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No public unrest after Hasina verdict, says Home Adviser

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the overall situation in the country remains calm following the death sentences handed down to Sheikh Hasina and... Read More


BEPZA signs land lease agreements with two foreign firms

, Nov. 17 -- The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on Monday signed land lease agreements with two fully foreign-owned companies to establish new industrial units at the BEPZA Econo... Read More


Govt calls death sentences for Hasina, Asaduzzaman a historic verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The interim government on Monday said the death sentences announced against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on charges of crimes a... Read More


Fakhrul calls Hasina verdict 'end of all dictatorships' in Bangladesh

, Nov. 17 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the verdict delivered against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks 'the burial of all forms of dictatorship' in Bang... Read More


BB to halt sale of savings certificates, prize bonds

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Bangladesh Bank is set to discontinue five types of customer-level services, including the sale of Savings Certificates (Sanchayapatra) and Prize Bonds, as part of a major move to mo... Read More


Govt to write to India again for Hasina's extradition: Law Adviser

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said the government will write to India again seeking Sheikh Hasina's extradition. "If India continues to shelter this criminal, it must understand... Read More


Salahuddin hails ICT verdict against Hasina, calls it a lesson against dictatorship

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) verdict convicting deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others delivers justice ... Read More


Hasina's political comeback in Bangladesh appears slim: ICG

, Nov. 17 -- The International Crisis Group on Monday said the prospect of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 'mounting a political comeback in Bangladesh now appears very slim'. "The political repe... Read More


Security beefed up at ICT-1 chief's home in Feni

, Nov. 17 -- Security measures have been tightened at the house of Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder, chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1), in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district centring She... Read More


Ex-IGP Mamun gets 5-year jail term for crimes against humanity

, Nov. 17 -- The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday sentenced former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun to five years in prison in a case filed over crimes against humanity... Read More