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Legal and political storm brews over July Charter: who has the power to issue order, and under what law?

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The National Consensus Commission's proposal to issue an "implementation order" for the July National Charter (constitutional reform), and to hold a referendum on its basis, has trigg... Read More


National Consensus Commission wraps up amid fears of fresh rifts

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The National Consensus Commission has concluded its eight-and-a-half-month mission to bring parties together around a package of state-reform recommendations. Over that period, the c... Read More


Bangladesh bars 'non-essential' foreign travel for govt officials before election

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Government officials have been told to avoid foreign trips until the upcoming national election, unless travel is deemed "absolutely essential", according to a directive from the Chie... Read More


Another missing child found dead in Jamalpur river as death toll rises to 4

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The body of another child who went missing while bathing in the Jhinai River in Jamalpur's Madarganj Upazila has been recovered, bringing the death toll to 4. Another child remains m... Read More


Jatiya Chhatra Shakti forms central and Dhaka University committees

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, the student organisation which renamed itself from Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad (BGCS), has formed its central and Dhaka University committees. Zahid... Read More


Crops in winter's first wave cool down Dhaka's vegetable markets

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Prices of vegetables have started to fall in Dhaka's kitchen markets as the supply of winter produce increases. A visit to Mohakhali and Sat Tola kitchen markets on Friday showed tha... Read More


BIWTA employee found 'lynched' in car workshop

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Police have recovered a Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) employee from a car repair garage in Dhaka's Jatrabari, suspecting he was beaten to death by locals who mi... Read More


Three children drown, two missing in Jamalpur's Jhinai River

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Three children have died and two others remain missing after they went bathing in the Jhinai River at Madarganj Upazila in Jamalpur. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon, said ... Read More


Interim government, Consensus Commission created 'national crisis', BNP's Fakhrul says

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused the interim government and the National Consensus Commission of "creating a crisis" over their recommendation to implement the July National C... Read More


Shepherd hat-trick as West Indies sail to 3-0 T20 series sweep of T20 against Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- The West Indies completed a dominant 3-0 sweep over Bangladesh, with Romario Shepherd's hat-trick and twin fifties from Ackeem Auguste and stand-in captain Roston Chase securing a 5-... Read More