On January 24, 1988, police opened fire on a procession which was escorting the motorcade of the then Awami League President Hasina while she was going to address a rally in the port city against the regime of then military dictator HM Ershad.
The court said the Bengali word "kumari" must be removed from marriage registration forms. The word is used to describe unmarried women, but it can also mean "virgin".
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court today rejected a libel suit filed against former premier Khaleda Zia on charges of “distorting the history” by claiming that her late husband Ziaur Rahman was the nation's first president. Dhaka's
Dhaka: A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in which 74 people, including 57 military commanders, were killed.Dhaka's Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge
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