Biman flying passengers stranded in Dubai home on different flight after two-day delay

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- Passengers of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight stranded at Dubai International Airport for two days are being sent home on an alternative Boeing 777-300 flight. On Thursday,... Read More

EC officers to gain path to secretary posts under revised law

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- The interim government has approved a draft amendment to create an "Election Commission Service", opening a long-awaited path for Election Commission (EC) Secretariat officers ... Read More

Jatiya Party and 14-Party Alliance face uncertain future after Hasina's fall

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- As Bangladesh prepares for its next general election, the future of the Awami League-led 14-Party Alliance and its long-time partner, the Jatiya Party, is in deep doubt. The a... Read More

Togor, convicted of killing BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, arrested

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- Mushfiq Uddin Togor, a convicted defendant in the 2002 murder of BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, has been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion. Togor, 50, was apprehended w... Read More

EC to release final voter roll on Nov 18 ahead of polls

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- The final voter list for the upcoming general election, slated for February, is set to be published on Nov 18. Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said that the voter l... Read More

Nationality row: Officials in Dhaka say British MP Tulip Siddiq held Bangladesh passport, she calls evidence 'forged'

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP and niece of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is once again under the spotlight after reports in the British media cited documents su... Read More

Bodies of child, teenager swept away in Sherpur flash floods recovered

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- Authorities have recovered the bodies of a child and a teenager who went missing during flash floods triggered by mountain runoff in Sherpur. The victims were identified as 17... Read More

After jail term over Sony murder, Togor joined 'arms trade', says RAB

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- Five years after completing his prison sentence for the high-profile murder of BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, Mushfiq Uddin Togor has once again been arrested in Dhaka -- thi... Read More

2,200 face charges over mob attacks on four shrines in Cumilla

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- Police have started a case against more than 2,000 unidentified people after a series of mob attacks, vandalism and arson at four shrines in Cumilla's Homna Upazila, fuelled by... Read More

Afghanistan a 'promising' market for Bangladesh, Islamist leader Mamunul says after Taliban meeting

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- A delegation of Bangladeshi clerics led by Maulana Mamunul Haque has reportedly held talks in Kabul with Mullah Abdul Manan Omari, brother of late Taliban founder Mullah Omar a... Read More

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