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Search committee for Election Commission to be declared soon: Asif Nazrul

Shawdesh desk: A search committee has been formed to establish the Election Commission, law affairs adviser Asif Nazrul said on Tuesday. ‘The recommendation has been submitted to the chief adviser

Tycoons close to Hasina siphoned off $17bn from Bangladesh, BB governor tells Financial Times

Shawdesh Desk: In an interview with the Financial Times, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan Mansur accused powerful business tycoons of siphoning off $ 17 billion from the banking sector of the

Ex-housing minister Mosharraf arrested

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch on Sunday afternoon arrested former housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain from Basundhara Residential area in Dhaka in a murder case. Confirming

Bangladesh’s ICT summons 14 politicians, 6 law enforcers over crimes against humanity

Shawdesh desk: The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday ordered the jail authorities to produce 14 high-profile politicians, a retired Supreme Court judge, five former police officers, and a dismissed army

Interim govt should operate according to constitution: Fakhrul

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that the interim government should operate within the constitutional framework avoiding any imprudent steps. ‘The only

President removal uncertain as BNP yet to decide

Shawdesh Desk: The decision regarding the issue of the president’s removal appears to have become uncertain as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday took time to discuss the matter in

Six killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Narsingdi

Shawdesh Desk: Six people were killed as a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Itakhola-Katiadi road in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi on Saturday. The identities of the deceased could

Army chief meets with chief adviser Professor Yunus

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman called on chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Saturday. General Waker-uz-Zaman briefed the chief adviser about his