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Nine years on, Smart NID yet to reach all Bangladeshis

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Nine years after Bangladesh launched the Smart National Identity Card project, the Election Commission (EC) is still far from delivering cards to all citizens. When the Smart NID dis... Read More


Protest outside Islami Bank demands dismissal of 'illegally appointed' staff

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- A group of protesters have staged a demonstration outside the headquarters of Islami Bank in Dhaka, demanding the dismissal of employees who were allegedly appointed without following... Read More


Swiss ambassador meets Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Switzerland's Ambassador to Bangladesh Reto Renggli has held talks with Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman in Dhaka. The meeting took place at the Jamaat leader's office in Bashun... Read More


Tofail Ahmed's condition remains 'critical', with 'no improvement'

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Tofail Ahmed, an Awami League heavyweight and close confidant of Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, remains in critical condition after being hospitalised... Read More


BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy acquitted in graft case

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- A Dhaka court has acquitted BNP National Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case over illegal acquisition of assets filed 16 years ago. The court of Dhaka Special J... Read More


'Couldn't leave him', aide recalls Language Movement veteran Ahmed Rafiq's last, solitary years

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Veteran Language Movement activist and researcher Ahmed Rafiq had been unable to live a normal life for nearly three of his final years. With fading eyesight and declining mobility, ... Read More


Driver's aide dies as two buses collide on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- A man has died after two buses crashed into each other on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj's Sreenagar Upazila. Three more people were injured in the accident, which occurred ... Read More


Consensus Commission to submit final report to govt soon, says Ali Riaz

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- The National Consensus Commission will submit its final report to the interim government "very soon", according to the panel's Vice-Chairman Ali Riaz. The announcement came at a meet... Read More


Upon his return from Singapore, Nur demands justice for brutal attack

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Following his return from Singapore, Nurul Haque Nur, chief of the Gono Odhikar Parishad, has demanded justice for the brutal attack on him, vowing to shame the perpetrators in public... Read More


Pakistan eyes US partnership for new Arabian Sea port

Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- Pakistan has moved to court the United States with a proposal to build and operate a new port on the Arabian Sea, a plan that could give Washington a foothold in one of the region's m... Read More