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  SC upholds bail to Faridpur brothers’ associate

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:46am on May 24, 2021

  The Appellate Division on Sunday dismissed a government petition seeking a stay on the bail granted by the High Court to Anwar Hossain, an associate...

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  Child denied bangles, ribbons for Eid ‘kills self’

  United News of Bangladesh . Faridpur | Updated at 10:10am on May 07, 2021

  An 8-year-old child in Faridpur reportedly committed suicide on Thursday after her poor parents failed to buy her bangles and ribbons ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The...

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  Custodial torture, death antithetical to rule of law

  | Updated at 12:00am on May 04, 2021

  THE death of a man in the custody of the Detective Branch in Faridpur once again brings to the fore the worrying pattern of custodial...

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  Man dies in DB custody, family alleges torture

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:37am on May 03, 2021

  A man who was on a five-day remand in a case filed over the violence at Saltha in Faridpur over Covid restrictions died in custody...

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  Man dies in DB custody, family alleges torture

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:08pm on May 01, 2021

  A man, who was on a five-day remand in custody of Detective Branch of Police in Faridpur, died on Saturday morning. The deceased, Abul Hossain,...

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  SC upholds cancellation of road contracts

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:22pm on April 19, 2021

  The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the Local Government Engineering Department’s cancellation of road construction contracts given to Faridpur Awami League leader Sazzad Hossain Barkat’s...

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  Fearing arrest, most Saltha men flee villages

  United News of Bangladesh . Faridpur | Updated at 09:54am on April 12, 2021

  An uneasy calm prevails in 70 villages of Faridpur’s Saltha as almost all the men have gone into hiding following cases filed in connection with...

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  Time for the government to look inward and stand corrected

  | Updated at 12:00am on April 09, 2021

  THE police having so far arrested 13 people in a case that the police filed on April 6 night against more than 4,000 people, including...

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  4,000 people sued over attacks on govt offices, cops in Faridpur

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:19am on April 07, 2021

  Police filed a case against over 4,000 unnamed people for Monday night’s attack on upazila administrative office, Saltha police station, office of the assistant commissioner...

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  1 killed in clash with police in Faridpur

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:22am on April 06, 2021

  One protester was killed and at least three others were critically injured as the police opened fire on mobs agitating against anti-COVID-19 restrictions in Saltha...