Bangladesh

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday arrested two alleged active members of the banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Turag area of Dhaka. They were arrested conducting raid at about 11:45pm on Thursday at Turag area. The arrested were identified as Jahangir Alam, 34, and Farhad Hossain, 26. Muhammad Talebur Rahman, ...

Former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain was detained in Dhaka on Thursday afternnon. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said the members of Mohammadpur police station detained him. The detailed information will be disclosed later. Meanwhile, Zakir Hossain, a former Awami League lawmaker from Kurigram-4 constituency, was accused in several cases which were ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, Dr Kandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury were exempted from Gatco graft case on Thursday. Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 Judge Abu Taher passed the order after holding a hearing on framing charges in the case. The court, however, framed charges against 12 others accused, including the former chairman of Chittagong Port Authority Commodore ...

The maximum age-limit to enter government jobs has been raised to 32 years. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Advisory Council on Thursday (October 24). A press release says the government gave final approval of the draft ordinance titled, “Maximum Age Limit for Direct Recruitment to Government Jobs, 2024.” The ordinance sets the maximum age limit for ...

The High Court has constituted a committee to probe allocation of residential plots totaling 60 kathas at Purbachal in favour of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six of her family members between 2009 and 2024. Retired HC judge Justice Miftah Uddin Choudhury will lead the three-member probe body which has been asked to submit a report within the next ...

Former Joint Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque has been acquitted in a rape case filed with Narayanganj’s Sonargaon Police Station. Narayanganj Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Jesmin Ara pronounced the judgement in presence of Mamunul Haque on Thursday morning. Acting public prosecutor Adv Md Romel Mollah said the allegation that brought against the Hefazat leader is not ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police on Thursday morning arrested Mostafa Kamal, former senior secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, from Chittagong. A team of DB arrested him and he is being transported to Dhaka, said Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner of the detective branch of police. Several cases have been filed against him, however, in which case he would ...

The government on Wednesday night officially banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League (AL). In a gazette issued at night by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Chhatra League was also declared a “terrorist organization.” The notification stated that since Bangladesh’s independence and especially during the last 15 years of authoritarian rule, Chhatra League has been involved ...

US Embassy Charge d’Affaires Helen LaFave on Wednesday met with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and informed him that a high-level delegation of the United States will visit Bangladesh in the coming weeks, reports UNB. During the meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna, they discussed issues related to the visit and issues of mutual interest and followed up on ...

The High Court has acquitted former BNP state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a case filed for accumulating illegal wealth in which he was sentenced to eight years jail by a trial court. It also scrapped that verdict which had found Babar guilty of amassing illegal wealth of Tk 7.5 crore. The bench of Justice Kamrul Hossain Mollah ...