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NCC, political parties continue Bangladesh’s reform talks

The 12th day of second-round reform talks between the National Consensus Commission and the political parties began on Sunday morning to discuss several constitutional issues. The discussion, presided over by

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Protests flare against Mitford murder

Protests against the July 9 killing of a trader allegedly by the activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party affiliated organisations near Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital flared up in Dhaka

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Unidentified attackers hurl two crude bombs near BNP office

Unidentified attackers hurled two crude bombs in front of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Nayapaltan central office on Saturday night. The first explosion happened at about 10:00pm, followed by another blast at

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Police kept inactive to fuel anarchy, delay polls: BNP, wings

Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its three affiliated bodies — Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal, and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal — on Saturday accused the government of deliberately paralysing the police

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Mob violence won’t be tolerated: RAB DG

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General and Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidur Rahman on Saturday said no one will be allowed to take the law into their

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WB Vice President Zutt begins official visit to Bangladesh

Johannes Zutt, the newly appointed World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, arrived in Dhaka on Saturday, marking Bangladesh as his first official tour in the new role.

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Law and order situation deteriorated due to administrative failure: Jubo Dal

In the wake of the brutal killing of a scrap trader in the capital’s old part, Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, has blamed the administrative inaction for

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WHO sends regional director for South-East Asia Saima Wazed on indefinite leave

Saima Wazed Putul, the World Health Organisation’s regional director for South-East Asia, has been placed on indefinite leave, four months after the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh filed two cases against

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