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BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, his wife Zubaida acquitted in ACC graft case

Dhaka, May 28 -- The High Court has overturned the prison sentences of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman, acquitting them in an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case over ... Read More


Police recover bodies of couple from house in Mirpur 11

Dhaka, May 28 -- Police have recovered the bodies of a couple from a house at Mirpur-11 under Dhaka's Pallabi Thana. Law enforcers say the two were murdered. The incident occurred next to the Millat ... Read More


Work stoppage at NIOH: Staff clash with July Uprising injured

Dhaka, May 28 -- A clash has occurred between staff of the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) in Dhaka and the relatives of patients injured in the July Uprising, as well as other... Read More


2 Chinese nationals among 3 arrested at airport over trafficking attempt

Dhaka, May 28 -- The Armed Police Battalion or APBn have arrested three members of a human trafficking gang as they were attempting to traffic a young woman to China via Hazrat Shahjalal International... Read More


Rural power protests an 'attempt to destabilise nation', says Power Division

Dhaka, May 28 -- The Power Division has labelled the ongoing protests over Palli Bidyut, or rural electrification, reforms as "attempts to destabilise the nation", saying the movement is in no way lin... Read More


Secretariat protesters announce 1-hour work stoppage every day until Public Service Ordinance repealed

Dhaka, May 28 -- Protesting workers at the Secretariat have announced that they will conduct an hour-long work stoppage every day until the Public Service Ordinance (Amendment), 2025 is repealed. Bad... Read More


Bangladesh Bank to release new banknotes on Sunday or Monday

Dhaka, May 28 -- Bangladesh Bank has said new banknotes will be available from the first week of June, as soon as Sunday or Monday, with fresh designs for the Tk 1000, Tk 50, and Tk 20 notes. On Sund... Read More


Yunus heads to Japan for four-day state visit

Dhaka, May 28 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has left Dhaka for Japan on a four-day official visit. The aircraft carrying him departed Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 2:15am on Tuesday, ... Read More


Disappointed interim govt has not supported women's commission: Shireen Huq

Dhaka, May 28 -- Shireen Huq, the head of the Women's Affairs Reform Commission, says she is disappointed that the interim government has not spoken up or made public its support of the panel amid hea... Read More


Ishraque mayoral oath: Appellate Division to hear Election Commission's comments

Dhaka, May 28 -- Bangladesh's top court has asked to hear the Election Commission's (EC) comments on the gazette issued declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain the mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporat... Read More