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Nahid threatens to besiege EC over election mobile phone restrictions

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nahid Islam has threatened to besiege the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday if the rule barring mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centres... Read More


Nahid threatens to besiege EC over mobile phone restrictions

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nahid Islam has threatened to besiege the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday if the rule barring mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centres... Read More


ACC to prosecute former justice, former secretary over 'abusing power' in housing project

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against eight people, including a former judge, a former senior secretary, and top officials of the National Housing Au... Read More


High Court judges Naima Haider, Mamnoon Rahman resign

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court's High Court (HC) Division judges Justice Naima Haider and Justice Mamnoon Rahman have stood down. Their letters of resignation have been forwarded to the president... Read More


Labaid Director Wasif nominated vice-president of BTTF

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Wasif Farhan Shayer, director of healthcare provider Labaid Group, has been nominated as a vice-president of the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation. The federation's ad-hoc committee... Read More


Ex-MP Sabina Akter Tuhin silenced as she attempts to speak en route to prison

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Former member of parliament Sabina Akter Tuhin, who was elected for the seat reserved for women in the 2024 national election, have failed to speak to the media as police covered her ... Read More


Bangladesh Army arrests three with foreign pistols in Savar raid

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Bangladesh Army has arrested three people and recovered foreign-made pistols during a raid in Dhaka's Savar area. Among those arrested is Galib Imtiaz Nahid, identified as the jo... Read More


EC bans rallies, processions in polling zones from Tuesday morning

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Election Commission (EC) has imposed a blanket ban on public meetings, marches or processions in election areas during the restricted period around the polls. In an "emergency" n... Read More


Bangladesh, US sign reciprocal tariff agreement cut duty to 19pc

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Bangladesh has signed a tariff agreement with the United States after nine months of negotiations, reducing the supplementary duty by one percentage point. The Chief Advisor's Office... Read More


150 police sub-inspectors promoted to rank of inspector

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Three days before Bangladesh votes in the 13th parliamentary elections, the government has promoted over 150 police sub-inspectors to the rank of inspector. A total of 153 police off... Read More