Bangladesh

Bangladesh Workers Party president and former minister Rashed Khan Menon, arrested over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement at New Market area in the capital, has been placed on a five-day remand by a court. On Friday, following a hearing, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Haider passed the remand order. Earlier, the ...

Nearly 45 lakh people have been affected by the ongoing flood in 11 districts across the country. Md Kamrul Hasan, secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief informed this at a press conference on the overall flood situation on Friday (August 23) afternoon. He said according to received information a total of thirteen people , including 11 men and ...

US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), an old friend of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, is likely to visit Bangladesh next week. He will meet Professor Yunus, civil society members, and media representatives during his forthcoming visit, a diplomatic source told UNB on Friday. Durbin, according to his schedule, may arrive in Dhaka on Monday. This will be the ...

The death toll from floods in the country has risen to 13, leaving more than 36 people affected after heavy rains caused major rivers to burst their banks in 12 districts across the country. Among the deceased – four killed in Cumilla, three in Cox’s Bazar, two in Chattogram one each in Feni, Brahmanbaria, Noakhali and Lakhsmipur. Besides, two people ...

Cases are being filed across the country against the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several ministers, leaders and political allies of her party on various charges including murder. Five more cases were filed against Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Narsingdi and Narayanganj on Wednesday night and Thursday. Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Awami League General Secretary and former Bridges Minister ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke met with the Honourable Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh H.E. Professor Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka Wednesday 21 August. The UK is a longstanding partner and friend of Bangladesh and the two countries share a strong and enduring relationship, solidified by their deep people-to-people links and shared Commonwealth values. The UK ...

Workers Party President and former lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon was arrested in Dhaka on Thursday. Md Obaidur Rahman, Additional Deputy commissioner of Media and Public Relations Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said detectives detained Menon, also a leader in the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, from Gulshan area of the capital at around 5PM on Thursday. He will be produced before ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) now sought travel bans on former chief of Detective Branch (DB) of police Harun or Rashid, now the additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, and his wife Shireen Akter. The ACC sent a letter to the Special Branch (SB) of police in this regard. The ACC took the decision as it decided to investigate allegations against ...

A team of the United Nations (UN) on Thursday arrived in Dhaka on an eight-day visit to discuss the process for investigating human rights violations in light of the recent violence and unrest. “A team from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will be visiting Dhaka from August 22 to August 29, 2024 for preliminary discussions ...

BNP Standing Committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been acquitted in a money laundering case filed in 2014. Judge Abul Kashem of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 handed down the judgement on Thursday.