A Chittagong court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of ISKCON monk and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagaran Jote, Chinmoy Krishna Das, labelling him an accused in a sedition case. Despite being represented by a team of 11 lawyers from the Bangladesh Supreme Court, led by Apurba Bhattacharya, …
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TOP United Nations officials have called for a peaceful and democratic transition in Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned. Hasina had on Monday resigned and fled the country in the face of massive anti-Government protests, which claimed many lives in recent weeks. Secretary-General António Guterres “continues to closely follow …
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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Bangladesh have arrested 11 Nigerians over their involvement in a Facebook scam, a Bangladeshi online newspaper, bdnews24, reports. The Nigerians were arrested alongside one Bangladeshi on charges of obtaining money from people under the false pretence of exchanging their Bangladeshi Taka into US dollar. The …
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