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IGP unaware of 11-day ‘special alert’ directive

Staff Correspondent: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam has said that the entire months of July and August are under heightened alert. However, he stated that he has no

‘Most of those who ordered genocide to be tried by December’

Staff Correspondent: The trial of most of those who ordered the genocide in the July-August anti-dictatorship uprising will be completed by December, said Mohammad Tajul Islam, the Chief Prosecutor of

Rizwana calls for stronger action against wildlife traffickers, tiger poachers

Staff Correspondent: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday called for stronger action against those involved in trafficking and poaching of wildlife including tigers. “We must

Govt land can no longer be sold at token price: Finance adviser

Staff Correspondent: Buyers can no longer purchase government land at nominal rates and have to pay fair prices, said Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed told reporters at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

EC to unveil draft electoral roll with more than 4.45mn new voters on Aug 10

Staff Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) will finalise the updated voter roll in August ahead of the 13th parliamentary election. Before that, a draft list will be published on Aug

Even Pakistani forces didn’t commit as heinous crimes as fascist Hasina: Asif Nazrul

Staff Correspondent: Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul has said that even Pakistani occupation forces did not commit as heinous crimes in 1971 as Sheikh Hasina did during