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People want answers on reforms, elections timeline, says BNP's Rizvi

Dhaka, May 17 -- BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the people of Bangladesh now want to know the timeline for reforms and the next parliamentary elections. "Reforms continue from time to time and... Read More


Ishraque writes to Local Government Division to 'arrange' his swearing-in as mayor

Dhaka, May 17 -- BNP leader Ishraque Hossain has formally requested the Local Government Division to take the "necessary steps" for administering his oath as mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporation ... Read More


Dismissed soldier arrested on charges of sabotage, creating disorder

Dhaka, May 17 -- A dismissed soldier and his two associates have been arrested on charges of "planning a major sabotage" disguised as a protest rally and attacking army personnel. The Inter-Services ... Read More


Magura child rape, murder: Key suspect Hitu Sheikh sentenced to death, 3 others acquitted

Dhaka, May 17 -- A court has handed down the death penalty to Hitu Sheikh, the key suspect in the rape and murder of an 8-year-old child in Magura. Three other suspects in the case -- Hitu's sons Soj... Read More


Protest gatherings banned on roads around Dhaka Cantonment

Dhaka, May 17 -- The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) has imposed a ban on all forms of gatherings along several roads surrounding Dhaka Cantonment, citing the need to maintain publi... Read More


Students of seven colleges demand interim body by Sunday, threaten to surround ministries

Dhaka, May 17 -- Students of Dhaka's seven government colleges have demanded the formation of an interim administration by Sunday to oversee the transition of their institutions into a university. At... Read More


Ishraque supporters declare Advisor Asif Mahmud 'unwelcome', lock Nagar Bhaban in protest

Dhaka, May 17 -- Supporters of the BNP leader Ishraque Hossain have declared Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain "unwelcome" at Nagar Bhaban, amid protests demanding he be handed over the mayoral offic... Read More


Polytechnic students call nationwide protest, sit-in outside High Court Sunday

Dhaka, May 17 -- Students from Dhaka's polytechnic institutes have called for a human chain and sit-in outside the High Court on Sunday, demanding the cancellation of a verdict delivered in a writ pet... Read More


ACC raids BCB again over allegations of corruption, irregularities

Dhaka, May 17 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has once again conducted a raid at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), this time over three specific allegations-irregularities in Third Division ... Read More


'If we had killed him, we would have fled', says Shammo murder suspects

Dhaka, May 17 -- The three suspects arrested over the killing of Dhaka University Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader Shahriar Alam Shammo have claimed to be innocent, denying the murder charges during th... Read More