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Dhaka, February 27 Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, is among the 25 people named in the chargesheet filed by the police in a murder case in the capital during the July Uprising, a media report said on Friday.The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of the police filed the chargesheet...

Dhaka, February 25 According to reports in newspapers on Wednesday, the chief of the northwestern Rajshahi range of the Bangladesh police has ordered that leaders and activists of the banned Awami League, who were released on bail after court orders, be arrested again by "involving them in other...

Dhaka, February 23 Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has alleged that former interim government head Muhammad Yunus attempted to remove him from office several times, days after the new Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) administration took charge.In an interview with leading Bangla...

Dhaka, February 17 Newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers were sworn in on Tuesday, six days after the crucial general elections in the country.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured 209 out of 297 seats, while the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats in the 13th...

Dhaka, February 11 More than half of the polling centers have been identified as "high-risk" for the general elections in Bangladesh, as officials said that 90 percent of them will be under CCTV surveillance, with many police officers deployed in the capital, Dhaka, wearing body cameras...

Dhaka, February 9 The Election Commission of Bangladesh has issued a directive, prohibiting the use of mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centers on election day, sparking protests from right-wing political parties who threatened to besiege its office if the decision is not withdrawn...