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Mirza Abbas put on five-day remand in violence case

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday placed main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party standing committee member Mirza Abbas on a five-day remand in a violence case filed with

Garment workers in Bangladesh block roads in fair wage protest

Shawdesh desk: Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers put blockade on roads in Dhaka on Wednesday demanding fair wages for clothing they make for major Western brands, with at least two

BNP leader Alal placed on 5-day remand

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday placed main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party joint secretary general Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal on a five-day remand in a case filed

Keep lower court judges out of court vacation purview in Dec, EC requests CJ

Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh Election Commission on Wednesday requested the chief justice to keep designated lower court judges out of the subordinate Courts’ annual vacation purview in December. The EC

Two arrested over killing cop during Saturday violence: DMP chief

Shawdesh desk; Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman on Sunday said that two people were arrested for their suspected involvement in attacking and killing police constable Amirul Parvez during clashes

Poor presence at educational institutions amid hartal

Shawdesh desk; Presence of the students in different educational institutions in the capital was low on Sunday during the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

PM Hasina wants to develop Bangladesh enriched with knowledge, science

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government wanted to build developed Bangladesh enriched with knowledge and science maintaining global standard. ‘I want to tell one

CID identifies BNP central office in Dhaka as ‘crime scene’: DMP

Shawdesh desk; Dhaka Metropolitan Police officials said that the Criminal Investigation Department had identified the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party central office at Naya Paltan in Dhaka as a crime