Bangladesh

AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker of Cumilla-6 constituency, Cumilla Shop Owners Association, Cumilla City Mayor Arfanul Haque Rifat Panel Mayor Manzoor Quader Moni, donated Tk 26 lakh to the traders of Bangabazar which was burnt to ashes in a massive fire last week. The Awami League leader handed over a check for Tk 26 lakh to Helal Uddin, president of Bangladesh ...

The country’s total population stood at 16,98,28,911, according to the adjusted population in light of the PEC report of the sixth Population and Housing Census, 2022. Considering the 2.75 percent Net Coverage Error (NCE), some 46,70,295 people have been added to the initially enumerated population and thus the total number of population stood at 16,98,28,911, reports BSS. Out of the ...

Motorcycle will be allowed to ply on the highways, but not on Padma Bridge, during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader stated it to reporters after a meeting ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr at BRTA headquarters in the capital on Sunday. Earlier, the authorities banned motorcycle movement on the highways before Eid-ul-Azha to avert accidents. Quader also ...

If judges are the right hand in the judiciary, lawyers are the left hand, Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique has said. If one hand becomes disabled, then the work will not proceed as desired, he said at a function organised by Faridpur Bar Association on Sunday morning. Chaired by Ohiduzzaman, president of Faridpur district bar association, the meeting was conducted ...

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Sunday (April 9) granted bail to Prothom Alo journalist Shamsuzzaman Shams in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) with Tejgaon Police Station. Magistrate Mohammad Sheikh Sadi of the court passed the order when Shamsuzzaman surrendered before the court and sought a bail in the case. Advocates Ehsanul Huque Samaji and Prashanto ...

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Sunday said that Bangabazar traders, whose businesses burned down in the recent fire at the market, will be able resume business by setting up cots from next Wednesday. “We are hoping that by Wednesday they can set up the temporary bench there and start their business. The place will ...

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq on Sunday stressed the need for enactment of a fresh law to take actions against anti-liberation remarks. “When they (anti-liberation forces) get chances, they make these remarks to make our Liberation War controversial. This is why, I think a fresh law like holocaust general act should be passed here,” he told Parliament, UNB ...

The ruling Awami League has started distributing the party nomination forms for elections to Gazipur, Barishal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rajshahi City Corporations and five municipalities. Organising secretary SM Kamal Hossain received the nomination paper on bahalf of Khulna City Corporation mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleq, while former BCL president Jashimuddin collected the form in-person as Barishal City Corporation candidate. Sayem Khan, ...

Affected traders of Bangabazar, whose businesses burned down in the recent fire at the market, set up temporary shops on the streets and footpaths at the site of the incident on Saturday. Around 800 traders displayed their stocks since this morning. They set up their makeshift shops under the flyover, on the south side of Bangabazar Market. Many traders are ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate has granted five-day remand for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Salim and Uddin two-day remand each for seven others in a violence case. The eight accused were produced in court on Saturday morning. The case investigation officer sought 10-day remand for Muhammad Salim. Meanwhile, another petition was filed seeking the bail of the accused. After hearing from both sides, ...