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EC wants polling officer panels ready by October for national election

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The Election Commission (EC) has ordered the preparation of a nationwide panel of polling officials by the end of October as part of preparations for the 13th national election.... Read More


Police set out five reasons for seeking actor Siddiqur Rahman's remand

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Police have requested a 10-day remand to interrogate actor Siddiqur Rahman in custody over the killing of a furniture store employee during last year's July Uprising. The petit... Read More


Army busts 'training camp' of Kuki-Chin insurgents in Bandarban

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The Bangladesh Army said it has dismantled a "training camp" of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed ethnic insurgent group locally known as the "Bawm Party", in the rem... Read More


Latif Siddique, seven others seek bail

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Former textile and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique, who was arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, has sought bail, along with seven others. Their lawyer, Ka... Read More


Brent Christensen nominated as next US ambassador to Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The White House has nominated career diplomat Brent Christensen as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh, subject to confirmation by the US Senate. Christensen, a senior member ... Read More


Bloodied body of rickshaw driver recovered in Chattogram's Patiya

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Police have recovered the bloodied body of a rickshaw driver, believed to have been stabbed during an attempted hijacking in Chattogram's Patiya Upazila. The victim has been id... Read More


Caretaker jailed until death for raping teen in Keraniganj

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- A tribunal has sent a man to jail until his death for raping a teenage girl in South Keraniganj's Aganagar in 2021. Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judg... Read More


Top court clears way for DUCSU polls to be held on Sept 9

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The Supreme Court has given the green light for the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election to be held as planned on Sept 9. On Wednesday, a seven-member benc... Read More


Home ministry meets field-level officials to ensure peaceful election

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs is set to hold a high-level meeting with field officers to review the country's law and order situation ahead of the 13th general election. The vir... Read More


Housewife found dead in Chattogram's Chandnaish, husband detained

Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Police have recovered the body of a 19-year-old woman from a house in Chattogram's Chandanaish Upazila and detained her husband for questioning. The body of Sadia Sultana Alfi ... Read More