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Fire at high-rise in Dhaka's Babubazar brought under control

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Emergency responders have doused a fire that broke out in a 13-storey building in Dhaka's Babubazar. The incident occurred in a room on the sixth floor of the building called Haji T... Read More


Delhi summons Bangladesh high commissioner over protests

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The Indian government has summoned Bangladesh's High Commissioner to New Delhi Riaz Hamidullah for the second time in a week amid daylong protests outside Bangladesh missions. India... Read More


In Dinajpur, BNP 'infighting' creates opening for Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of polls

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Rifts within the BNP have emerged in several constituencies in Dinajpur ahead of the 13th national election, raising concerns among party members and potentially benefiting rival Jam... Read More


Former Chhatra League leader arrested trying to collect nomination papers in Gopalganj

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A former leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League has been arrested while collecting nomination papers to contest the upcoming parliamentary election as an independent candidat... Read More


BGMEA recommends factory closures in Tongi, Gazipur on Tarique's return day

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), an organisation of traders in the sector, has suggested declaring a holiday for ready-made garment factories i... Read More


'We are not handicapped': tribunal says to Tajul as counsels bicker

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A heated exchange has taken place between the prosecution and defence during the charge-framing hearing over enforced disappearance and torture during the tenure of the ousted Awami ... Read More


'Robber groups' clash for control, supremacy over sandbar, killing five members

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A gunbattle between two "robber gangs" in Noakhali's Hatia for occupying land and establishing control in a sandbar has left five dead and 10 others injured. The shootout took place... Read More


Education advisor says state will support wife, children of lynched Hindu worker Dipu Das

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has said the government will bear the expenses of the wife and children of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment worker who was lynched and burn... Read More


Nine suspects land in jail over arson and vandalism at The Daily Star office

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has sent nine people to jail in connection with attacks, vandalism and arson at the office of The Daily Star. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jamshed Alam passed the ... Read More


Inqilab Moncho pledges martyrdom, demands trial for Osman Hadi within 30 days

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Inqilab Moncho members have taken a "Shaheedi oath", a solemn pledge for martyrdom, vowing to complete the trial of Sharif Osman bin Hadi's killing within 30 working days and to rebu... Read More