Bangladesh sees India's reciprocal envoy call as 'routine', rejects unsolicited election advice

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Following the summons of the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka, the subsequent call for Bangladesh's envoy in New Delhi is being regarded as "routine" by Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossa... Read More

'These do not qualify as buildings,' Fire Service officer fumes after Islambagh blaze

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Inside narrow lanes, one-storey brick houses have been topped with three to four additional floors made of bamboo, tin and wood, which are rented out. In Old Dhaka's Islambagh, thes... Read More

Ekushey Book Fair postponed due to elections, opens Feb 20

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Amar Ekushey Book Fair has been postponed to Feb 20 due to the national elections and will continue through to Mar 15. The decision came at an emergency meeting at the Bangla Ac... Read More

'Hadi attack suspect had long hair, now it's cropped short', car rental owner tells court

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- A rent-a-car businessman at the centre of the probe into the attempted killing of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi has told a Dhaka court that the prime suspect looked m... Read More

Shamsul named chief security officer for Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman

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

Household aide Ayesha 'confesses' to Mohammadpur double murder

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

EU to deploy nearly 200 observers for national election, says EC secretary

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

Police block 'March to Indian High Commission' in North Badda

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

Hero Alom granted 1-month interim bail in domestic violence case

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

'Top criminal' Chhoto Sajjad secures bail in 3 more cases

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

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