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Mourner dies after falling ill at Khaleda Zia's funeral

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- A man has died after he fell ill after attending the funeral prayers of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. The dead, identified as 56-year-old Nirob Hossain, hai... Read More


Police arrest one more Dipu murder suspect in Tongi

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Police have arrested another suspect in the murder of Dipu Chandra Das, who was beaten to death in Mymensingh's Bhaluka before his body was hung from a tree and set on fire. The new... Read More


Khaleda Zia made BNP a major political force: Muzzammil Husain

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Senior journalist Muzzammil Husain Monju has described the leadership of former prime minister Khaleda Zia as "extraordinary", saying it was under her stewardship that the Bangladesh... Read More


CMP reshuffles OCs at Sadarghat, Chandgaon, Double Mooring stations

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has transferred the officers-in-charge (OCs) of three more police stations within a month. On Wednesday, CMP Commissioner Hasib Aziz issued the ... Read More


Indian FM Jaishankar, Pakistani Speaker Ayaz Sadiq exchange greetings during Dhaka visit

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq exchanged greetings in Dhaka while visiting the capital to pay their final res... Read More


In death, Khaleda Zia sets BNP's course as it pledges to carry her legacy forward

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Millions stood shoulder to shoulder beneath an open winter sky as Bangladesh bid farewell to Khaleda Zia -- a leader whose political life was defined by defiance, endurance and unyie... Read More


Tears and tributes as Bangladesh bids farewell to former PM Khaleda Zia

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- A vast sea of mourners has filled Dhaka's Manik Mia Avenue as Bangladesh bid farewell to Khaleda Zia, a political titan who shaped the country's politics for more than four decades. ... Read More


Jatiya Party postpones 40th founding anniversary programmes

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- All programmes marking the 40th founding anniversary of the Jatiya Party have been postponed following the declaration of state mourning over the death of BNP Chairperson and former ... Read More


NCP Hasnat Abdullah declares income of Tk 1.25mn, assets worth Tk 5mn in election affidavit

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Hasnat Abdullah, a senior organiser of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has declared an annual income of Tk 1.25 million and total assets worth Tk 5 million in his election affidavi... Read More


'If only she had lived to see the election': A mourner's heartbroken cry after losing leader

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- "Oh Allah, if only You had kept her alive a few more days, my Madam (Khaleda Zia) could have seen the election." This was the lament of a female BNP activist, weeping inconsolably i... Read More