Bangladesh

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday called the interim government to remove officials who conducted mass killing in favour of the fascist government soon and replace them with honest and deprived officials. “We are seeing those individuals (officials), who helped the fascist government and were involved in the killings, in the administration. We no longer ...

Former Information Minister and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu from the Uttara area of the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested him at Uttara in the capital on Monday (August 26). Inu served as the information minister under an Awami League-led coalition government during 2012-2019. He was key ally of Awami League party, which was ousted from power ...

Coordinator Hasnat Abdullah was critically injured after clashes broke out between students and Ansar personnel near the Secretariat in the capital on Sunday night. He is currently receiving treatment at the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Eye witness said at least 40 people were injured during a chase and counter-chase between the students and the ansar members. ...

Janmashtami, one of the major festivals of the Hindu community commemorating the birth of Lord Sri Krishna, is being celebrated countrywide on Monday with due religious fervour and gaiety. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Vishnu incarnated in this world as Sri Krishna in the prison of Raja Kangsa on this day — the eighth day of the dark fortnight in ...

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has said a free, fair and participatory election will be held in the country after necessary reforms to administration, judiciary, the Election Commission (EC), electoral system and law-order sector. “A free, fair and participatory election will be held after necessary reforms to administration, judiciary, the Election Commission, electoral system, law-order sector and free flow ...

Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed urged investors from the United States to invest more in Bangladesh’s agriculture, energy, climate change-related and other sectors. He made this call to the US while talking with reporters after a meeting with Helen LaFave, Chargé D’affaires of the US Embassy, Dhaka at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday (August 25), reports UNB. “The US is ...

The flood situation in five districts –Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Feni, Cumilla and Chattogram- continues to improve. According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), the water level of major rivers in north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern regions of the country keeps falling. In its bulletin FFWC mentioned that no significant rainfall was observed in eastern Cumilla, Brahmanbaria and Feni districts bordering ...

Interim government’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged China to relocate some of its solar panel factories to Bangladesh in an effort to boost the country’s green transition and exports. Chinese manufacturers “can relocate” solar panel factories to Bangladesh, which will help Bangladesh diversify exports and help transition into a green economy, the 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate said. ...

Police detained former lawmaker and Awami League’s publicity and publication secretary, Abdus Sobhan Miah alias Golap, from Nakhalpara in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. Mobarak Hossain, officer-in-charge of Tejgaon Police Station, said they picked up Golap for interrogation around 2:45pm. Golap was elected parliament member from the Madaripur-3 constituency in the 2018 general election.

A murder case has been filed against 11 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over the death of Md Abdur Rahim, a former deputy assistant director (DAD) of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), who died in prison. Advocate Abdul Aziz, son of Abdur Rahim, filed the case on Sunday with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Akhtaruzzaman. Other accused ...