EC sets Sunday deadline for nominations in Pabna seats, vote on Feb 12

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- The Election Commission (EC) has announced a revised election schedule for the Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 seats after a court ruling resolved a dispute over constituency boundaries. Under ... Read More

RAB recovers Highway Police firearm 'looted' during July Uprising in Cumilla

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has recovered two firearms in Cumilla, including one that was looted from the Highway Police during the July Uprising. The weapons were found abando... Read More

UK has stressed protection of human rights to Bangladesh's interim govt: Commons leader Campbell

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- The UK is actively engaging with the humanitarian situation in Bangladesh and has stressed its long-standing commitment to human rights to the interim government of the country, says... Read More

6 dead from two families in Uttara building fire

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- The death toll from a fire at a residential building in Dhaka's Uttara has risen to six. The fire, which broke out on the second floor at a six-storey building in Uttara Sector No. ... Read More

Major fire breaks out in slum area of South Korea's Gangnam district

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- Nearly 300 South Korean firefighters were deployed on Friday to fight a major fire in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of southern Seoul, a fire official said. No ca... Read More

Is Islami Andolan breaking away from Jamaat to form its own alliance?

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- The Islami Andolan Bangladesh has signalled that it is preparing to chart an independent political course, distancing itself from expectations that it would rejoin an alliance led by... Read More

Mustafizur's IPL exit shows politics overtaking sport: Ishtiaque Ahmad

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- The fallout from Mustafizur Rahman's removal from the Indian Premier League has snowballed into a diplomatic standoff, with Bangladesh refusing to send its team to India for the T20 ... Read More

Bangladesh Bank invokes Shariah to deny depositors profits at five merged Islamic banks

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- Finance and faith have collided in a decision that will reverberate through the country's banking sector. Depositors of five Islamic banks, recently merged into a single state-backe... Read More

Bag of crude bombs found in Gazipur college pond

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- A bag containing crude bombs, locally known as "cocktails", has been caught in a fishing net cast on a pond in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila. Sreepur Police Station chief Mohammad Nasir... Read More

After tense standoff, BPL matches will restart from Friday

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- After a day of uncertainty and tension, Bangladesh cricket received a late-night sigh of relief: the Bangladesh Premier League is set to resume. BPL Governing Council Secretary Ifte... Read More

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