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International Crimes Tribunal sends former MP Fazle Karim to jail

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The International Crimes Tribunal, or ICT, has sent former Chattogram MP ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury to jail. The order was issued on Sunday by a three-member panel, chaired by Justic... Read More


Police use tear gas, water cannons to disperse protesting teachers

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Police have fired tear gas shells and deployed water cannons to disperse a march of protesting assistant teachers whose appointments at government primary schools in Dhaka and Chatto... Read More


ACC prosecutes NASSA Group boss Nazrul over Tk 7.81bn 'illegal assets'

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has charged NASSA Group boss Nazrul Islam Mazumder, with amassing illicit assets worth approximately Tk 7.81 billion. On Sunday, ACC Director... Read More


NBR chairman says 99pc of smuggled gold goes undetected in Bangladesh over capability issues

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan has admitted failure to curb gold smuggling, revealing that 99 percent of the precious metal smuggled into Bangla... Read More


Democracy can only be institutionalised through elections, says Fakhrul

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said elections are the only way to institutionalise democracy. Speaking at the inauguration of the Zia Memorial Football Tourna... Read More


Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee leader handed over to police in Chattogram

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Anti-discrimination Student Movement activists have handed over an Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee leader to police in Chattogram. They picked up Kaniz Fatema from outsi... Read More


BSF obstructs railway bridge renovation at Dinajpur border

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Renovation work on the railway bridge at the Hili border in Dinajpur has been halted due to obstruction from the Indian Border Security Force, or BSF. After the incident on the Dhar... Read More


Operation Devil Hunt: 389 arrested on Day 8; axe, pipe gun recovered

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Police have arrested a total of 389 people on the eighth day of the ongoing nationwide crackdown Operation Devil Hunt and recovered a pipe gun and an axe. The law-enforcing agencies... Read More


Yunus urges DCs to ensure full digitalisation of citizen services

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has urged the field administration to resolve the ongoing challenges faced by citizens despite the digitalisation of multiple sectors of Bangladesh. At ... Read More


ACC charges former MP Shubid Ali, family over 'illicit assets'

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has prosecuted Shubid Ali Bhuiyan, a former MP from the Comilla-1 constituency, for allegedly amassing illegal wealth. His wife Mahmuda Akhta... Read More