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Pro-Jamaat law officers’ exit 'political stunt': BNP
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Pro-Jamaat law officers’ exit 'political stunt': BNP

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has described the simultaneous resignation of 18 Jamaat-e-Islami-backed law officers from the Attorney General's Office as a “political stunt”. It also called on the attorney general to ex...

26 'AL men' among 118 arrested in DMP crackdown
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26 'AL men' among 118 arrested in DMP crackdown

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) says it has arrested 118 people in a single day, including 26 members of the Awami League and its associate organisations, whose activities are banned. Two separate media statements issued by the DMP on Tues...

Jamaat activists accused of beating journalist in Dhaka
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Jamaat activists accused of beating journalist in Dhaka

Jamaat-e-Islami activists have allegedly attacked and beaten a journalist following a protest in Dhanmondi Road No. 32 in Dhaka. The victim, Mahfuzur Rahman Shishir, is a multimedia reporter for the Dainik Sokal. The News multimedia repor...

Former MP and JaSaD leader Mosharraf Hossain dies
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Former MP and JaSaD leader Mosharraf Hossain dies

Former lawmaker from Lakshmipur-4 and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD-Inu) vice president Mosharraf Hossain has died. He was 78. He passed away at a private hospital in Dhaka around 1:30 am on Sunday while undergoing treatment, said Mahbub...

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