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Petition at High Court requests suspension of Women's Affairs Reform Commission

Dhaka, May 4 -- A writ petition has been filed at the High Court challenging several recommendations made by the Women's Affairs Reform Commission. In addition to seeking a stay order to prevent the ... Read More


Petition at High Court seeks suspension of Women's Affairs Reform Commission

Dhaka, May 4 -- A legal challenge has been mounted at the High Court against several recommendations made by the Women's Affairs Reform Commission. In addition to seeking a stay order to prevent the ... Read More


'We were injected after waking, torture was routine': Say Sirajganj 'private Ayna Ghor' escapees

Dhaka, May 4 -- Two people have escaped from an "Ayna Ghor" or "house of mirrors" torture chamber in Sirajganj's Raiganj after six months of captivity. One of the victims, a woman, said she was "kept... Read More


Foreign ministry's Facebook page hacked, people urged not to believe posts

Dhaka, May 4 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that it is conducting maintenance work on its official Facebook page after it was hacked. "Necessary actions are being taken to investigate the ma... Read More


Hifazat's rally with four-point demand underway

Dhaka, May 3 -- Hifazat-e Islam Bangladesh has started a grand rally with four-point demands including the abolition of the Women's Affairs Reform Commission. The rally began at Suhrawardy Udyan at 9... Read More


Hifazat announces nationwide protest on May 23

Dhaka, May 3 -- Hifazat-e Islam Bangladesh has announced two programmes to press home its four-point charter of demand. The organisation's Secretary General Sajidur Rahman announced the events at the... Read More


Myanmar junta rejects Jamaat-e-Islami's 'Rohingya state proposal'

Dhaka, May 3 -- Myanmar's military government has rejected a proposal reportedly made by Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami to establish a "separate state" for the Rohingya in Rakhine, calling it a threat t... Read More


35 Rohingya fleeing Bhasan Char detained in Chattogram

Dhaka, May 3 -- A total of 35 Rohingya, including women and children, have been detained in Chattogram after fleeing Bhasan Char. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) caught the group from the area near emba... Read More


BNP Chairperson Khaleda to return to Dhaka via Sylhet

Dhaka, May 3 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return to Dhaka from London via Sylhet on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines jet. The BNP is making elaborate preparations to welcome the party chairperson o... Read More


BNP says Chairperson Khaleda will return to Dhaka in Qatari emir's air ambulance

Dhaka, May 3 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to return home on a special air ambulance of the Qatari Emir. Due to this, changes may occ... Read More