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Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia

AFP, Damascus A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him over charges of “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” during the

Islami Bank accuses ex-president Shahabuddin, S Alam and 36 others of Tk500cr embezzlement

Bank files complaint with ACC seeking investigation into alleged fraud TDS Desk: Islami Bank Bangladesh has filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against former president Mohammed Shahabuddin and

Expelled Jamaat MP Nazrul gets bail in attempted murder case

Court Reporter: The High Court has granted eight weeks’ anticipatory bail to Gazi Nazrul Islam, the Satkhira-4 constituency MP expelled from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, in an attempted murder case filed at

Death in Saudi fire: 13 Naogaon people identified

Naogaon Correspondent: Out of the 16 Bangladeshis killed in a fire at a sofa factory in Manfua area of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, 13 are from Naogaon district. Of the

Driver flees, leaves Tk 37mn gold haul

Staff Reporter: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) has seized gold worth around Tk 37.5 million from a suspicious vehicle outside Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport. The CIID said the

River sand could be Bangladesh’s ‘white gold’

TDS Desk: Semiconductor chips are the driving force behind today’s digital economy and form the foundation of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G communications and electric vehicles. Amid