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Household aide Ayesha's husband confesses to Mohammadpur mother, daughter murders

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Household aide Ayesha Akhter's husband Rabbi has given a "confessional" statement to the court in connection with the murder of a mother and her teenage daughter in Dhaka's Mohammadp... Read More


Government to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from India to ease inflation

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The interim government has decided to import another 50,000 tonnes of rice from India in a bid to manage inflation, Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed has said. He made the announceme... Read More


Court orders Nestle to withdraw batch of KitKat chocolates from market over 'health concerns'

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A Pure Food Court in Dhaka has ordered Nestle, the Switzerland-based food and beverage company, to withdraw a batch of KitKat chocolate from the Bangladesh market, declaring it "unsa... Read More


Withdraw remarks and apologise over Hadi shooting, DUCSU VP Shadik tells CEC

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Abu Shadik Kayem has demanded that Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin apologise for his remarks over the shoo... Read More


Detective Branch takes over probe into Hadi shooting

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been tasked with investigating the attempted killing of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman Hadi. A case over the s... Read More


NBR says 'tax exemption' on handset import, production to lower prices

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is prepared to offer "tax exemptions" on both the import and local production of mobile phones in a bid to reduce prices and bring high-end device... Read More


Fake news site uses name of bdnews24.com, identity of editor-in-chief to spread 'scam'

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A fake news website that uses a logo nearly identical to that of bdnews24.com is being used to spread a fake interview with bdnews24.com's Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi. I... Read More


'If Yunus wants to turn country into a prison, he can do it': journalist Anis Alamgir tells court

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir has told a Dhaka court that the allegation against him, that his "incendiary" statements have endangered "public safety", is "false" and a "staged drama". Sa... Read More


Anis Alamgir arrested in anti-state conspiracy case, actress Shaon accused

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and four others have been named in a case filed at Uttara West Police Station, accusing them of conspiring to destabilise the stat... Read More


Fraud allegations filed against 5 over cancelled Atif Aslam concert in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A fraud complaint has been filed in a Dhaka court against five people, including organisers of a cancelled concert by Pakistani singer Atif Aslam, over allegations that ticket money ... Read More