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UN calls for dissolution of RAB, restriction of BGB to border duties and DGFI to military intelligence

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The United Nations Human Rights Office, or OHCHR, has issued a series of recommendations addressing human rights violations in Bangladesh, highlighting concerns across the country's ... Read More


ACC finds evidence of Nagad's 'excessive e-money creation, laundering'

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has found evidence that mobile financial service provider Nagad "created excessive electronic money and laundered funds" through foreign compa... Read More


BNP accuses Hasina among 500 suspects in murders of 848 BNP activists at ICT

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The BNP has brought allegations against 500 people, including ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to the International Crimes Tribunal, or ICT, over the killings of 848 party... Read More


Crowds far exceed the 200-person allocation for daily TCB sales

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- In Chattogram, buyers stand in long queues to purchase the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, or TCB, goods at subsidised rates, but limited allocation forcing many to return empty-h... Read More


BNP's Rizvi states Jamaat-e-Islami, accuses it of 'hypocrisy'

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed has accused Jamaat-e-Islami of engaging in nothing but "hypocrisy". "BNP never supported Jamaat-e-Islami. Sheikh Mujib's g... Read More


Teachers from MPO-listed institutions stage protest, demand nationalisation

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Teachers from Monthly Pay Order-listed educational institutions have taken up positions outside the Jatiya Press Club for a second day demanding the nationalisation of their schools,... Read More


National Consensus Commission to start work on Saturday, term to last 6 months

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- A seven-strong National Consensus Commission has been formed with Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus as its chairman. Constitution Reform Commission head Ali Riaz has been made vice-chair... Read More


Kamal, Nazrul among five shown arrested in murder case

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Five people, including former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder and former EXIM Bank chairman and NASSA Group chief Nazrul Islam Mazumder, have been shown arrested i... Read More


Transport shortage in Dhaka leaves commuters in the lurch

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bus services in Dhaka have been severely disrupted as several transporters have halted operations, citing misgivings about the new counter-based ticketing system. The suspension affe... Read More


Four injured in oil tanker explosion in Barishal

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Four individuals have suffered severe burns after a barrel exploded aboard a fuel tanker navigating the Kirtankhola River in Barishal. Medical officials said the victims suffered bu... Read More