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The court took a statement from the auto rickshaw driver who was with Sharif Osman Hadi when he got shot. The driver, Kamal Hossain, was brought before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate, Md Jamshed Alam, by the police. They requested his testimony be officially recorded because he witnessed the...

Three people tied directly to the main suspect in that political murder have given confessions in court. The wife, the girlfriend, and the brother-in-law of Faisal Karim Masud all admitted some involvement in the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi. Their names are Saheda Parvin Samia, Maria Akter...

A court in Dhaka has ordered a ballistics test on evidence from the killing of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. The order came from Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Mohammad Junaid after investigators requested it. He specifically told the ballistics branch of the...

Cops picked up another guy connected to that shooting of the Inqilab Moncho spokesperson, Sharif Osman Hadi. The arrest went down at a residential hotel in the Adabor area of Dhaka. This guy is a 32-year-old named Himon Rahman Shikder. The police say he is tight with Alamgir, the motorcycle...

Well, here's a take from across the border. A former Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, Riva Ganguly Das, just weighed in on the whole Tarique Rahman situation. She told an Indian news outlet that his comeback to Dhaka might actually calm things down politically over there. She called his...

So the BNP's acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, just told a crowd that keeping things peaceful and orderly is the absolute top priority right now. He was speaking at this big welcome rally out in Purbachal, which is basically a suburb of Dhaka. His whole pitch was about how everyone needs to stay...

Okay, the big thing just happened over in Bangladesh. The BNP's acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, finally came back to the country after being gone for over seventeen years. His plane, a Biman Bangladesh flight, touched down first at the airport in Sylhet, the Osmani International Airport. It...

The acting chairman of the BNP, Tarique Rahman, has landed in Dhaka. His flight from Sylhet touched down at the main international airport mid-morning. This follows his initial arrival in Sylhet earlier that day from London, ending an absence from the country lasting over seventeen years. He was...

The plane carrying Tarique Rahman has left Sylhet for the capital. It departed the local airport there after a brief stop, following a long flight originating in London. The aircraft is scheduled to land at Dhaka's main international airport shortly. BNP supporters and party officials have...

BNP's acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, returned to the country after almost seventeen years abroad. His flight from London landed at Sylhet's international airport in the morning. After a short stop there, the plane continued on to the main airport in Dhaka. He traveled with his wife, Zubaida...

Three women died after a train hit them in Gazipur's Kaliganj area. The accident happened near Arikhola Railway Station in the Tekpara locality. The Noakhali-bound Upakul Express struck them as they walked along the tracks. The victims were Kamala Begum, age fifty-five, from Narsingdi's Shibpur...

The Bangladesh Premier League starts its new season in Sylhet, with the opening match featuring the Sylhet Titans against the Rajshahi Warriors. Another game that same day pits the Noakhali Express against the Chattogram Royals. Online tickets are reportedly sold out. Players see this tournament...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has seized control of the Chattogram Royals franchise right before the tournament starts. Owner Kayum Rashed asked the board to take over, citing severe financial trouble from a lack of sponsors due to damaging rumors about team integrity. BCB official Iftekhar...

A helicopter crash on Mount Kilimanjaro killed everyone on board, five people total. Tanzanian authorities confirmed the accident happened near Camp Barafu, at an elevation of around fifteen thousand four hundred feet. The victims included two tourists from the Czech Republic. Officials stated...

Rashmika Mandanna posted Christmas vacation photos on Instagram. The Animal actress shared casual pictures with a simple holiday greeting. In one image, she wore a black coat and hat, posing near a tree. She and fellow actor Vijay Deverakonda were spotted leaving Hyderabad together ahead of the...

Ameesha Patel discussed her friendship with fellow actor Salman Khan. She called him a phenomenal person and an amazing actor, sharing her hope for his long life and continued success with blockbuster films. She wished him the best in health and wealth as his birthday approached. The two...

The rapper known as Diddy is asking an appeals court to free him from prison. His legal team filed a request with the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan. The artist, age fifty-six, is currently serving a four-year sentence at FCI Fort Dix in a special drug treatment unit, with a...

Mariah Carey just won a legal round concerning her Christmas anthem. Songwriters Andy Stone and Troy Powers, from the band Vince Vance & The Valiants, had sued her for twenty million dollars. They claimed her 1994 song All I Want for Christmas Is You copied their 1989 track with the same title...

The spiritual thriller Trikanda might come out next January. Its producer, Srinivas, said they are looking at a January 23 release, though nothing is final. They want to target devout audiences, specifically timing it after many return from pilgrimages to Sabarimala. The film stars Mahendran and...

Channing Tatum honored the late actor James Ransone, who died at forty-six. Tatum posted a tribute on his Instagram Story, calling Ransone one of the realest people he knew. The two had worked together on the 2011 crime film The Son of No One, directed by Dito Montiel. Tatum wrote he had no...