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65-year-old businessman hacked to death in Bangladesh’s Sylhet
A 65-year-old businessman was hacked to death in Sylhet’s Shahporan area early Monday, police said.
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Bangladesh police seek seven-day remand of actor Don in Salman Shah murder case
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) investigators have sought a seven-day remand of actor Ashraful Haque Don in a murder case involving legendary film star Salman Shah.
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Bangladesh NCP accuses BNP government of failing key promises in first 180 days
Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP) on Monday accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government of failing to deliver on key promises during its first 180 days, citing problems in the economy, energy, law and order, healthcare, and state institutions.
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Bangladesh tribunal jails three journalists in July Uprising case
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Monday ordered journalists Shyamal Dutta, Mozammel Babu, and Farzana Rupa jailed after showing them arrested in a crimes against humanity case linked to July Uprising.
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Bangladesh tribunal sends Saifur Rahman Saif to jail. Prosecutors say witnesses named him in Ilias Ali case.
International Crimes Tribunal-1 sent Bangladesh Air Force wing commander Saifur Rahman Saif to jail after rejecting his bail request in a crimes against humanity case over the 2012 enforced disappearance of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader M. Ilias Ali.
Agriculture
Bangladesh farmers face fertilizer squeeze as domestic production collapses
Severe gas and raw material shortages have halted production at five of Bangladesh’s seven fertilizer factories, deepening reliance on imports and fueling panic among farmers.
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Bangladesh’s rural women face steep barriers as cataract backlog reaches 1 million
Bangladesh has about 1 million people awaiting cataract surgery, with rural women facing some of the steepest barriers to treatment, according to the Bangladesh Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (BSCRS).
Agriculture
Bangladesh fertilizer shortage drives farmers to raid dealer warehouse
More than 200 farmers in northern Bangladesh gathered at a fertilizer dealer’s warehouse Sunday and later broke in, taking 197 sacks of urea amid shortages, according to local media.
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Nearly 100,000 inmates strain Bangladesh’s overcrowded prison system
Bangladesh’s prisons are holding more than twice their designed capacity, placing severe pressure on medical care, sanitation, staff, and inmates’ basic rights, two experts said in a discussion organized by The Daily Star.
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Tarique Rahman moves key Bangladesh ministers. Performance reviews are driving changes.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has carried out his first cabinet reshuffle, targeting performance and coordination problems while signaling that ministers will remain under review, The Daily Star reported Sunday.