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Graft case against Chhatra League's Siam goes to trial

Dhaka, June 17 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the framing of charges against Syed Sohanur Rahman Siam, a leader of the banned Chhatra League, in a case over acquiring assets beyond known sources of inco... Read More


No meeting with governor; Customers' Forum meets his deputy, seeks proper board

Dhaka, June 17 -- Bangladesh Bank Governor Mostaqur Rahman has not met the protesters from the Customers' Forum despite a meeting scheduled with the group's representatives. Speaking at Bangladesh Ba... Read More


Bangladesh to import three more LNG shipments to beat energy crisis

Dhaka, June 17 -- The Bangladesh government has moved to import three more shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ease a fuel crunch triggered by the Iran war. The shipmentss, bought through int... Read More


2 teens allegedly drown friend in Gaibandha pond

Dhaka, June 17 -- A teenager has allegedly been drowned by two friends while the three were bathing in a pond in Gaibandha Sadar Upazila. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in the Hawaii Di... Read More


Man sentenced to death for murder of 5-year-old Alina in Chattogram

Dhaka, June 17 -- A Chattogram court has sentenced a man to death for the 2022 murder of 5-year-old Alina Islam Ayat. Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Muhammad Ali Akkas delivered th... Read More


Born in 1981, Jamaat MP says father gave his life fighting Pakistanis in 1971 Liberation War

Dhaka, June 17 -- Election affidavits have confirmed that Jamaat-e-Islami MP Md Abdul Muntakim, who claims his his father was martyred in the 1971 Liberation War, was born 10 years later in 1981. Dur... Read More


Why can't India, a nation of 1.4 billion, crack the World Cup?

Dhaka, June 17 -- The familiar lament that Indian football fans have learnt to live with has returned after the World Cup kicked off last week. For followers of the Blue Tigers, as the Indian men's n... Read More


Government plans to convert Panchagarh-Cox's Bazar metre-gauge rail network to broad gauge

Dhaka, June 17 -- The government has outlined a massive master plan to phase out old metre-gauge tracks and convert the entire rail network from Panchagarh to Cox's Bazar into a uniform broad-gauge sy... Read More


'Punish us, but save us': Families 'pushed in' by BSF 'plead for help

Dhaka, June 17 -- "I've made a big mistake in my life, which I'll not repeat if alive. Save me. If we're wrong, punish us - but still save us." The desperate pleas came from a man who identified hims... Read More


DMP chief says police will use 'necessary force' against extortionists

Dhaka, June 17 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has said that "necessary force" will be used in operations against snatchers and extortionists, adding that police ... Read More