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No need to distort crime with any label, DMP's Nazrul comments on militancy

Dhaka, July 3 -- Three days after Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali claimed there were "no militants in Bangladesh", one of his senior colleagues took a different tone,... Read More


Patiya Police Station chief removed amid NCP, anti-discrimination activists' protests

Dhaka, July 3 -- Patiya Police Station chief (OC) Abu Zayed Md Nazmun Noor has been sacked from his role following daylong protests and a highway blockade by the activists of the National Citizen Part... Read More


ACC launches inquiries into five more senior NBR officers linked to protests

Dhaka, July 3 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched fresh inquiries into five more officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), including commissioners, over allegations of corrupt... Read More


2 convicts whisked away, 20 injured in attack on police station in Lalmonirhat

Dhaka, July 3 -- Two convicts have been forcibly taken from police custody after a mob stormed the Patgram Police Station in Lalmonirhat, leaving at least 20 people injured. The incident occurred aro... Read More


Rohingya youth Noor Mostafa to be recognised as 'July martyr'

Dhaka, July 3 -- Rohingya youth Noor Mostafa, who was shot dead during the student-led mass uprising last year, will be officially recognised as a July martyr, Information Advisor Mahfuj Alam has said... Read More


Fled the war, but now they starve. Hundreds of Bawm families return to ruin from India's Mizoram

Dhaka, July 3 -- After a year in exile in India's Mizoram state, 70-year-old Damun Bawm and his family returned to Bangladesh hoping to reclaim their lives. But back in Bandarban's remote hills, he fo... Read More


No opportunity for discussing reforms existed in 53 years, says Ali Riaz

Dhaka, July 3 -- Political parties are having informal discussions among themselves on reform proposals, which has inspired the National Consensus Commission, says the body's Vice Chairman Ali Riaz. ... Read More


US extends 'full support' to Yunus's plan for reforms, polls: ambassador

Dhaka, July 3 -- The United States has expressed "full support" for Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's roadmap to rebuild state institutions and facilitate a democratic transition through free and fair el... Read More


3 get life in prison for murder of Italian national Tavella in Dhaka, BNP leader acquitted

Dhaka, July 3 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced three people to life in prison for the murder of Italian national Cesare Tavella, who was shot dead in 2015 in Gulshan's diplomatic area. BNP leader MA Qu... Read More


Muradnagar rape case: Police get 3 days to question 4 suspects in custody

Dhaka, July 3 -- A Cumilla court has granted a three-day remand to police to question four people arrested in a case under the Pornography Control Act linked to the alleged rape of a Hindu woman and t... Read More