Election code under scrutiny as National Memorial becomes campaign stage on Victory Day

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- Supporters of several political leaders have been accused of breaching the electoral code of conduct by chanting slogans and displaying campaign material while paying tribute at Sava... Read More

Operation Madunaghat Substation: Strikes that snuffed out Chattogram power supply during 1971 war

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- In the summer of 1971, amid the Liberation War, one of the boldest operations in Chattogram targeted the Madunaghat Substation, a critical node distributing electricity from Kaptai H... Read More

Police search for former MP Selim Osman at his business firm

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- Police have raided the business firm of former lawmaker AKM Selim Osman, who stands accused in several murder cases filed following the July Uprising, looking for him. A team from t... Read More

Chief justice, SC judges pay tribute to Liberation War martyrs at National Memorial

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has led the judges of the Supreme Court in paying tribute to the martyrs of Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War at the National Martyrs' Memorial in Sava... Read More

Students end 8-hour siege of CU administrative building

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- The protesters at Chittagong University have suspended their sit-in programme after keeping the university's administrative building under lock and key for eight hours protesting the... Read More

Foes of freedom 'want to raise their heads,' says Mirza Fakhrul

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- Those who never wanted Bangladesh's independence in 1971 are now trying to "raise their heads" again, says BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He said, "The foes of o... Read More

On the threshold of election in a new reality, Victory Day stands as both remembrance and resolve

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- On a winter morning in 1971, the Pakistani forces surrendered, and the red and green flag of Bangladesh soared over a liberated land. The nation's independence was won at the cost o... Read More

RAB arrests Subrata Bain's daughter at Cumilla Central Jail gate

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested the daughter of gangster Subrata Bain aka Md Fateh Ali. Sabina Yasmin Bithi was arrested on Monday at the main entrance to the Cumilla Centra... Read More

'Isolated incident': Election on track despite Hadi shooting, says CEC Nasir

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has allayed concerns over security ahead of the upcoming national election, describing the recent shooting of Inqilab Moncho Conveno... Read More

Air ambulance arrives to take Hadi abroad for advanced treatment

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- An air ambulance has arrived in Dhaka to transfer Inqilab Moncho Convenor Osman Sharif Hadi, who was shot in the capital last week, to Singapore for further treatment. The private j... Read More

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