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Police arrest elderly 'militant' suspect near Zia Udyan Lake

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested a man on charges of militancy, contradicting the DMP commissioner's earlier cla... Read More


NCP lodges formal complaints against BNP to Election Commission

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has lodged a series of formal complaints against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) with the Election Commission as campaigning intensifies nation... Read More


ICC warns Pakistan over India match boycott at T20 World Cup

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The International Cricket Council (ICC) has issued a sharp warning to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after Pakistan's government cleared the national team to play in the 2026 Men's ... Read More


Fakhrul says Jamaat opposed creation of Bangladesh, cannot be entrusted with running state

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- BNP's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has ruled out Jamaat-e-Islami running the state since it opposed Bangladesh's independence in 1971. Fakhrul, a candidate for the S... Read More


Chief Advisor's Office reports 274 incidents of violence, five killings since election schedule

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Chief Advisor's Office (CAO) has recorded 274 violent incidents and five killings nationwide following the announcement of the parliamentary election schedule, according to data c... Read More


Chittagong Port's staff, workers call fresh 24-hour strike against NCT lease to foreign handler

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Chittagong Port workers and employees have called another 24-hour strike in protest against the lease of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign company. The Chitta... Read More


Yunus urges Muslims to illuminate national life by avoiding injustice on Shab-e-Barat

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has called on Muslims to embrace Islam's "unique beauty" by avoiding all forms of injustice and wrongdoing, and to illuminate the national life through ri... Read More


TIB reports BNP involvement in majority of political violence over past 1.5 years

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has reported that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was involved in 550 of the 600 incidents of political violence recorded during the... Read More


Biman MD, wife sent to jail over 'abusing' domestic child worker

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Shafiqur Rahman, his wife, and two others have been arrested in a child domestic worker abuse case and sent to ... Read More


'Jamaat's conduct in 1971 and now shows the same disregard for women,' says Tarique

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has said the Jamaat-e-Islami has never shown any compassion towards women, arguing that the party's role in 1971 stripped countless women of their dignity ... Read More