Bangladesh

Police have arrested former lawmaker Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon from Mirpur in the capital. Sumon was arrested from his sister’s residence early Tuesday by members from Mirpur Model Police Station. He has been taken to Pallabi Police Station as there was no proper facility to keep an accused in Mirpur Police Station which was damaged in an arson attack during ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has urged the people to refrain from creating any further controversy surrounding the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. This appeal comes in light of a media campaign quoting the President, which has resulted in widespread confusion among citizens regarding the circumstances of Hasina’s departure, according to a press release of the President’s Press Wing on ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Monday said President Mohammed Shahabuddin has made self-contradictory statement while saying he does not have the resignation letter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. “The president himself in his address to the nation in presence of the chiefs of the three forces at 11.20 pm on August 5 had said ...

The government has appointed journalist Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey as an ambassador of Bangladesh mission abroad with the rank of senior secretary for three years. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on Monday. According to the notification, Ansarey is appointed on the condition of severing all ties with any profession, business, government or semi-government organization for ...

  Matiar Chowdhury London:   The world  largest book fair has started from October 16 in Frankfurt, Germany and will continue until October 20. The publication and discussion of the book "Bangabandhu, Bangladesh and Britain" written by Bangladeshi writer-researcher Abu Saeed and Indian writer and South Asia analyst Priyajit Devasarkar was held on October 18, Friday afternoon at 4 o ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to file a leave-to-appeal challenging a High Court order that upheld the indictment against him in an embezzlement case. A four-member Appellate Division bench, led headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, passed this order and fixed November 19 to hold hearing of ...

Former Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed was arrested on Saturday night from Banani area in the capital. Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (media) said a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Imran Ahmed in a specific allegation. Imran Ahmed was elected from Sylhet-4 constituency five times and he was appointed as ...

Abu Sayeed, a student of the Department of English at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur (BRUR), has posthumously passed his final graduation exam for the 2019-2020 academic year with a CGPA of 3.30 out of 4. He ranked 14th in the combined merit list, according to the results published on Sunday. Abu Sayeed tragically lost his life in police firing ...

A group of students besieged Dhaka Education Board demanding cancellation of the results this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations. They have started protest in front of the main gate of the education board at Bakshibazar in the capital since 12:30PM on Sunday. Around 1:45PM they entered inside breaking the lock of the gate. The students said that the ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has been acquitted from defamation case charge. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court JUdge Arafatur Rakib passe this order on Sunday. Four other BNP leaders also acquitted from the case. They are the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, standing committee members Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Gayeshwar ...