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The government told Tarique Rahman he could bounce back to Bangladesh whenever he wants because they'll hook him up with an emergency travel document in like 24 hours. Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain said the acting BNP chairman just needs to say the word, and officials will process a...

The court pushed back the investigation deadline for the Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi double homicide yet again, marking the 122nd extension since the couple got killed at their West Rajabazar apartment back in 2012. Their kid was home when it happened, and authorities have been fumbling this...

A new report showed that most leather factory employees at the Hemayetpur industrial zone are getting completely screwed over on pay and safety standards. The Bangladesh Tannery Workers Union and Solidarity Center dropped these findings after checking out 121 facilities and talking to 225 people...

BNP scrapped all their Victory Day events because Khaleda Zia is still stuck in the ICU at Evercare Hospital without any improvement. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi broke the news at a press conference and shot down any talk about flying her overseas for treatment since the medical team hasn't greenlit that...

The court basically told those nine cricketers to pound sand when they tried getting back on the BPL auction list through legal petitions. Bangladesh's High Court tossed out all three cases after hearing arguments from both sides, and the cricket board's lawyer confirmed the whole thing got shut...

Kenya just kicked off a massive road project bankrolled by Chinese companies for about $1.5 billion. President William Ruto was pretty hype about it because the country gets over 170 kilometers of new roads without adding more debt or cranking up taxes. China Road and Bridge Corporation is...

Some Hindu groups are throwing together a prayer thing at the Dhakeshwari Temple for Khaleda Zia, the former PM who's been having health problems. The Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad and another religious committee are running the event, and they put out a statement saying they're worried about...

A blaze started up in the newly built Cabinet Building over at the Secretariat in Dhaka when an exhaust fan outside had some kind of electrical issue. The problem happened on the ninth story of the 20-story structure, and flames spread down to the level below it. Fire crews sent three units...

Three people got killed and another person caught serious injuries after rival groups went at each other over a land beef in Kurigram's Nageshwari upazila. The whole thing popped off in Hailatari village when tensions over property ownership finally blew up into deadly violence. Police...

Bangladesh brought back Shamim Hossain to their T20 squad for the series decider against Ireland after the teams split the first two games. The 25-year-old left-handed batter has played 46 matches for the national side, and he's supposed to add some firepower to the middle batting order as they...

Two dudes got executed outside the Khulna court after showing up for their arms case hearing, and attackers rolled up with guns plus bladed weapons before bouncing from the scene. Fazle Rabbi Rajon and Hasib walked out of the Metropolitan Court building when the crew jumped them, leaving one...

Britain's Home Office dropped around 15.8 million pounds yearly on taxi rides for asylum seekers before deciding to kill the program starting in February. People waiting on immigration decisions will need to catch buses instead, even when medical stuff gets urgent, and the government turned down...

Tarique Rahman stays outside Bangladesh while his mom, Begum Khaleda Zia, battles serious health problems, and people keep asking why the BNP acting chairman hasn't returned to Dhaka yet. The guy says he needs to stick around London because doctors might call for her emergency transport through...

Croatia's economy hit the brakes during the summer months after stats showed growth dropping to around 2.3 percent compared to last year's third quarter. The slowdown came after spring numbers looked stronger at 3.6 percent, and economists weren't exactly shocked since monthly data already...

Neujay grabbed the Male Vocalist award at the Central Music Awards, and the dude went full emotional thanking basically everyone who helped him get there. Jude Acquah dropped a whole gratitude post for fans who streamed his tracks, the team that kept him grinding, and family plus friends who...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa blasted the US for spreading garbage claims about white people getting killed in his country, and he called out Donald Trump for pushing fake genocide stories about Afrikaners. Trump skipped the G20 summit in Johannesburg and banned South Africa from the...

Catholic bishops went after Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu for his Parliament comments about Wesley Girls' High School, and they called his take needless plus unfortunate. Bishop Matthew Gyamfi from the Catholic Bishops' Conference said the government can't force religious rules on mission...

Ghana's Interior Minister is sounding alarms about Muslim students getting forced to hide while praying at some mission schools, and he singled out Wesley Girls' High School for allegedly making kids spy on each other to stop Islamic worship. Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka warned that blocking basic...

Ghana's exam results took a nosedive this year, and math got absolutely destroyed with the failure rate jumping from 6% to almost 27%. Social Studies became another disaster zone with failures climbing to over 27%, while Integrated Science and English also saw massive drops in student...

A Ghanaian lawmaker went off on Daddy Lumba's family after some relatives hopped on TV and started trashing the late highlife star's reputation. Collins Adomako-Mensah basically told them to knock it off because the musician belongs to the whole country after entertaining people for over four...