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Jailed ex-MP Murshedy hit with travel ban over 'attempt to flee'

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- A court has imposed a travel ban on Abdus Salam Murshedy, a former MP and ex-vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation, who is currently in jail. The order was issued on S... Read More


Interim govt 'turned minorities into 2nd class citizens', says Prof Robaet

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The interim government has turned religious and ethnic minorities into "second-class citizens" over the past one and a half years, Dhaka University Professor Robaet Ferdous says. "Th... Read More


Bangladesh eyes purchase of rail coaches, wagons from Pakistan: report

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Bangladesh has reportedly expressed keen interest in buying freight wagons and passenger coaches from Pakistan after being offered rolling stock at prices lower than those quoted by o... Read More


Bangladesh to buy Boeing jets in bid to cut US tariffs, trade gap: advisor

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The interim government is planning to buy aircraft from Boeing as part of efforts to reduce tariffs imposed by the United States and narrow the trade deficit between the two countries... Read More


Over 500,000 expats cast postal ballots ahead of Bangladesh polls

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- More than 500,000 expatriate Bangladeshis have cast their votes in the upcoming general election through the postal ballot system, according to election officials. According to the E... Read More


Security forces move to ease fears amid clashes, violence before polls

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Abdur Rahim Farazi, a political activist in Bhola's Monpura, had been eagerly preparing to vote. Until recently, the area seemed calm. Then a clash on Friday between rival parties sho... Read More


Ctg Port remains operational despite strike, chairman says

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- SM Moniruzzaman, chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority, has said operations at the country's main port remain normal despite an ongoing strike by workers and employees. He made t... Read More


Certainty or surprise: Dhaka braces for an election shaped by rupture and rivalry

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Every election in Dhaka carries its own memory. Of sweeps and shutouts, of streets that once decided outcomes before ballots were cast. Yet as campaigning enters its final stretch, th... Read More


Seven years on, Dhanmondi double murder verdict delayed again

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- A Dhaka court has postponed the verdict in the murder case of Afroza Begum and her domestic aide Diti, who were killed in a Dhanmondi home in 2019. The verdict was set to be delivere... Read More


Pelosi to back Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg in high-stakes New York primary

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to endorse Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F Kennedy, in his bid for a hotly contested House seat in New York City. According to a ... Read More