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Jamaat-e-Islami chief meets with Danish ambassador Moller

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Danish Ambassador Christian Brix Moller has met with Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman. The Danish ambassador visited the Jamaat chief's office in Bashundhara on Tuesday morning... Read More


Chief of secondary and higher education made OSD after seeking exit

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The education ministry has removed Prof Muhammad Azad Khan from his role as director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education and made him an officer on special d... Read More


MPO teachers return to Shaheed Minar, threaten 'Shahbagh blockade'

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Private school and college teachers under the MPO scheme have returned to Central Shaheed Minar, after abandoning plans to march towards the Secretariat following police barricades a... Read More


Mirpur washing facility where fire broke out 'not part of BGMEA'

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said the factory in Mirpur's Rupnagar, where a deadly fire broke out, is not a member of the organisation. ... Read More


10 July Smrity Foundation officials face charges over alleged assault during interrogation

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- A case has been filed against 13 people, including 10 officials of the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation, for allegedly assaulting a man and his wife in the organisation's office under ... Read More


Court orders newspaper notice summoning Hasina, 260 others in sedition case

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- A Dhaka court has ordered a public notice to be published in newspapers ordering former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 260 others to appear before it in a sedition case. The case ... Read More


Facebook abuzz with NCP leaders' demand for 'Shapla' poll symbol

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The National Citizen Party leaders took to social media to press their demand for the "Shapla", or water lily, symbol after the Election Commission set a deadline for the party to se... Read More


MPO teachers' 'March to Secretariat' halted by police

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Police have blocked a march by MPO-affiliated teachers and employees who were heading from the Central Shaheed Minar to the Secretariat to press for three demands, including raising ... Read More


Is Jamaat's demand for public referendum 'another master plan'? asks BNP's Rizvi

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has questioned whether Jamaat-e-Islami's demand for a public referendum in November and some other parties is "another master plan". The BNP seni... Read More


Death toll rises to 16 as fire at Mirpur garment factory, chemical warehouse rage on

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The death toll from a fire at a garment factory and chemical warehouse in Rupnagar, Mirpur, Dhaka, has risen to 16. Fire Service Director Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury on Tu... Read More