Alamgir Hossain had nearly lost all hope. For 42 days, he and fellow Bangladeshi migrant Siraj Uddin were held hostage in a Libyan hideout -- shackled, beaten, and starved by human traffickers demanding ransom from their families in Bangladesh.
At least two dengue patients died while 337 were hospitalised in the 24 hours until yesterday morning.
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to take steps for freezing and confiscating foreign assets owned by S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, his wife Farzana Parveen, their children, and one son-in-law in Singapore.
The BNP yesterday urged the Election Commission to swiftly complete all preparations for the election and ensure a conducive environment for it.
The Jamaat leader said this while addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka this afternoon.
The Election Commission (EC) has received approval from the foreign ministry to begin voter registration of Bangladeshi expatriates in five additional countries, including the US.
The Awami League must be brought to justice as its chief, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is solely responsible for the killings of thousands of people, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
The candidates will be able to access their results after 2:00pm, either online or via SMS
Shamim Ahmad, former chief of correspondents of UNB, passed away at a hospital in the capital yesterday morning.
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday replaced Mujibul Haque Chunnu with Shameem Haider Patwary as secretary general.
