Bangladesh

BNP brought out a massive colourful rally in the capital on Friday, marking ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day. Tens of thousands of leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies, wearing colourful caps, assembled at Nayapaltan since noon, prepared to participate in a large-scale showdown. Streets and alleys from Kakrail Mosque to Fakirerpool and adjoining areas were packed with ...

Former lawmaker from the Jhenaidah-2 constituency Tahjib Alam Siddique has been placed on a three-day remand in connection with two separate murder cases. Senior Judicial Magistrate in Dhaka Rumana Afroz passed the order on Friday noon (November 8). On Thursday night, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested him from Nabinagar area, on the outskirts of Dhaka. Tahjib was shown arrested ...

The interim government has decided to repeal the controversial Cyber Security Act 2023. The decision was taken at a meeting of the advisory council held at the Chief Advisor’s office at Tejgaon in the capital with Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair. Following the meeting, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan. There were allegations that Sheikh Hasina-led Awami ...

The present interim government has taken effective measures over the last three months after the fall of Awami League government through student-led mass uprising, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam has said. “They have taken many steps,” he said. He made the remarks while talking to newsmen after placing wreath on BNP founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman’s graveyard at Sher-e-Bangla ...

Awami League presidium member Amir Hossain Amu’s lawyer Swapan Roy Chowdhury was allegedly attacked by pro-BNP lawyers during the remand hearing. The incident happened in the courtroom of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza on Thursday when Amu’s remand hearing was going on, lawyer Swapan Roy claimed. At one stage of hearing, Public Prosecutor (PP) Omar Faruq made a statement in ...

The interim government led by Chief Adviser Prof Dr Mohammad Yunus has started winning people’s trust and confidence, which was shattered during the immediate past regime, mainly because of its inclusive approaches in taking decisions about the state affairs. Immediately after taking the charge, the interim government took some measures, including reshuffling the administration, taking action against corrupt people, rehabilitation ...

A court in Dhaka on Thursday placed Awami League presidium member and former minister Amir Hossain Amu on a six-day remand in a case filed over the death of trader Abdul Wadud at New Market area during the quota movement. Earlier this morning, the senior Awami League leader was produced before the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin ...

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 ...