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CUCSU election: Chhatra Dal announces full panel led by Sajjad, Shafayet

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has announced its full panel for the upcoming Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) election. JCD Central Committee General ... Read More


Biman pilot in trouble after flying to Jeddah with wrong passport

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- A Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot has landed in hot water in Saudi Arabia after mistakenly travelling with his mother's passport instead of his own. Captain Muntasir Rahman fl... Read More


51% of the population, but Islamist parties resist even 5% direct quota for women MPs

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- A final draft of the July Charter, prepared by the National Consensus Commission, proposes that political parties nominate at least 5 percent female candidates for the 300 dire... Read More


1,000 yaba tablets found in passenger's stomach at Dhaka airport

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has arrested a passenger carrying 1,000 yaba pills in his stomach near Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport. The arrestee has been identif... Read More


Man dies in clash between 2 BNP factions in Narsingdi power struggle

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- A man has been shot and killed in a clash between two BNP factions in a power struggle in the Char area of Narsingdi Sadar Upazila. At least five people have been injured in t... Read More


Padma erosion in Manikganj Chars: 'We are losing everything'

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- Hundreds of families have lost their homes and farmland due to the severe erosion of the Padma River in Manikganj's Harirampur Upazila, leaving them destitute. Since June this... Read More


176 Bangladeshi detainees return home from Libya

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- A total of 176 Bangladeshi nationals held in a Libyan detention centre while trying to migrate to different countries in Europe, have returned home after their release. They a... Read More


Controversial health sector contractor Mithu to be interrogated for 5 days

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- Police have received five days to question Motazzerul Islam Mithu, a key figure in alleged corruption in the health sector, on allegations of embezzlement and money laundering ... Read More


Evaly's Rassel, Shamima handed three more years in prison in another case

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced Mohammad Rassel, the CEO of e-commerce platform Evaly, and his wife Shamima Nasreen, the company's chairman, to three years in prison in another fra... Read More


Media reforms have fallen short of expectations, says Nahid

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- Nahid Islam, the convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), says the media landscape has not seen the expected reforms after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in the ... Read More