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Mohammadpur 'drug lord' arrested at Dhaka airport on return from Nepal

Dhaka, May 19 -- Police have arrested "Picchi Raja", a suspected drug trafficker based in Dhaka's Mohammadpur, upon his return from Nepal. He was apprehended at Shahjalal International Airport on Tue... Read More


Tarique orders Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara lakes cleaned, services improved

Dhaka, May 19 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has ordered measures to prevent water pollution in Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara lakes and to increase civic amenities involving these waterbodies. The ... Read More


Australian police investigate motive behind 'premeditated' killing by Bangladeshi man

Dhaka, May 19 -- Australian investigators have suggested that a widely publicised murder-suicide case in Western Australia influenced a triple domestic homicide in Sydney that left a woman and her two... Read More


Former Dhaka North mayor Atiqul denied bail over July Uprising murder charges

Dhaka, May 19 -- A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petition of former Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam in a case over the murder of a seventh-grader during the July Uprising. ... Read More


14,500 litres of fuel, 5,000 litres of soybean oil seized in Chattogram city

Dhaka, May 19 -- Coastguards have seized 14,500 litres of fuel and 5,000 litres of soybean oil illegally stored for sale in Chattogram city amid a nationwide crackdown on unauthorised hoarding. The f... Read More


Trapped on Europe route, 170 Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya

Dhaka, May 19 -- A group of 170 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in Libya's Benghazi after attempting to reach Europe by sea, have been repatriated. The returnees touched down at Shahjalal In... Read More


India tightens citizenship rules for Bangladeshi migrants, mandates passport disclosure, surrender

Dhaka, May 19 -- Applicants seeking Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 will have to declare whether they hold a valid or an expired passport from Bangladesh, Afghanista... Read More


Body of Indian High Commission officer recovered from Chattogram office

Dhaka, May 19 -- An official of the Indian High Commission in Chattogram has been found dead inside the mission premises. The deceased has been identified only as Narendra, 38, who was serving as an ... Read More


Hasina says return depends on restoration of democracy, political rights in Bangladesh: report

Dhaka, May 19 -- Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said she will return to the country "very soon", linking her comeback to what she described as the restoration of a democratic environment and ... Read More


Hate crime shooting in San Diego leaves Bangladeshi diaspora gripped by fear

Dhaka, May 19 -- The thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates who call the USA's San Diego home are grappling with unprecedented anxiety and grief after a deadly, hate-motivated shooting outside a major m... Read More