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Bangladesh awaits crimes against humanity verdict on Rampura cornice shooting

Dhaka, June 28 -- The International Crimes Tribunal is set to deliver its verdict in the case of crimes against humanity in the shooting and killing of two people, including a youth hanging from the c... Read More


India files chargesheet against 11 from 'Bangladesh-based militant group'

Dhaka, June 28 -- India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 11 suspected operatives of the Bangladesh-based militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for a... Read More


Hasina's son Joy claims 'cover-up' of Turag incident, calls for protest

Dhaka, June 28 -- Amid rumours circulating on social media that the "bodies" of seven activists belonging to the Awami League and the banned Chhatra League were floating in the Turag River, Sajeeb Waz... Read More


China MoUs to bring 'qualitative change' to Bangladesh's new media, says information minister

Dhaka, June 28 -- Information Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon has expressed optimism that Bangladesh's new media sector will undergo a "qualitative change" following a series of cooperation agreements sig... Read More


Women must be equipped with skills to tackle climate change, says social welfare minister

Dhaka, June 28 -- Social Welfare Minister Abu Zafar Md Zahid Hossain has stressed that empowering women in Bangladesh's marginalised areas with knowledge, skills and confidence is essential to withsta... Read More


Businesses in Kolkata's Bangladeshi tourist belt hope for a rebound after India resumes tourist visas

Dhaka, June 28 -- In the narrow streets of central Kolkata long known as "Mini Bangladesh", shopkeepers, hoteliers and restaurant owners are allowing themselves a cautious hope: Bangladeshi tourists m... Read More


Italy triple murder suspect 'detached from family' for four years

Dhaka, June 28 -- The man suspected of killing three members of a Bangladeshi family in Italy had been "detached from his family for four years", his mother and brothers say. During a visit to his an... Read More


BNP lawmaker proposes scrapping Tk 500, Tk 1,000 notes to boost bank liquidity

Dhaka, June 28 -- BNP lawmaker AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has proposed scrapping Tk 500 and Tk 1,000 banknotes, arguing that large amounts of cash are being kept in homes because people have lost confiden... Read More


Apex Spinning resumes operations after worker unrest

Dhaka, June 28 -- The Apex Spinning and Knitting Mills Limited factory has reopened four days after it was temporarily closed due to worker unrest. The factory for the 100 percent export-oriented com... Read More


July Uprising: Ex-DMP chief Habibur, 2 others to die for shooting man hanging from cornice in Rampura

Dhaka, June 28 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced three police officials, including former Dhaka Metropolitan police commissioner Habibur Rahman, to death in a crimes against humanity ... Read More