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NCP withdraws show-cause notices against five leaders over Cox's Bazar trip

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has withdrawn the show-cause notices issued to five of its leaders over an unauthorised trip to Cox's Bazar, effectively bringing the matter to a clo... Read More


Any election in Bangladesh must be preceded by Constituent Assembly vote: NCP

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has demanded that a Constituent Assembly election be held before any national vote in Bangladesh, pressing for the annulment of the existing Constitu... Read More


Advisor Farooki flown to Dhaka after stomach pain in Cox's Bazar

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Cultural Affairs Advisor and filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has been flown to Dhaka by helicopter after suddenly falling ill in Cox's Bazar. Cox's Bazar Deputy Commissioner Mohamm... Read More


Israel in talks to resettle Gaza Palestinians in South Sudan, sources say

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- South Sudan and Israel are discussing a deal to resettle Palestinians from war-torn Gaza in the troubled African nation, three sources told Reuters - a plan quickly dismissed as unac... Read More


One dead in suspected gang-related Orebro shooting, Swedish police say

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- One man was shot dead on Friday in the Swedish city of Orebro in what was likely a gang-related crime, police said. A second man was injured in the attack, near the Orebro Mosque, a... Read More


Four BCL men assaulted while putting up Sheikh Mujib's poster in Khagrachhari

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Four activists of the banned group Bangladesh Chhatra League have been beaten in Khagrachhari while putting up a poster of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. One of... Read More


Two killed in clash over football match in Sunamganj

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Two people have been killed and several others injured in a clash over a football match in Dowarabazar Upazila in Sunamganj. Police said the violent clash occurred in Lakshmipur vil... Read More


Brazil's Supreme Court to start Bolsonaro coup trial on Sept 2

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- A five-judge panel of Brazil's Supreme Court will kick off on Sept 2 the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of plotting a coup after his electoral defeat, a court docu... Read More


Crackdown on battery-run rickshaws in Chattogram sparks attack on police box

Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- Battery-powered rickshaw drivers in Chattogram have attacked and vandalised a traffic police box during a crackdown on the illegal vehicles. The incident occurred on Wednesday ... Read More


Army chief has no Facebook account, public urged to ignore fake profiles

Bangladesh, Aug. 14 -- The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has said Chief of Army Staff Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman does not have a personal Facebook or any other social media account, urging people not... Read More