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People will not give legitimacy to anyone without election, BNP's Amir Khosru says

Dhaka, May 1 -- BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the people will not give legitimacy to anyone without national elections and labelled all who stand against national... Read More


Former IGP Mudabbir dies at 78, receives official funeral

Dhaka, May 1 -- Former inspector general of police (IGP) Mudabbir Hossain Chowdhury has died. He was 78, according to the state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). He passed away at h... Read More


Daylong traffic congestion at Dhaka-Chattogram Highway frustrates travellers

Dhaka, May 1 -- A covered van has overturned on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Cumilla's Chandina Upazila, causing a severe traffic bottleneck and piling misery on travellers in the thoroughfare's Dh... Read More


Prof Hazrat Ali appointed as acting KUET vice-chancellor

Dhaka, May 1 -- Prof Md Hazrat Ali has been appointed as the acting vice-chancellor of the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET). He is a civil engineering department professor at th... Read More


JUCSU election scheduled after 33 years

Dhaka, May 1 -- After three decades of waiting, the schedule for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students Union (JUCSU) polls have been scheduled, with voting day set for Jul 31. The date was an... Read More


Decision on humanitarian corridor must come from elected parliament, says Tarique

Dhaka, May 1 -- Referring to the interim government's "in-principle decision" to provide a humanitarian corridor for UN aid to reach Myanmar's Rakhine state, BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman says ... Read More


Political goodwill needed to keep police free from influence, says ex-IGP Nurul Huda

Dhaka, May 1 -- Former inspector general of police (IGP) Nurul Huda has criticised the Police Reform Commission's report while stressing that only genuine political goodwill can keep the force free fr... Read More


College student's body pulled out from Meghna

Dhaka, May 1 -- The body of a college student has been recovered from the Meghna River by a Fire Service diving team two and a half hours after he went missing while bathing "with his friends" Gazaria... Read More


Awami League leader's daughter to form NCP committee in Faridpur

Dhaka, May 1 -- The National Citizens' Party (NCP) has put Syeda Nilima Dola, the daughter of Mahmuda Begum, president of Faridpur Mohila Awami League, in charge of forming the district committee. A ... Read More


Fiji PM Rabuka orders investigation into 'plight' of Bangladeshi workers

Dhaka, May 1 -- Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has ordered the country's immigration and employment authorities to look into complaints of 26 Bangladeshi workers over "improper living conditions"... Read More