Bangladesh

Two brothers of Shaheed Abu Sayed met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka on Wednesday. The brothers brought good wishes from their parents, saying they were moved to tears when Professor Yunus spoke about the sacrifice of Abu Sayed and the other martyrs in his historic speech in the United Nations General Assembly ...

Arrested actress Shomi Kaiser and private television channel Gaan Bangla’s chairman Koushik Hossain Taposh have been placed on a three-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman placed them on a three-day remand each after the bail hearings of them. At that time, the investigation officer (IO) Uttara West Police Station’s sub-inspector Mrittyunjoy Pundit Mithun pleaded to the court to place both ...

Rafiqul Islam Madani, popularly known as ‘Shishu Bokta’, has been exempted from the charges of four cases filed under Digital Security Act (DSA). Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Nur-e Alam passed the order on Wednesday after accepting a plea for the Islamic orator. Public prosecutor Md Rafikul Islam said the four cases were filed with Tejgaon, Motijheel, Paltan and Gacha Police ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Awami League presidium member and former minister Amir Hossain Amu from Dhanmondi area in the capital on Wednesday. Rezaul Karim Mallik, chief of the DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), confirmed the arrest. He added that Amu faces several murder cases. He will be produced before a court and remand has been sought for ...

One hundred eighty three more Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from war-torn Lebanon arrived in Dhaka early Wednesday. With them, a total of 521 Bangladeshi nationals have returned home from Lebanon through nine flights. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment, and International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomed the repatriated Bangladeshis at Shahjalal International Airport, ...

Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) started two-day introductory meeting in Dhaka on Tuesday setting the stage for future negotiations on a Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation Agreement aimed at elevating bilateral relations. Additional Foreign Secretary (Bilateral) Dr Md Nazrul Islam and Deputy Managing Director of the Asia and Pacific Division at the European External Action Service Paola Pampaloni are leading ...

The door of Kuwait Airways plane has broke down as the boarding bridge-6 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital suddenly collapsed. The incident took place at Kuwait Airways flight KU-283, a Boeing 777-300 aircraft, at about 2:20AM on Wednesday, shortly after the passengers had got down. No casualties were reported in the incident. According to airport sources, the ...

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called for unified action to address lead and heavy metal poisoning, describing it as a “hidden crisis in Bangladesh that needs urgent and focused attention.” Speaking at the national workshop “Lead-Free Bangladesh: How Do We Get There?” in Dhaka, Rizwana stressed the necessity for a comprehensive plan to identify and reduce exposure to toxic ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former lawmaker Maj (retd) Abdul Mannan over corruption allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jakir Hossain passed this order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Mohammad Shamim Khandaker, deputy assistant director of the anti-graft body, filed the plea with the court. The ACC in its plea said ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn the excise duty on inbound and outbound airfare for hajj pilgrims, as well as the value-added tax (VAT) on three types of service charges for reducing overall hajj expenses. “Costs for hajj pilgrims were increasing due to rising airfares and other factors. To make hajj expenses more affordable, excise duty and VAT ...