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Missing Guns: Can Bangladesh’s arms crackdown ensure peaceful polls?

TDS Desk: As the national election approaches, law enforcement agencies have stepped up operations to recover illegal firearms, aiming to prevent violence, sabotage and broader security threats. As in previous

13th National Election: Higher-education students emerge as five-million-strong voting bloc

TDS Desk: The schedule for the 13th parliamentary election sets February 12, 2026, for both the national poll and a referendum. Under the constitution, every citizen aged 18 or above

Bullet-hit Hadi airlifted to Singapore

TDS Desk: The air ambulance, equipped with all emergency facilities for a critical patient, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport carrying bullet-hit Dhaka-8 aspiring independent candidate Sharif Osman Hadi to Singapore

ICT prosecution files appeal to enhance Hasina’s sentence to death

BSS: The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, seeking enhancement of the sentence awarded to ousted prime

Complaint filed against journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Shaon, model Maria and 1 other

Staff Correspondent: A complaint has been filed at a police station against journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon and two others over alleged cyber crimes. The complaint was lodged

‘Where is law-and-order deterioration?’ asks CEC, says attack on Hadi will not impact polls

Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said the recent attack on Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi is an isolated incident and does not indicate any deterioration