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Ex-narcotics officer, five others sentenced to prison for 1,050g gold robbery

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced former assistant director of the Department of Narcotics Control SM Shakib Hossain and six others to different terms of imprisonment in a case of robbing ... Read More


Bangladesh records over 50 fatalities from dengue in October

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Over the past 24 hours, dengue has claimed four more lives in Bangladesh, raising this year's death toll to 249, while 942 people have been admitted to hospitals around the country. ... Read More


Home Advisor Jahangir signals 'doubts' over election preparedness

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has acknowledged seeing "doubts" over law and order preparedness ahead of the parliamentary elections. After a meeting at the Secretariat on Mon... Read More


July Uprising murder cases to be tried at Speedy Trial Tribunal, special panel to oversee prosecution

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The cases filed on charges of murder committed on the orders of the Awami League government to suppress the student-led mass movement during the July Uprising, excluding cases pendin... Read More


EC mulls 8-day deployment of security forces during upcoming polls

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The Election Commission (EC) has received a proposal to deploy law-enforcing agencies for eight days around the upcoming 13th parliamentary election. EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed share... Read More


Five women activists write to Dhaka Stream editor over Swarnamoyee's death

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Amid the uproar on social media surrounding the death of an employee at the recently launched online news portal Dhaka Stream, five prominent women activists have written a letter to... Read More


What's in the EC's security blueprint for the general election?

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The Election Commission (EC) has outlined a sweeping security plan for the upcoming 13th national election, proposing measures to curb the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) and ... Read More


Election Commission set to sit with chiefs of security forces on Monday

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The Election Commission (EC) is set to hold a dialogue with the chiefs of law-enforcing agencies ahead of the 13th national elections. The meeting will be held at 10:30am on Monday ... Read More


Bangladesh calls on Kuwait to invest in SEZs and Hi-Tech parks

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- The government has urged Kuwaiti investors to invest in its Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Hi-Tech parks. The appeal was made during the first Bangladesh-Kuwait political dialogu... Read More


Dhaka Stream staffer Swarnamoyee's death highlights alleged abuse, toxic media office

Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- The recent death of a 28-year-old Dhaka Stream employee, Swarnamoyee Biswas, has sparked widespread discussion on social media. Relatives and police believe she took her own life. S... Read More