A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the seizure of assets belonging to former State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, including a five-katha plot in Uttara and 23.21 acres of land in Dinajpur, as part of an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation. The order was issued on Tuesday by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Fayez following an ACC petition, court ...

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on former Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader and 13 former senior government secretaries in connection with a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The order was issued on Tuesday by Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Foyez following an application by the ACC, court officials confirmed. According to the ...

The ongoing political tension between Bangladesh and India will not affect the country economy, said Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday. Salehuddin made the remarks after attending a meeting of the Cabinet Committee. ”What happened with cricketer Mustafiz is very unfortunate. We did not initiate such an issue. However, the political tension between India and Bangladesh will not have ...

The members of the Rapid Action Battalion recovered 11 airguns from a bush of a tea garden under Shrimangal upazila in Moulvibazar on Sunday night. RAB-9 media officer KM Shahidul Islam Sohag said that a team of the battalion, acting on secret information, conducted a drive at Satgaon of Satgaon Tea Garden under the upazila at around 8:00pm on Sunday. ...

Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges at a defiant appearance in a New York court Monday, two days after being snatched by US forces in a stunning raid on his home in Caracas. Maduro, 63, told a federal judge in Manhattan “I’m innocent. I’m not guilty.” Smiling as he entered the courtroom ...

Australia were 377 for six at tea on the third day of the fifth Ashes test at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday, closing on England’s first-innings tally of 384. * Australia skipper Steve Smith was unbeaten on 65 at the break alongside Cameron Green, who was eight not out. * Travis Head earlier scored his third century of the series, ...

A section of media is attempting to defame individuals who were at the forefront of the mass uprising, said National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam. Tahrima Jannat Surovi’s incident was part of that continued effort to malign such individuals. Nahid made this allegation while visiting residence of Tahrima, who was granted bail and released from jail on Monday night. ...

Supporters and activists of Inqilab Moncho have started their pre-announced ‘March for Insaaf’ from Shahbaghin the capital for their four-point demands, including justice for their slain leader Sharif Osman Hadi. The march started around 11:30AM on Tuesday, chanting different slogans like– Delhi Na Dhaka, Dhaka Dhaka; Rokto Bonyay, Veshe Jabe Onnay. The platform’s aim to mobilise public opinion demanding justice. ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-9) recovered four air guns along with ammunition from Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district early Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, a RAB-9 operational team conducted a search in a bamboo grove inside a mahogany garden around 1:15 AM in the Kamudpur area under Alinagar union in the upazila. During the search, they found four air guns wrapped ...

A condolence message from Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the death of BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia was formally handed over to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday. The message was delivered by the Chief Adviser’s Private Secretary, Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, at the BNP Chairperson’s office in Gulshan, according to party sources. In ...