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The inquiry commission has found deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her some high ranking officials` involvement in enforced disappearance in Bangladesh. The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance found the prima facie involvement of fallen prime minister Sheikh Hasina, its Chairman retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury said while handing over the commission`s report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday.

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Police and local residents on Thursday locked a group of suspected robbers inside a branch of Rupali Bank at Chunkutia in south Keraniganj, Dhaka. Police surrounded the bank branch and are urging the robbers to surrender, according to witnesses.

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Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus` statement about the next elections are unclear and disappointing, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today (19 December). Speaking at a press briefing held at the BNP Chairperson`s Gulshan Office, he said, "I think there is no problem if the Election Commission takes preparations for conducting elections as they have already been formed. This can be done very quickly.

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Former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has confessed that he intentionally shut down the internet nationwide during the July mass uprising on the orders of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. He was questioned by the International Crime Tribunal and his testimony was recorded yesterday (18 December), Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam told journalists.

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The United States on Wednesday welcomed plans by Bangladesh`s interim leader to hold elections after a student-led uprising toppled long-ruling Sheikh Hasina. "We welcome steps that have been taken by this interim government of Bangladesh to prepare for elections that ultimately will allow the Bangladeshi people to choose their own government representatives," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.

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Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain is set to attend an emergency meeting in Bangkok today with regional counterparts to review the current situation in Myanmar. Organized by the Thai government, the meeting includes foreign ministers and senior officials from Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, China, Laos, and Cambodia.

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On Thursday 12 December, the Bangladesh government announced a ban on e-cigarette imports, ostensibly believing this move would curb e-cigarette usage and improve public health. However, history—and compelling evidence—suggests otherwise. Far from reducing access, such bans have consistently fueled thriving black markets, transforming a public health initiative into an enforcement nightmare. By replicating India’s misstep with a similar prohibition, Bangladesh risks aggravating the very challenges it seeks to address.

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US President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown, as the White House accused him of "playing politics." Staring down a Friday night deadline to fund federal agencies, party leaders in Congress had agreed on a "continuing resolution" (CR) to keep the lights on until mid-March and avoid having to send public workers home without pay over Christmas.

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Youth Climate Warriors expressed their determination to build livable cities at Satkhira Urban Youth Climate Conference-2024. For this reason, they also demanded to take initiative by the state. On Wednesday (December 18) research organization BARCIK organized the conference. In the morning, prominent political and cultural personality Kamrul Islam Farooq and Azad Hossain Belal, convenor of the District Citizen Committee, inaugurated the conference by hoisting the national flag.

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Popular small-screen actress Mehazabien Chowdhury will make her silver screen debut on December 20 with the Shankha Dasgupta film `Priyo Maloti`. While the actress and the entire team are now busy promoting the movie, they created a sudden controversy by placing a poster over graffiti at the Student-Teacher Center (TSC) of Dhaka University (DU) of Sohagi Jahan Tonu on Wednesday.

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Four people were killed and 40 others injured in a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi over the control of the venue early Wednesday. The deceased include Amirul Islam Bachhu, 70, from Kishoreganj, Bilal Hossain, 60, from Faridpur, and Tajul Islam, 70, from Bogura.

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Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 556 this year. Among the recent fatalities, two occurred in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), two in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and one in Khulna Division (outside the city corporations).

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Dhaka, December 18, 2024: Nazia Kabir, a partner at the renowned legal advisory firm “Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates” and an advocate at the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, has recently joined the Board of Directors of Prime Bank PLC. as the first female Independent Director.

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