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Kolkata newspaper 'Ei Samay' interview on Fakhrul 'blatantly false,' says BNP

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- The BNP has denounced an interview published in Kolkata's Bengali daily Ei Samay under the headline "Fakhrul wants Awami League and Jatiya Party in elections," as "blatantly fa... Read More


Principal secretary dropped from key public administration committee

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- The government has reconstituted its Committee on Public Administration Affairs, removing the principal secretary to the chief adviser from the body. M Siraz Uddin Miah had be... Read More


NBR chairman's WhatsApp number 'hacked'

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- The National Board of Revenue says that the WhatsApp social media account of Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan "has been hacked". The tax collection agency's Public Relations Offi... Read More


Another firefighter succumbs to burns from Tongi chemical warehouse blaze

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- A second firefighter has died from severe burn injuries suffered in a blaze at a chemical warehouse in Gazipur's Tongi. Mohammad Nurul Huda, 38, who was assigned to the Tongi ... Read More


Government report on Bangladesh Bank heist probe pushed back for second time

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- The deadline for the government-formed committee to submit its report and recommendations on the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist has been extended for the second time, pushing it... Read More


Over 50 detained as simultaneous Awami League processions sweep through Dhaka

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- Police have detained more than 50 people after supporters of the Awami League, banned from political activities, and its affiliates staged fresh anti-government protest marches... Read More


New York airport attack makes Awami League's future more uncertain, says BNP's Amir Khosru

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- Awami League activists' harassment of BNP and National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders who accompanied Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to the UN General Assembly session in New York h... Read More


Verdicts in 6 plot graft cases against Hasina, family by November: ACC chief

Bangladesh, Sept. 24 -- Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Abdul Momen has said the verdicts in six corruption cases against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family over irregulariti... Read More


Journalist Mostafigur Rahman's peace photography exhibition opens in New York

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Marking the International Day of Peace, Bangladeshi photojournalist Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman, popularly known as Mustafiz Mamun, has opened his third solo exhibition in New Y... Read More


ACC brings two charges against former land minister Saifuzzaman over 'Tk 750mn bribery'

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- mer land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, accusing him of taking bribes amounting to Tk 750 million from two businesses. His wife, Rukmila Zaman, former chairperson of th... Read More