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November 22, 2024, 2:11 pm

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Ex-PP Rahman placed on 5-day remand in Sirajganj ICT: Toby Cadman made special adviser to chief prosecutor Dengue claims 9 more lives in 24hrs Anu Muhammad calls for clear election timeline Farooki: Liberation war spirit revived through 2024 uprising Expectation very high; will do everything to hold free, fair and credible polls: CEC Nasir Fuel price reform could cut Tk10 for diesel, Tk11 for petrol: CPD Introduce ‘maximum punishment’ for ‘blasphemy’, HC suggests JS Khaleda attends AFD celebration at Senakunja Reconsidering deals with India will take time: MoFa

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Papia, husband awarded 27-year imprisonment in arms case

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court today sentenced expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon to 20-year imprisonment in an arms case. Dhaka Metropolitan

Cabinet gives nod to death penalty for rape

Staff Correspondent: The cabinet has given final approval to the revised draft of the Prevention of Violence against Women and Children Act, 2000, with the provision of death penalty as

Rape incidents continue amid widespread protests

Staff Correspondent: Despite widespread protests against rape and the government’s plan to toughen the law in this regard, the incidents of rape, gang rape and molestation never seem to decline

Death of Sylhet man allegedly in police custody triggers protests

FBD Desk: Locals blocked the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway for half an hour at Akhalia area after a young man died allegedly in police custody in Sylhet city on Sunday afternoon. The

Betel farmers in Maheshkhali trying turn around

Jafor Alam from Cox’s Bazar: Betel farmers of Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar affected with the corona pandemic are trying to turn around with a hope to survive. According to the

Rakhine protests crimes against humanity in Myanmar

University Correspondent: The Rakhine community of Bangladesh has organized a human chain programme in Dhaka to protest against the crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar army against the ethnic