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Bring disciplined forces under NHRC scope: dialogue  

Human rights activists and senior lawyers on Saturday urged the government to bring the country’s disciplined forces under the jurisdiction of the National Human Rights Commission clearly to ensure their accountability for rights violations.

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Ctg court accepts 1st charge sheet

A metropolitan magistrate court in Chattogram on Thursday accepted the charge sheet against 231 people, including former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, in the case of...

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Inu 1st detained politician to face charges

The prosecution on Thursday submitted crimes against humanity charges against detained Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal–Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu for his alleged role in the violent crackdown on the July uprising protesters.

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Rescuing July uprising from partisan appropriation

I first considered calling this essay Political Zionism. But what matters more than terminology is the kind of politics that has taken root since last July in Bangladesh, and how, a year later, we are using that event as a tool of partisan gain in the name of...

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Ex-DMP chief ordered shooting, says witness

A police officer on Tuesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that he had received a wireless message from the then DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman on July 17, 2024, ordering the use of maximum force against the July protesters and...

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BB, Prime Bank launch training for SMEs

A month-long entrepreneur development training programme titled ‘Entrepreneurship Development Program’ has been launched under an initiative of the Bangladesh Bank and in collaboration with Prime Bank PLC, said a press release.

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Bangladesh govt raises edible oil price

The government on Monday decided to increase the price of edible oils by Tk 1 per litre following a demand by the refiners to make an upward adjustment in the prices by Tk 10. 

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Graffiti on July movement inaugurated at Padma Bridge

Home affairs adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday inaugurated murals titled ‘July Heroism’ and ‘July Sacrifice’ at the Mawa end of the Padma Bridge, commemorating the martyrs of the July uprising.

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Prime Bank partners with Aamara Active

Prime Bank PLC has recently entered into a strategic partnership with Aamara Active, a pioneering corporate boutique gym, through a formal signing ceremony held at the bank’s corporate office in Gulshan.

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Families for DNA tests on bodies buried at Rayerbazar

A group of families of those killed and buried as unidentified individuals in Rayerbazar graveyard in the capital’s Mohammadpur area during the 2024 July–August mass uprising have called for immediate DNA tests to identify them.

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Nahid seeks trial of errant members of all forces

National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday urged the government, the two International Crimes Tribunals, and the ordinary courts to bring to justice those responsible for crimes during the July 2024 mass uprising and for enforced disappearances under the Awami League’s 15-year authoritarian rule, regardless of which force they belong to...

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Prime Bank, BFIU host AML, CFT training

A daylong training programme on ‘Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism (AML & CFT)’ was held recently in Moulvibazar.

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7 non-govt pry teachers hurt as police foil march

Police foiled the non-government primary school teachers’ march towards the chief adviser’s official residence Jamuna by firing sound grenades and spraying water on the protesting teachers in the capital Dhaka on Monday.

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Prime Bank Investment wins four awards

Prime Bank Investment PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has been crowned with four titles at the International Business Magazine Awards 2025...

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Govt considering reducing life imprisonment term: adviser

Bangladesh interim government home adviser Lieutenant General, Retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the government is considering reducing the life imprisonment term to a reasonable period from 30 years aimed at releasing older prisoners.

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BURNING BODIES AT ASHULIA: Trial of ex-MP Saiful, 15 cops begins 

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday began the trial of former independent lawmaker for Dhaka-19, Muhammad Saiful Islam, along with 15 former police personnel, over the killing of nine protesters at Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka during the July 2024 mass uprising.

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US envoy agrees to prisoner swap: Taliban govt

Washington’s special envoy Adam Boehler made a rare visit on Saturday to Kabul, where he said the United States would move forward with a prisoner exchange, according to the Taliban government...