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ACC express frustration over verdict in Purbachal plot graft cases against Hasina family

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has expressed its frustration over the verdicts in three cases over corruption in the allocation of plots in Dhaka's Purbachal New Town Project a... Read More


Bangladesh set to deliver verdict on Hasina, her children over Purbachal plot allocations

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The nation holds its breath as a Special Judge's Court in Dhaka prepares to announce a verdict in unprecedented corruption cases implicating Sheikh Hasina and her immediate family. ... Read More


Ceramic Expo 2025 opens with DBL-hosted friendly football match

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A friendly football match has marked the opening of Ceramic Expo 2025, bringing together officials from Bangladesh's DBL Group and European representatives from international compani... Read More


Civil servant Latiful Bari dies aged 92

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Kazi Golam Murshed Latiful Bari, a former CSP official and government secretary, has died at the age of 92. He died on Tuesday at Dhaka's Square Hospital, according to a media state... Read More


Sreemangal records season's lowest temperature at 12.5degC

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The country's lowest temperature has been recorded in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal. On Thursday, the mercury dipped to 12.5 degrees Celsius at 6am, according to Dilip Vaishnav, an obser... Read More


What would count as a 'participatory election' in Bangladesh? German ambassador spells it out

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Germany's Ambassador to Bangladesh Rudiger Lotz has outlined what he considers the core elements of a "participatory election", an exercise where citizens and political parties can t... Read More


Anger, suspicion and grief overwhelm Korail slum residents after devastating blaze

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- After a sleepless night, Nazma Begum came to her damaged house in the morning, leaving her daughter with her sister. Amidst the piles of burnt and collapsed tin sheets and ash, she ... Read More


CEC Nasir hopes law and order will 'stabilise before polls'

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin expects the country's law and order to stabilise before the upcoming parliamentary election and referendum, pointing to gradual impr... Read More


9.7kg of gold jewellery seized from Hasina's lockers

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- Gold ornaments weighing approximately 9.7kg (832 bhori) have been seized from two lockers belonging to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been convicted of crimes against h... Read More


Government promotes 826 lower court judges

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- A total of 826 judges serving across three tiers of the lower judiciary have been promoted, with 250 of them elevated to the rank of district judge. The Law and Justice Division of ... Read More