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Chhatra Dal changes rally venue at request of NCP

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the BNP, has moved the venue of the rally it had announced from the Central Shaheed Minar to Shahbagh for its Aug 3 programme as pe... Read More


Tribunal to decide on Abu Sayed murder indictments on Aug 6

Bangladesh, July 30 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has concluded the hearings on whether to frame charges in the case over the killing of Abu Sayed, a student at Begum Rokeya University, during ... Read More


Dhaka University set for major facelift as govt clears Tk 28.40bn project

Bangladesh, July 30 -- The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project worth Tk 28.40 billion to overhaul Dhaka University's ailing infrastructure. Under the p... Read More


Fresh case filed against 5,500 over attack on NCP rally in Gopalganj

Bangladesh, July 30 -- A fresh case has been started over the deadly unrest surrounding a National Citizen Party (NCP) rally in Gopalganj. The latest case, filed by Gopalganj Sadar Police Station Ins... Read More


Five arrested over attack on Hindu homes in Rangpur

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Police have arrested five people in connection with the attack on homes belonging to the Hindu community in Rangpur's Gangachara Upazila sparked by rumours of blasphemy. The Ch... Read More


Eight sentenced to death for murder of Sylhet school student

Bangladesh, July 30 -- A Sylhet court has sentenced eight people to death and another seven to life in prison in connection with the 2021 murder of school student Sumel. Judge Syeda Amina Farhin of t... Read More


Top court acquits ex-AL leader Mobarak Hossain in war crimes case, overturning death sentence

Bangladesh, July 30 -- The Supreme Court has acquitted former Awami League leader Md Mobarak Hossain in a war crimes case, overturning his 2014 death sentence on appeal. A five-strong Appellate Divis... Read More


Ex-chief justice Khairul Haque remanded over graft, judicial fraud charges

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Police have been granted seven days to grill former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in their custody in connection with a case accusing him of issuing "illegal rulings" with mal... Read More


Parties differ over appointment of caretaker chief, women's seat structure in parliament

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Disagreements have surfaced among political parties over how to appoint the head of a proposed caretaker government and how to structure women's representation in parliament, as... Read More


Haunted by 2017, hunted again in 2025: Mobs leave Gangachara's Hindu families scarred and scattered

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Religious tensions have resurfaced in Rangpur's Gangachara where homes of minority Hindu families came under attack following rumours of blasphemy over the weekend in scenes chi... Read More