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Tarique heads to father Ziaur Rahman's grave after more than a decade

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has set off for Zia Udyan to visit the grave of his father, the party's founder and former president Ziaur Rahman. His motorcade left from his res... Read More


BNP leader Tarique heads to National Memorial after paying tribute at father Ziaur Rahman's grave

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has paid his respects at the grave of his father, party founder and former president Ziaur Rahman, marking his first such visit in more than a deca... Read More


Security beefed up in Savar ahead of Tarique's visit to National Martyrs' Memorial

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- Security has been ramped up at the National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar ahead of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's visit to pay tribute to the fallen heroes of the 1971 Liberation ... Read More


Child among two killed in Patuakhali road accident

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- Two people, including a child, have been killed in a collision between an autorickshaw and three-wheeled vehicle transporting cement in Patuakhali's Dumki Upazila. Two others were i... Read More


Tarique Rahman returns with call for unity as BNP flexes strength in numbers

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- More than 17 years after he left Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman came home to a human tide. Flags rippled along Dhaka's eastern edge, traffic froze, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ... Read More


Vessel seized, 4 crew held after deadly collision between launches on Meghna River

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- Police have seized one of the two launches involved in a deadly collision on the Meghna River in Chandpur and arrested four of its crew. The collision occurred in the early hours of... Read More


Bangladesh braces for season's first cold wave as winter peaks

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The feeling of cold has intensified across Bangladesh over the last five days, mainly due to a slump in day temperature, up to 8degC, as the country approaches its coldest winter mon... Read More


9 detained over attempted diesel smuggling to Myanmar

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The Coast Guard has detained nine people and seized 9,000 litres of diesel over an alleged attempt to smuggle the fuel from Chattogram to Myanmar. The arrests were made on Wednesday... Read More


Parts of Bangladesh feel the chill amid season's first cold wave

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- A mild cold wave, the first of the season, is sweeping across several districts including Jashore, Chuadanga, Gopalganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj and Nilphamari, according to the B... Read More


Government says Rajbari killing was extortion-linked, not 'communal violence'

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- The government has dismissed claims that a man was killed in Rajbari in sectarian violence, calling reports circulating on social media and in some outlets "misleading". In a statem... Read More