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Tarique Rahman returns with call for unity as BNP flexes strength in numbers

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- More than 17 years after he left Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman came home to a human tide. Flags rippled along Dhaka's eastern edge, traffic froze, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ... Read More


Vessel seized, 4 crew held after deadly collision between launches on Meghna River

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- Police have seized one of the two launches involved in a deadly collision on the Meghna River in Chandpur and arrested four of its crew. The collision occurred in the early hours of... Read More


Bangladesh braces for season's first cold wave as winter peaks

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The feeling of cold has intensified across Bangladesh over the last five days, mainly due to a slump in day temperature, up to 8degC, as the country approaches its coldest winter mon... Read More


9 detained over attempted diesel smuggling to Myanmar

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The Coast Guard has detained nine people and seized 9,000 litres of diesel over an alleged attempt to smuggle the fuel from Chattogram to Myanmar. The arrests were made on Wednesday... Read More


Parts of Bangladesh feel the chill amid season's first cold wave

Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- A mild cold wave, the first of the season, is sweeping across several districts including Jashore, Chuadanga, Gopalganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj and Nilphamari, according to the B... Read More


Government says Rajbari killing was extortion-linked, not 'communal violence'

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- The government has dismissed claims that a man was killed in Rajbari in sectarian violence, calling reports circulating on social media and in some outlets "misleading". In a statem... Read More


Tarique Rahman returns home after 6,314 days

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- BNP leader Tarique Rahman has finally returned to Bangladesh, ending more than a decade and a half in exile. The Bangladesh Biman flight carrying him landed at Hazrat Shahjalal Inte... Read More


'We'll work together to build Bangladesh': Sarjis welcomes Tarique's homecoming

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- NCP leader Sarjis Alam has welcomed the return of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to Bangladesh and stressed the need for unity to build the country in the period ahead. The NCP'... Read More


Tarique's homecoming crucial for democratic transition, stability: Mushtuq Husain

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- Mushtuq Husain, a Standing Committee member of Bangladesh JaSad, believes Tarique Rahman's homecoming will address critical flaws in Bangladesh's democratic transition. The veteran ... Read More


NCP, Jamaat negotiate seat-sharing pact to contest in parliamentary polls

Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) is holding talks with the Jamaat-e-Islami to form an alliance for the February elections, according to the parties' leaders. A Facebook post by Abdu... Read More