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Five NCP leaders served show-cause notices for Cox's Bazar trip on July Uprising Day

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Five leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have been issued show-cause notices for travelling to Cox's Bazar without party permission on the anniversary of the July Uprisin... Read More


CEC Nasir awaits letter from Yunus on polls, schedule 2 months before election

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said he expects to receive an official letter from the chief advisor soon about the 13th parliamentary election. He added that th... Read More


Jamaat decries lack of political dialogue before February polls announcement

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami has criticised the lack of political dialogue in the lead-up to the announcement of the national election in February, saying the decision has left the nation... Read More


25 students injured after fire breaks out in school science lab in Brahmanbaria

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- A fire has broken out in the science laboratory of Niaz Mohammad High School, injuring at least 25 students who tried to rush down the stairs of the building in a panic. The inc... Read More


10 DIGs among 76 OSD officials reassigned in major police reshuffle

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- In another major shake-up of the police ranks, the interim government has assigned 76 sidelined officials, including 10 deputy inspectors general (DIG), to new posts a little und... Read More


'He drove half-asleep, then fled': Survivors blame driver after microbus plunges into canal in Noakhali

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Relatives who survived a microbus accident in Noakhali's Begumganj have blamed the driver's negligence for the deaths of seven of their loved ones. Despite repeated requests, th... Read More


Chattogram mayor identifies causes of waterlogging, calls for immediate action

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Shahadat Hossain has identified two causes of waterlogging in the port city and issued directives to resolve them. He conducted an on-site insp... Read More


No scope to appoint acting Jatiya Party chairman, says Shameem Patwary as infighting deepens

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Jatiya Party Secretary General Shameem Haider Patwary has dismissed any possibility of appointing Anisul Islam Mahmud as acting chairman in place of GM Quader, who has been barre... Read More


BNP's Mirza Fakhrul hails govt's 'historic' decision to hold election in February

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has lauded Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's announcement that national elections will be held in February in an address to the nat... Read More


Separate bus crashes leave over 50 injured in Chattogram

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- More than 50 people, including students of a private university, have been injured in two separate road accidents in Chattogram's Patiya Upazila. The accidents occurred on Wedne... Read More