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Chief Justice Refaat to give farewell address Dec 14

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed will deliver his farewell speech to the nation's judges on Dec 14, ahead of his retirement later that month. He is set to retire on Dec 27 as he reac... Read More


MPO inclusion: Special school teachers' sit-in enters 33rd day

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Teachers from schools for people with disabilities are continuing their sit-in outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, pressing for MPO inclusion along with four related demands. ... Read More


Bangladesh records 7 dengue deaths, 567 hospital admissions in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Bangladesh has reported seven more deaths due to dengue fever, while 567 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the disease in the past 24 hours. The total number of hosp... Read More


ACC investigating DNCC administrator Azaz over alleged power abuse, bribery

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an inquiry against Mohammad Azaz, the administrator of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), on allegations of abuse of power, ir... Read More


Judge astounded over Hasina's 'stunning greed for wealth'

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A stunned silence swept across the packed courtroom when Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun paused mid-observation and asked: "Sheikh Hasina is a political leader, a four-time prime mi... Read More


Demand for MPO inclusion: Teachers' sit-in on day 26, 'finance ministry siege' withdrawn

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Teachers have held a sit-in protest for the 26th straight day demanding the inclusion of all recognised non-MPO educational institutions under the government's monthly pay order (MPO... Read More


Another mild quake strikes Bangladesh in the span of a week

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Bangladesh has been shaken by another tremor in the span of a week, even before the panic from four quakes in two days had fully subsided. Rubaiyat Kabir, an official at the Seismic... Read More


Arakan Army abducts 12 Bangladeshi fishermen on two trawlers

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Members of Myanmar's Arakan Army armed insurgent group have captured two trawlers and abducted 12 more fishermen at work in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Cox's Bazar's Teknaf Up... Read More


The others sentenced in the Purbachal plot graft cases against Hasina, her children

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Eighteen other people have received jail sentences alongside ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul in three cases over cor... Read More


Govt secondary teachers threaten shutdown, boycott of exams to push for demands

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Teachers of government secondary schools have gathered at the premises of Shikkha Bhaban, the headquarters of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), on Abdul Gani ... Read More