Bangladesh

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Awami League presidium member and former agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque. He was arrested from the Eskaton area of the capital Monday evening, DB police said. Confirming the arrest, DB police additional commissioner Rezaul Karim said there were several cases against him. It has not yet been decided in which ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed grave concerns over the government’s failure to arrest the ‘cadres’ of the Awami League and its associate bodies, who were involved in shooting students during protests against Sheikh Hasina’s regime. “Why have the Chhatra League and Jubo League cadres and activists, who shot at students, still not been arrested?” he ...

The Public Administration Reforms Commission has recommended raising the maximum age for applying for public service jobs to 35 years for men and 37 years for women. The committee chief and former adviser of the caretaker government Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury shared the information at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Monday. He said the final decision will be taken in the ...

The Mirpur-10 metro rail station will reopen on Tuesday (October 15). Mohammad Abdur Rauf, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), made the announcement during a press conference at the DMTCL office at Uttara on Monday. He also noted that the headway between trains on Fridays will be reduced to 10 minutes starting October 18. Earlier, on July ...

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan Monday urged manufacturers to adopt responsible practices to produce sustainable electronic goods. She also asked consumers not to leave the use of items prematurely due to fleeting trends. The adviser stressed the importance of proper e-waste management as the government is committed to implementing the E-Waste Rules 2021. Speaking at a ...

Worker of eight ready-made garment factories at Kochukhet area, adjacent to Dhaka Cantonment, are staging demonstration for due salaries, blocking the road. Around 10,000 workers have blocked the Cantonment-Mirpur 14 road since Monday morning. Following the blockade, traffic jam was created from Mirpur 14 to Kochukhet. Al Amin, one of the protesters, alleged that they have not received our salaries ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Sunday paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. During the meeting, the Army Chief briefed the Chief Adviser about the ongoing activities of the Army besides exchange of greetings. Meanwhile, the Chief Adviser gave the necessary guidance to the Chief of Army Staff, according to ISPR.

The 55th World Standards Day will be observed Monday as the day is being observed every year for creating awareness on goods and services across the world. The theme of the day is ‘Our Shared Vision for a better world’. Bangladesh is also set to observe the day in line with the theme like other countries in the world with ...

Durga Puja, the largest religious festival for the Hindu community, has come to a close through the immersion of the goddess’s idols in the waters on the tenth and final day of the Puja — Dashami — on Sunday. As per tradition, members of the community bid farewell to Durga with oil, vermillion, and betel-sugar.  They believe that the goddess ...

International Crimes Tribunal’s chief prosecutor Advocate Tajul Islam has said judges will be appointed to the tribunal this week to try the mass murders happened in July centering the quota reform movement. He disclosed it to reporters on Sunday (October 13). Though it was a holiday, members of the International Crimes Tribunal held a meeting at its office at Dhanmondi ...