Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has appointed retired brigadier general AKM Shamsul Islam as the chief security officer to the party chairperson and acting chairman. The deve... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Domestic aide Ayesha Akhter has given a confessional statement to the court in connection with the murder of a mother and her teenage daughter in Dhaka's Mohammadpur, after her husba... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The European Union (EU) will send between 175 and 200 observers to Bangladesh for the parliamentary elections, according to the Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed. He disclo... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Police have blocked a protest march towards the Indian High Commission in Dhaka by a group called the July Oikya. On Wednesday afternoon, police intercepted the procession, which st... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Content creator Ashraful Alam, popularly known as Hero Alom, has been granted one month's interim bail in a case filed by his former wife accusing him of "attempted murder and assaul... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Sajjad Hossain, alias Chhoto Sajjad, a notorious criminal in Chattogram, has secured bail from the top court in three more cases. With these, he has now secured bail in a total of s... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Police have recovered the motorcycle used in the attack on Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman Hadi. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police said the motorcyc... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- India has summoned Bangladesh's High Commissioner in New Delhi Riaz Hamidullah to express its concerns over the "deteriorating security environment" in Bangladesh. In a statement is... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- A BNP leader has been shot dead in Pabna's Ishwardi Upazila. The incident took place around 10am on Wednesday in the Kamalpur area of Lakshmikunda Union, said Ishwardi Police Statio... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- India's visa application centre in Dhaka has been temporarily closed due to "security concerns". A notice published on the website of the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) said ... Read More