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Latif Siddique, seven others seek bail

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Former textile and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique, who was arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, has sought bail, along with seven others. Their lawyer, Ka... Read More


Bloodied body of rickshaw driver recovered in Chattogram's Patiya

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Police have recovered the bloodied body of a rickshaw driver, believed to have been stabbed during an attempted hijacking in Chattogram's Patiya Upazila. The victim has been id... Read More


Caretaker jailed until death for raping teen in Keraniganj

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- A tribunal has sent a man to jail until his death for raping a teenage girl in South Keraniganj's Aganagar in 2021. Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judg... Read More


NBR to hold monthly 'Meet the Business' sessions with stakeholders

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced that it will organise monthly meetings with businesses and stakeholders in an effort to ease and facilitate Bangladesh's busine... Read More


Government writes to Interpol to issue red notice for three garment factory owners

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- The interim government has written to Interpol seeking a red notice against three garment factory owners who reportedly fled abroad without paying workers their due salaries and... Read More


JAGPA faction President Lutfur Rahman 'critically' injured, hospitalised after attack

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Jatiya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) faction President Khandaker Lutfur Rahman has been "critically" injured and hospitalised after being attacked with sharp weapons by a group of a... Read More


July Charter final draft to be sent to parties 'within Thursday'

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Ali Riaz has said the final draft of the July National Charter will be sent to political parties by Thursday. Based on extensive dia... Read More


BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul visits injured Nur, Lutfur in hospital

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has visited Nurul Haque Nur, president of Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP), and Khandaker Lutfur Rahman, chief of a Jatiya Ganatantr... Read More


Nagorik Oikya's Manna says govt must explain how polls will be held amid unrest

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of the Nagorik Oikya, says the party will ask Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus how the interim government plans to hold elections in what he describe... Read More


Bangladesh advisor calls for global empathy to confront climate crisis

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has stressed the need for global unity and solidarity to tackle the climate crisis. Call... Read More