Bangladesh

At least seven people have been killed in a tragic road accident in Daudkandi of Cumilla. The accident occurred around 3:00am on Monday night in the Hasanpur area on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway, when a rice-laden truck lost control and fell into a roadside ditch. The deceased were identified as Afzal Hossain (35), son of Md Azad from Khalibpur area of ...

A court on Monday showed former Social Welfare minister Md Nuruzzaman Ahmed, 70, arrested in a murder case filed at Jatrabari Police Station in connection with the anti-discrimination student movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque passed the order following a plea by the case’s investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Md Abdul Karim of Jatrabari Police Station, State Prosecutor Shamsuddoha Sumon said. ...

A court on Monday sent former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Lt Gen (retd) Sheikh Mamun Khaled Chowdhury to jail in a case filed over the attack on the BNP central office in Nayapaltan and the killing of a party activist named Makbul. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam passed the order, defence lawyer ...

The outgoing High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram, MP, at the Parliament House in Dhaka on Monday. During the meeting, both sides discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral relations, with emphasis on parliamentary diplomacy, economic cooperation, connectivity, and enhanced people-to-people contact between ...

A petition has been filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking an investigation into possible irregularities and corruption in the procurement of vaccines for measles and other diseases. Supreme Court lawyers Biplob Kumar Das and Barrister Sanaullah Noor-e-Sagar submitted the application to the ACC Chairman on Monday. In their petition, the lawyers expressed deep concern over recent reports of child ...

India is set to resume visa services for Bangladeshi nationals, including medical and business visas, from next week, according to the Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir. Speaking to journalists at the Secretariat on Monday (13 April) after a meeting, Humayun Kabir said the decision has been agreed upon by New Delhi, marking a positive development in bilateral relations. ...

Telenor Group President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer on Monday met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this morning, Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman said.

Former law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday. He was 89. Shafique breathed his last around 5:30pm while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital, Supreme Court senior lawyer ABM Altaf Hossain told the media. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, Altaf added. The former minister is survived by two sons ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government has set a “unique precedent” in parliamentary democracy by disposing of 133 ordinances within a short time during the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. He made the remarks at a press briefing held at the Ministry of Home Affairs conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday, focusing on the ...

Former speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been released from the Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail in Gazipur. The bail documents of the former speaker reached the prison on Sunday afternoon, Senior Jail Superintendent Kawalin Nahar told the media. After verification, she was released from jail around 6:30pm, Nahar added. Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court granted bail to Shirin Sharmin ...