UN rights official raises concerns over allegations involving army personnel

Grażyna Baranowska, vice chairperson of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman at the army headquarters

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EC urges ministries to repair damaged educational institutions ahead of polls

Says they are likely to be used as polling centres

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Iran condemns Israeli attack on its territory: embassy

"The Zionist regime must bear full responsibility for the consequences of this aggression"

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DUCSU election: Prof Zashim appointed CRO

Nine other returning officers appointed to help conduct the polls

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Trawlers forced back by rough seas in Cox’s Bazar

Low hilsa catch, turbulent weather frustrate fishers days after ban ends

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BCL leader found dead in Mymensingh

The deceased, Ruhul Amin Akash, 30, was the joint convener of the Kalmakanda upazila unit of the BCL

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Tk 1.08cr heist in Uttara: Police yet to identify, arrest robbers posing as Rab

The heist took place around 8:00am near roads 12 and 13 in Uttara Sector 13. The suspects in a microbus intercepted two motorcycles transporting Nagad staff and fled with the cash

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Former JUST VC Abdus Sattar sent to jail in graft case

Court rejects bail in case over 'illegal recruitment, Tk 61 lakh embezzlement'

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Govt to nearly double food storage capacity

The capacity will be 37 lakh tonnes, up from the existing 22 lakh tonnes

ACC sends letter to UK to seize Bashundhara vice chairman, co-chairman's assets

ACC Chairman also said the commission is optimistic about recovering assets allegedly laundered by former Land Minister Saifuzzaman

Prisons department launches 16191 hotline for inmate and service info

The initiative is aimed at enhancing transparency and improving the quality of public service delivery within the prison system

2 held over minor's rape in Munshiganj

The accused, Md Akash, 25, and Md Hossain Fakir, 28, were arrested in Goalghurni area early today

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Türk concerned over changes in Bangladesh's legislation banning activities of parties

"This [the changes in legislation] unduly restricts the freedoms of association, expression, and assembly," says the UN high commissioner for human rights

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Body of 6-year-old found in Netrokona slaughterhouse

The victim had left home in the morning to attend private tutoring

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Nepal begins commercial power export to Bangladesh

The landlocked Himalayan nation started transmitting 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity

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‘If I don’t keep him in the hole, he collapses’

Three-and-a-half-year-old Gopal Santal, born with a physical disability, faces a life of unimaginable hardship. He is unable to stand, sit, or walk like other children his age. Instead, his mother makes him stand inside a chest-high hole so he can support his own weight when he's being fed, or f

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Prisons department launches 16191 hotline for inmate and service info

The initiative is aimed at enhancing transparency and improving the quality of public service delivery within the prison system

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Govt to train 9 lakh youths by 2028 under 'Earn' project: Adviser Asif

Major focus on women, marginalised groups in job-oriented training initiative

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BNP urges interim govt to inform EC about February polls plan

Calls for prompt action to begin democratic transition

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Ishraque holds DSCC meeting as 'mayor'

Organisers said the event aimed to ensuring a cleaner Dhaka and improve civic services

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'Tk 2,000cr loan scam': ACC probes ex-Bangladesh envoy to UK Saida Muna, husband

The ACC's Money Laundering Unit is conducting the investigation

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