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Bangladesh paves way to compensation for victims of enforced disappearances, torture

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The interim government has taken a key step towards allowing compensation and rehabilitation for victims of torture and enforced disappearance by withdrawing a long-standing declarat... Read More


NCT lease: Chittagong Port Authority warns of punishment if protests turn 'chaotic'

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has warned of disciplinary action against employees involved in protests against the government's decision to lease out the New Mooring Container ... Read More


Cooperation between Bangladesh and China must go on, says Chief Advisor Yunus

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- A delegation of the China-Bangladesh Partnership Forum has met Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna. The delegation included senior Chinese academics, invest... Read More


Dipu Sana's death - a life and its dreams brought to an end

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The death of Dipu Sana alias Dipanwita Biswas brought to an end a life and all dreams of a family two years ago. Dipu was an assistant director at the Bangladesh Bank. She had a thr... Read More


Coercing or intimidating voters can impact national stability, says UK MP Blackman

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- Robert John Blackman CBE MP, a senior British parliamentarian and member of parliament for Harrow East, has expressed concern over recent political developments in Bangladesh, warnin... Read More


RAB arrests 3 murder suspects 'mistakenly' freed from jail without bail

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested three suspects in a murder case who were "mistakenly" released from Mymensingh Central Jail without securing bail. The three accused we... Read More


Tarique asks why Jamaat was in alliance for five years if BNP was 'bad'

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- Tarique Rahman has publicly challenged Jamaat-e-Islami over its past alliance with the BNP, asking why the party remained in coalition for five years if it now portrays the BNP as "b... Read More


Ex-advisor Asif Mahmud says he vacated ministerial home a month after resignation

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- Two months after resigning from the interim government, former student advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has protested a bdnews24.com report that he continued to reside in a house m... Read More


Government destabilising country with NCT foreign deal before election, says BaSaD's Masud Rana

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The Socialist Party of Bangladesh's (BaSaD-Marxist) Central Coordinator Masud Rana has said the government is destabilising the country ahead of the parliamentary polls by signing a ... Read More


Fire in Banani residential building brought under control after an hour

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- A fire that broke out in a residential building in the capital's Banani Chairmanbari has been brought under control after almost an hour of efforts. The Fire Service received the re... Read More