Bangladesh

A murder case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others for killing a grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed in police firing. Abu Sayeed was killed in police firing in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on July 19. Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of Mohammadpur, filed the case with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury ...

Four newly appointed judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court were sworn in on Tuesday (August 13). Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to the four judges at the Supreme Court Judges’ Lounge around 10:45am. Those who took the oath are Justice Jubayer Rahman Chowdhury, Justice Sayed Mohammad Ziaul Karim, Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice ...

The United States had no role in ousting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who recently quit her position and fled the country, the White House said on Monday, calling allegations of US interference “simply false.” “We have had no involvement at all. Any reports or rumors that the United States government was involved in these events is simply false,” White ...

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday claimed the “same mob” is threatening the home affairs adviser of the interim government to suffer the same fate as his mother. In his verified Facebook page, the former ICT Adviser of Sheikh Hasina said that the home affairs adviser asked Awami League to reorganise as a big ...

Demand for a three-day holiday during the Hindu community’s religious festival, Durga Puja, is relevant said Home Affairs Adviser Brig Gen (retd ) M Sakhawat Hossain on Monday. He said this when the top leaders of the Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance met him at the conference room of the Home Ministry, reports UNB. Regarding the demand of the Hindu ...

Major General Md Faizur Rahman has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of DGFI (Directorate General of Forces Intelligence). The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) confirmed the matter in a press release on Monday (August 12). Major General Md Nasim Parvez has been appointed as the Commandant of MIST (Military Institute of Science and Technology), and Major General Abdul ...

Traffic police started performing duties on various roads in the capital from Monday morning after about one week of work abstention due to insecurity after the fall of Hasina government. Students were seen managing traffic on the roads in the capital and other parts of the country in the last few days, reports UNB. Members of the traffic police are ...

Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain has ordered to surrender firearms, which were looted from the police stations across the country, within seven days. “Operation to recover the looted arms will start if the weapons are not submitted by next Monday (August 19). And if we get those arms to anyone, stern action will be taken against ...

Newly appointed Chief Justice Sayed Refaat Ahmed paid tributes to the martyrs of 1971 Liberation War by placing floral wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on Monday. He placed the wreath at 7am and signed the visitor’s book there. The chief justice left the area around 7:30am. Later, he went to the Central Shaheed Minar and placed a wreath ...

A total of 42 members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police were killed in attacks by angry mobs during the recent quota reform movement. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam said this after visiting the injured police members at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital in the capital on Sunday. He said two RAB members and forty ...