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Journalist Ashfaqul, wife Tania land in jail over death of domestic worker

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- A Dhaka court has sent The Daily Star's Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker to jail in a case over the death of a teenage domestic worker who fell from t... Read More


17 jailed for life over murder linked to land dispute in Joypurhat

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- A Joypurhat court has sentenced 17 people to life imprisonment for murdering a man over a land dispute in 2009. Additional District and Sessions Judge Abbas Uddin delivered the verdi... Read More


Cocaine trafficking: Peruvian national jailed for life, Pakistani gets 10 years in prison

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced a Peruvian and a Pakistani man to prison on charges of trafficking three kilograms of cocaine seized at a hotel in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar more than a decade ... Read More


Gazipur man commits suicide on camera after restraining wife

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- A man has died by suicide on camera after gagging his wife and restraining her hands and feet to the bed in Gazipur's Sreepur. The dead man was identified as 22-year-old Hridoy, who ... Read More


Hasina stresses need to preserve traditional sports in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised the importance of preserving traditional sports in Bangladesh to instil the virtues they espouse into future generations. "Our boys and gi... Read More


Government will make advertising policy for online media platforms: state minister

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- The government is set to develop an advertising policy tailored for online media platforms, according to the State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat. The ... Read More


Myanmar ready to take back security personnel who fled to Bangladesh: BGB

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- Maj Gen Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, the director general of Border Guard Bangladesh, has said that Myanmar is ready to take back the people who fled across the border to escape t... Read More


Another 63 Myanmar border guards flee into Bangladesh despite fighting lull

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- Another 63 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police have crossed into Bangladesh seeking refuge amid an ongoing conflict between military forces and armed insurgents. The new arrival... Read More


Bangladesh asks Saudi Arabia for 'support' to tackle dollar crisis

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- Bangladesh has requested support from Saudi Arabia to tackle the country's ongoing dollar crisis. "We get 45 days to pay for fuel imports from Saudi. But, due to the dollar situation... Read More


Girl, 7, murdered, her 12-year-old sister flees killers in Feni

Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- A 7-year-old girl has been killed while her 12-year-old sister fled the murderers in Feni's Parshuram Upazila. Police believe the attack on the rented house of their father Noor Nabi... Read More