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CID wrapped up their probe into Colonel Khandaker Nazmul Huda getting murder during the wild 1975 military chaos and basically said the killing happened, but nobody alive can get charged. His daughter filed the case decades later when she was grown, naming former president Ziaur Rahman and some...

A former Chhatra Dal boss said BNP's Narayanganj-2 pick, Nazrul Islam Azad, threatened to beat him up and kick him out of the neighborhood because he backed a different candidate. Abu Hanif Russel Bhuiyan used to run the district student wing and claims Azad went off on him for supporting...

China is dropping a massive project at Dhaka University to build housing for female students, and Ambassador Yao Wen said construction should kick off early next year after years of planning. The Bangladesh-China Friendship Hall is getting financed by the Chinese government with a budget of...

Bangladesh's U19 squad stomped Nepal after wrecking Afghanistan earlier in the Asia Cup tournament at the ICC Academy Ground. Mohammad Sobuj and Saad Islam bowled Nepal out for a pathetic 130 runs before Zawad Abrar went off with an unbeaten 70 that had seven boundaries and three sixes. The team...

A Dhaka court handed cops five days to grill three people connected to the guy who shot Sharif Osman Hadi from Inqilab Moncho. The accused are Saheda Parvin Samia, who's married to shooter Faisal Karim Masud, plus his friend Maria Akter Lima and brother-in-law Wahid Ahmed Sipu. Magistrate...

Bashundhara Shuvosangho got people together at Jakob Tower in Char Fasson to read old letters that freedom fighters sent back and forth with family during the war. Members got pretty emotional going through messages that showed how brutal things were, plus the determination fighters had to kick...

A Dhaka court told authorities to yank a specific batch of Nestlé KitKat off shelves after a food inspector from Dhaka South City Corporation filed paperwork saying the chocolate was sketchy. Kamrul Hasan claimed batch number 44399139 lacks proper registration and clearance from standards...

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus dropped a Victory Day statement saying the interim government is wrapping up major reforms to get Bangladesh running properly after decades of authoritarian mess-ups. He said the country won independence back in the 70s after a brutal nine-month war, but...

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...