Day, says US Secretary of State Rubio

Dhaka, March 26 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has congratulated the people of Bangladesh on Independence Day. In a statement from Washington on Wednesday, local time, he wrote: "This commemor... Read More


China wants to 'carry forward' friendship with Bangladesh, says Xi

Dhaka, March 26 -- Marking Bangladesh's 55th Independence Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping has renewed Beijing's commitment to strengthening ties with Dhaka in a continuation of what he described as ... Read More


Woman, her three children taken into DB custody over 'Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu' slogan

Dhaka, March 26 -- Detectives have taken into custody a woman and her three children who chanted the slogan "Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu" while paying tributes at the National Memorial in Savar. The ... Read More


'Teach younger generations about Independence Day, don't blame them'

Dhaka, March 26 -- Abdullah Raju, an architect, has come to the National Parade Ground with his child from Dhaka's Uttara. There they enjoyed the colourful combined forces parade on Independence Day, ... Read More


Police petition to question ex-DGFI chief Sheikh Mamun in their custody

Dhaka, March 26 -- Detective Branch (DB) police have petitioned for a seven-day remand to question retired lt gen Sheikh Mamun Khaled, former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Inte... Read More


Daulatdia tragedy: JU student Raiyan, mother, nephew laid to rest

Dhaka, March 26 -- Jahangirnagar University student Ahnaf Tahmid Khan Rayyan, his mother and nephew, who died in a bus accident at Daulatdia Ferry Dock in Rajbari, have been buried side by side. Afte... Read More