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EC approves registration of three new political parties, including NCP

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The Election Commission has approved the registration of three new political parties -- the National Citizen Party, the Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Marxist), and the Bangladesh Aam J... Read More


Six people killed in fatal truck-autorickshaw crash in Noakhali

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- A truck has run over a CNG autorickshaw and killed six people in Noakhali's Kabirhat Upazila. The accident occurred around 2:30pm on Tuesday near Islamia Alia Madrasa on the Kabirhat... Read More


4 Bangladeshi nationals deported 'forcefully' from Italy

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Four Bangladeshi nationals have been "forcibly returned home" as part of an ongoing campaign to curb illegal immigration in Italy. They are Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Abdul Mannan Khala... Read More


Police block March to Jamuna by graduates with disabilities

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Police have blocked a March to Jamuna programme by job-seeking graduates with disabilities who initially gathered at the foot of the Raju Memorial Sculpture to press home their five-p... Read More


BNP readies for power resurgence with a 'fusion of the proven and the promising' in election reboot

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- With its sights set on a long-awaited return to power after nearly two decades in the wilderness, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has unveiled its preliminary list for 237 cons... Read More


Weapons allegedly stolen from vault at Dhaka airport's burnt cargo complex

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Seven firearms have allegedly gone missing from the strongroom of the burnt cargo complex at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Biman Bangladesh filed a general diary (G... Read More


Death toll from Himalaya peak avalanche in Nepal climbs to seven

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The death toll from the avalanche that hit a Himalayan peak in north-eastern Nepal has climbed to seven, including five foreigners and two Nepalis, reports the BBC. The incident happ... Read More


Revolutionary Workers Party slates RPO amendment 'without discussion'

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The Revolutionary Workers Party has voiced dissatisfaction over the amendment to the Representation of the People Order (RPO), arguing that changes to it were made without consulting ... Read More


Trump tells Ilhan Omar to 'go back', revives old attack over her Somali heritage

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- US President Donald Trump has reignited his attacks on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, telling her to "go back" to her native Somalia in a social media post. POLITICO reported that Trump s... Read More


Supporters protest Cumilla-6 nomination, block Dhaka-Chattogram Highway after Yasin loses

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Supporters of BNP leader Aminur Rashid Yasin have blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Cumilla after he was not nominated for the parliamentary polls. Yasin, a former member of pa... Read More