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A couple is contesting in 2 separate seats in Ctg. Their family is footing the bill

Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- A couple are contesting two seats in Chattogram in the upcoming 13th general election, with a large portion of their campaign expenses borne by their relatives. The two candidates f... Read More


RAB chief pledges joint raids to clear Jungle Salimpur 'safe haven for criminals' after Nayek Motaleb murder

Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman has announced joint operations to clear Jungle Salimpur of "criminals and illegal occupation", a day after a member ... Read More


RAB says Sitakunda attack on its personnel were coordinated through loudspeaker calls

Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said the attack on its members in Sitakunda was carried out following announcements over a loudspeaker. In a media release issued on Monday, RAB... Read More


Chinmoy Das, 22 others to face trial in murder case of lawyer Alif

Dhaka, Jan. 19 -- A Chattogram court has ordered the murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif to trial, indicting 23 suspects, including Sammilita Sanatan Jagaran Jote, or United Hindu Awakening Allian... Read More


BNP chief Tarique Rahman to visit Chattogram on Jan 25

Dhaka, Jan. 18 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit Chattogram on Jan 25 to address a major election rally at the city's Pologround venue. Preparations for the event have already comm... Read More


Chattogram DIG says unrecovered firearms no threat ahead of elections

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Chattogram Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ahsan Habib Palash has said those holding the unrecovered looted weapons are unlikely to use them before the parliamentary elections. ... Read More


Six more arrested over arson of Hindu homes in Chattogram

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Police have arrested six more people over incidents in which the doors of several Hindu homes were locked from outside before the buildings were set on fire in Chattogram's Raozan. ... Read More


Former Cox's Bazar mayor Nurul Absar gets 5 years in jail over 'embezzlement'

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- A Chattogram court has sentenced former Cox's Bazar municipality mayor Nurul Absar to five years' rigorous imprisonment over "misappropriation of public funds". Judge Md Mizanur Rah... Read More


10 jailed for life over policeman's murder during mugging in Chattogram

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Ten men have been sentenced to life imprisonment over the killing of a police officer by a gang of muggers in Chattogram's Ambagan more than a decade ago. The verdict was delivered ... Read More


Teknaf child was shot on way to buy breakfast with grandfather, uncle says

Dhaka, Jan. 11 -- Huzaifa Afnan, a child wounded by a bullet fired from Myanmar, had gone to buy breakfast from a shop with her grandfather in the morning. The 9-year-old victim, a resident of Whykon... Read More