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Border guards said they still have no clue if the guys who shot Sharif Osman Hadi actually made it across to India through Mymensingh. Colonel Sarkar Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman told reporters that BGB and cops ran a joint sweep looking for Philip Snal, who allegedly helped attackers bounce to...

Bashundhara Shuvosangho threw a memorial event in Chapainawabganj to remember when the district got freed during the war, and Md Asifur Rahman ran the whole thing as district president. The gathering happened at Harimohan High School's mango orchard, where people talked about Bir Sreshtho...

A bunch of water and sanitation groups got politicians together at a Dhaka hotel to push for clean water and hygiene promises in their election platforms. The Network of WASH Networks, which is ten different organizations working with WaterAid Bangladesh, hosted the whole thing with reps from...

Barrister Ahsan Habib Bhuiyan went after five people in court because they apparently ghosted everyone on refunds after Atif Aslam's concert got scrapped. The accused are Kazi Rafsan from Main Stage Inc., Briti Sabrina Khan, Chologhuri Limited as a company, plus Asif Iqbal and Promi Islam, who...

Home Adviser Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Chowdhury told reporters that DUCSU's three demands about nabbing the people who shot Osman Hadi make sense, and the government plans to follow through. DUCSU Vice President Abu Shadik Kayem brought a crew of 14 to the Secretariat after marching from campus, and...

Prosecutors at the International Crimes Tribunal want Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to get the death penalty instead of life sentences for crimes against humanity during the July Mass Uprising. The appeal got filed with the Supreme Court's Appellate Division...

The High Court shut down the Bangladesh Brick Manufacturers and Owners Association when they tried to join a public interest case about illegal kilns. Justice Mohammad Mujibur Rahman Mia and Justice Mohammad Hamidur Rahman made the call after lawyers from both sides argued their positions. The...

Chhatra Odhikar Parishad wants the home affairs adviser gone after he apparently dropped the ball on arresting anyone for shooting Sharif Osman Hadi, who was on the front lines during the July Uprising and ran for MP in Dhaka-8. President Nazmul Hasan basically told the chief adviser that people...

A group of DUCSU members rolled up to the Secretariat to meet with the Home Affairs Adviser about VP Osman Hadi getting shot. Shadik Kayem, who heads up DUCSU as vice president, brought nine other people with him. They started their march from campus around midday, but cops tried blocking them...

Ashraful Alam from Uttaran Protibondhi Sangstha spoke at the Braille Book Donation Program 2025 in Bashundhara Residential Area, which was organized by Bashundhara Exercise Book and View Foundation. He mentioned that educated people with disabilities can achieve self-reliance and freedom, noting...

Jatiya Chhatra Shakti blocked traffic at Shahbagh to demand that the home adviser resign after cops failed to grab anyone connected to the Osman Hadi shooting. The student group says law and order tanked across Bangladesh, and they want somebody to take the fall for security problems that keep...

Bangladesh Cricket Board dragged their feet announcing the Premier League until like three months out, and franchises got stuck building rosters in under two months while better international players had already signed elsewhere. Rajshahi Warriors took a hit because at least four overseas guys...

India handed out citizenship papers to 36 people from Bangladesh under their Citizenship Amendment Act, with Odisha taking 35 applicants and Assam processing one woman who married a local guy. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi ran a ceremony for the new citizens while explaining how the...

Bangladesh economist Mohammad Abdur Razzaque told a conference crowd in Dhaka that the government needs to hustle on diplomatic channels to push back their least developed country graduation because the economy is not ready for what comes after. The Research and Policy Integration for...

Politicians in Bangladesh are getting nervous about their safety heading into election season after somebody shot Sharif Osman Hadi, who was running as an independent for Dhaka-8 and speaks for Inquilab Mancha. Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya from the Centre for Policy Dialogue mentioned at some...

Bangladesh's election chief AMM Nasir Uddin brushed off the shooting of Inqilab Moncho rep Sharif Osman Hadi as some random thing that happens sometimes, and he said the vote will keep rolling no matter what went down in Dhaka. The commission stays ready to run everything with all parties...

Bangladesh's state-owned Pragoti Industries teamed up with Toyota to start selling vehicles through their factory under the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation, and Industries Secretary Md Obaidur Rahman showed up to celebrate the whole thing. The first shipment dropped 36 HiAce...

Victory Vixens grabbed the women's trophy at Padel Slam 2.0 after Fariha and Briana beat Navera and Tashfia from Tinny Terrors in three sets at Bashundhara Sports City. The intermediate men's bracket went to Counter Attack when Tysir and Palak knocked off Midlife Crushers, and the advanced...

Sharif Osman Hadi is still stuck in critical shape at Evercare Hospital after getting shot, and doctors say his brain scans show zero improvement. Neurosurgeon Abdul Ahad mentioned the guy's lungs are running on life support while his kidneys work fine, but the brain damage keeps everyone...

The CDC dropped a Level 2 travel warning for Americans heading to Bangladesh, Cuba, Sri Lanka, and China's Guangdong Province because chikungunya cases are blowing up in those spots. The mosquito-borne virus has no cure, but there's a vaccine out there, and symptoms hit you with high fever plus...