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ICT allows interrogation of ex-AL MP in custody

The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed the Investigation Agency to interrogate former Awami League lawmaker ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury in custody on April 16 in connection with the killing of six people during the July uprising in Chattogram...

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US lawmakers threaten new sanctions on Russia

A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed legislation that would slap sanctions on countries friendly to Russia if Moscow disrupts on-going negotiations to end the Ukraine war...

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EX-MP for Kishoreganj-5 held in Meherpur

The police in a drive arrested former lawmaker for Kishoreganj-5 constituency (Bajitpur) Afzal Hossain from Meherpur district town on Monday....

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Philippine House votes to impeach VP Sara Duterte

Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday voted to impeach vice president Sara Duterte, who has fallen out spectacularly with the country’s leader, paving the way for a Senate trial that could see her removed from office...

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MASS UPRISING: Ex-AL MP Abdul Aziz arrested, sent to jail

A court in Sirajganj on Tuesday sent former Awami League lawmaker for Sirajganj-3, Md Abdul Aziz, to jail in a case of attempted murder during the July-August mass uprising, a day after he was arrested at the capital’s Kalabagan area Monday night...

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Rupa Huq terms APPG report on Bangladesh as ‘one-sided’

British lawmaker Rupa Huq has criticised a ‘one-sided account’ of Bangladesh’s interim government, led by chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus, alleging it was falsely presented under the banner of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth, causing confusion...

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US House begins work on Trump immigration crackdown

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to expand pre-trial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects as a new Congress unified under Republican control works to deliver on Donald Trump’s vow to crack down on illegal immigration...

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Iran lawmakers for relaxing hijab bill

Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday...

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Ex-AL MP Shafia arrested in murder case

A former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat, Safia Khatun, was arrested Saturday evening at Balughat of Pallabi area in the capital in the case of killing Akram Khan Rabbi during the July-August mass uprising.

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Suborna Mustafa, husband not allowed to fly aboard

Awami League’s former lawmaker for reserved seat for women actress Suborna Mustafa and her husband filmmaker Badrul Anam Saud were barred from flying aboard at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday morning...

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UK parliament to debate assisted dying law

British lawmakers will hold a landmark debate on Friday on a divisive and emotive bill that could set the UK on its way to legalising assisted dying for terminally ill people...

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Former MP Shahjahan Omar, ex-secy Mohibul sent to jail

A court in Jhalakathi on Thursday sent a former Awami League lawmaker for the Jhalakathi-1 constituency, Barrister Shahjahan Omar, to jail in a case over vandalising the Kathalia unit office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2023...

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RAB arrests ex-Sunamganj-5 MP Manik

The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday evening arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Sunamganj-5 constituency Mohibur Rahman Manik from Bashundhara residential area in Dhaka.

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DB arrests ex-AL lawmaker Shahidul Islam

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former Awami League-backed lawmaker Shahidul Islam Milon, elected from Jashore Sadar constituency, from Dhaka’s Gulistan area on Thursday.

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Ex-minister Sadhan arrested, ex-MP Rozy on remand

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch on Thursday evening arrested former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area while a Dhaka court placed former Awami League lawmaker Masuda Siddique Rozy on two-day remand in a murder case...

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Ex-lawmaker Enamul beaten in prison

Former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-4 constituency Enamul Haque took primary treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital after he was reportedly beaten by fellow prisoners in Rajshahi Central Jail on Wednesday...

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Ex-MPs HBM Iqbal, Abu Zahir under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday decided to initiate an inquiry against former Awami League lawmaker and the chairman of the Premier Bank, HBM Iqbal, over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption...

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Court slaps travel ban on ex-MP Solaiman, wife

The Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge court on Monday issued an international travel ban on former Awami league lawmaker Solaiman Hoque Jorader and his wife Aktari Joarder on charge of amassing illegal wealth...

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US lawmakers reach deal to avoid shutdown

US congressional leaders announced a deal on Sunday to extend funding for the federal government until mid-December, averting a contentious shutdown just weeks ahead of the election...

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Ex-AL lawmaker Selim Altaf, two cops remanded afresh

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday placed former Awami League lawmaker from Kushtia-4 constituency, Selim Altaf George, and two police personnel on fresh remand in two cases filed for incidents during the student-led mass uprising...

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Ex-minister Golam Dastagir, ex-MP Selim Altaf remanded

Separate courts in Dhaka and Narayanganj on Wednesday placed former minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and an ex-Awami League lawmaker for Kushtia-4 constituency, Selim Altaf George, on remand for different terms in separate cases of murders during the recent student-led mass uprising...

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Ajmeri Osman’s driver arrested

Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested the private car driver of Ajmeri Osman, son of late Jatiya Party lawmaker Nasim Osman and a nephew of former Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman, in connection with the case of killing Tanwir Muhammad Taqi...

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