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AL's exclusion from election 'a socially acceptable fact': Foreign Affairs Adviser

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said the next national election will be held excluding Bangladesh Awami League which is now "a kind of socially acceptable fact." ... Read More


Reza Kibria joins BNP

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Reza Kibria, an economist and founder-convener of the political platform Gono Odhikar Parishad, has formally joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He announced his joining o... Read More


DU Film Society announces new executive committee

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS), one of the oldest and pioneering voluntary organisations in the country's film society movement, announced its new executive committee on Sunday.... Read More


Bangladesh hikes fuel prices by Tk 2 per litre from December

Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- Bangladesh has increased the prices of all categories of fuel by Tk 2 per litre effective from December, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Miner... Read More


Firoz Sarkar appointed secretary of Food Ministry

Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- Md. Firoz Sarkar, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Food. The Ministry of Public Administrati... Read More


BDR mutiny a planned conspiracy to destabilise Bangladesh: Inquiry Commission chief

Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- The 2009 BDR mutiny at Pilkhana headquarters, which took place on February 25-26, was a premeditated conspiracy aimed at destabilising Bangladesh, prolonging political power, and wea... Read More


SC upholds HC bail for DU Prof Karzon

Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court order granting bail to Dhaka University professor Hafizur Rahman Karzon in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009. Justice M... Read More


Metro service suspended after youth climbs on train roof

Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- Metro rail operations were suspended Sunday night after a youth climbed onto the roof of a train at the Secretariat station. The incident occurred around 8:05pm, according to DMTCL.... Read More


Makhon Das, Palash elected President, GS of Narsingdi Press Club

Narsingdi, Nov. 30 -- Ekushey Television District Correspondent Makhon Das and UNB District Correspondent Asadul Haque Palash have been elected as President and General Secretary, respectively, in the... Read More


Rail links with Sylhet restored four hours after derailment

, Nov. 30 -- Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country resumed four hours after a wagon of an oil-laden freight train derailed in Mallikpur area of Fenchuganj upazila on Saturday n... Read More