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Court grants bail to Menon, Inu, and Justice Manik in Zia defamation suit

Dhaka, March 24 -- A Dhaka court has granted bail to former social welfare minister Rashed Khan Menon, former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu, and former Supreme Court justice AHM Shamsuddin Chou... Read More


Legal notice asks government to procure advanced air defence systems, build national shield

Dhaka, March 24 -- A legal notice has urged the government to establish a national air defence umbrella by procuring advanced systems from international sources alongside developing indigenous technol... Read More


Former general Masud Uddin remanded for 5 days in trafficking, graft case

Dhaka, March 24 -- A court has granted a five-day remand for retired three-star general Masud Uddin Chowdhury in connection with a case involving alleged embezzlement of Tk 240 billion and human traff... Read More


Police to question former general Masud Uddin on trafficking, graft charges

Dhaka, March 24 -- A Dhaka court has remanded retired three-star general Masud Uddin Chowdhury into a five-day police custody in connection with a case involving alleged embezzlement of Tk 240 billion... Read More


Afghan Taliban to release US detainee Dennis Coyle after plea from his mother

Dhaka, March 24 -- The Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday that it has decided to release US detainee Dennis Coyle in response to a request from his mother, weeks after Washington censured Afgha... Read More


Afghan Taliban agrees to release US detainee Dennis Coyl

Dhaka, March 24 -- The Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday it has decided to release US detainee Dennis Coyl in response to a request from his mother. "The foreign minister said that after a le... Read More


PM Tarique orders Tk 1mn loans for students going abroad

Dhaka, March 24 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment to arrange loans of up to Tk 1 million for students and workers heading abroa... Read More


Dhaka stocks resume post-Eid with 68-point slide as energy crisis bites

Dhaka, March 24 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has returned from a week-long Eid-ul-Fitr break on a somber note, with the benchmark index sliding 68 points on the first trading day of the week. Th... Read More


World Economic Forum postpones meeting planned in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia says

Dhaka, March 24 -- The World Economic Forum has postponed a meeting that had been due to take place in Saudi Arabia next month on global collaboration, growth and energy "in light of current regional ... Read More


Ex-general Masud to face legal action after 'investigation' over torturing politicians: police

Dhaka, March 24 -- Masud Uddin Chowdhury, a retired three-star Army general who rose to prominence during the 2007-08 caretaker government, will face the consequences in case he is proven to be involv... Read More