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Jamaat's Taher calls on Yunus to hold election dialogue amid fears of 'fascism' return

Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami's Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has called on the chief advisor to hold dialogue with political parties over the next national election, accusing the cur... Read More


Syria's Sharaa hopes for Kurdish deal to prevent conflict

Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has expressed hope that his country would avoid military conflict with U.S.-backed Kurdish forces if efforts to integrate their autonomous administra... Read More


Arsenal capitalise on keeper error to secure 1-0 win at Man United

Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- Arsenal's Riccardo Calafiori headed home an early corner, aided by a weak challenge from goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, to earn a 1-0 victory at Manchester United in the Premier League o... Read More


International flights from Cox's Bazar Airport may begin in October, says CAAB chief

Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- Cox's Bazar Airport could begin handling international flights in October, according to Air Vice Marshal Mostafa Mahmood Siddiq, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Banglades... Read More


Shoes hurled at photos of artists in DU over mourning Bangabandhu's assassination

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Shoes have been hurled at photographs of artists and journalists who expressed grief and paid tribute to Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his the dea... Read More


Amir Khosru questions 'minority' label, says Constitution grants equal rights to all citizens

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- BNP's senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury criticised the use of terms like "minority" in Bangladesh, calling them deliberately divisive despite the Constitution granting equal... Read More


'Bangladesh belongs to everyone, live here without fear': Army chief tells Hindus

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Bangladesh Army chief has called for harmony among all faiths, assuring the Hindu community that they can live and celebrate their religious festivals in peace. General Waker-Uz-Zam... Read More


NCP withdraws show-cause notices against five leaders over Cox's Bazar trip

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has withdrawn the show-cause notices issued to five of its leaders over an unauthorised trip to Cox's Bazar, effectively bringing the matter to a clo... Read More


Any election in Bangladesh must be preceded by Constituent Assembly vote: NCP

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has demanded that a Constituent Assembly election be held before any national vote in Bangladesh, pressing for the annulment of the existing Constitu... Read More


Advisor Farooki flown to Dhaka after stomach pain in Cox's Bazar

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Cultural Affairs Advisor and filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has been flown to Dhaka by helicopter after suddenly falling ill in Cox's Bazar. Cox's Bazar Deputy Commissioner Mohamm... Read More