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DMP reports 198 murder cases in Dhaka over 10 months

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has reported that 198 murders have taken place in the capital this year, averaging nearly 20 killings per month. Speaking to journalists on Tuesd... Read More


Sheikh Hasina: From the peak of power to death-row fugitive, without precedent

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- No other political leader in Bangladesh has stayed in power for as long. And no other head of state or government in Bangladesh has ever had the shadow of a death sentence hanging ov... Read More


Dhaka University deputy registrar arrested in terrorism case

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Dhaka University Deputy Registrar Muhammad Lovelu Mollah has been arrested in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Shahbagh Police Station chief Mohammad Khali... Read More


Chhatra Dal leader killed in clash 'while giving out sweets' after Hasina verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A Chhatra Dal leader has been stabbed to death in Barishal over a dispute that began during a "sweet distribution" programme following the announcement of a death sentence against ou... Read More


Army chief says Pakistan will 'retaliate to any provocation as it did in May clash with India'

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has said the country will respond decisively to any provocation, "in the same way as it did in May" during the brief, yet intense, confli... Read More


Abul Hossain's murder merits death sentences, but doesn't qualify him for the official martyrs' list

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan have received capital punishment from the International Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against hu... Read More


Grameen Bank branch set on fire in Magura's Mohammadpur

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A branch of Grameen Bank in Magura's Mohammadpur Upazila has reportedly been hit by an arson attack. Unidentified attackers allegedly poured petrol through a window and set fire to ... Read More


Court freezes 57 bank accounts of Nanok, family amid graft probe

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of 57 bank accounts belonging to Awami League Presidium member and former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanok, his wife and daughter as part of an ong... Read More


Families of July Uprising victims want Hasina brought back, hanged for crimes against humanity

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Families of July Uprising victims say they want deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina brought back from India so that a death sentence, if handed down, can be carried out. Even "a th... Read More


Bangladesh tribunal begins delivering verdict against ousted PM Hasina

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The International Crimes Tribunal is delivering its verdict in the case over crimes against humanity charges against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others. The three-me... Read More