Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent 84 pro-Awami League lawyers to jail and granted bail to nine others in a sabotage case during the anti-discrimination protest. The case, filed with Kotwali Police Station, accuses 144 lawyers of attacking fellow lawyers, vandalizing chambers and attempting murder during a protest on August 4 last year at the Dhaka Bar Association premises. Following ...

A metropolitan magistrate on Sunday sentenced Mohammad Russell, managing director of e-commerce company Evaly, and his wife, Shamima Nasrin, chairman of the company, to three years ina fraudulence case. They will have to pay Tk 5,000 each, otherwise will have to suffer six months more in prison. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Minhazur Rahman delivered the judgement in absence of the ...

Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman left Dhaka for Russia on Sunday morning on an official visit. Following his stay in Russia, Waker is scheduled to go to Croatia on April 10. He will hold courtesy meetings with senior military and civil officials of both the countries and exchange views on enhancing bilateral cooperation in defence and related sectors during his visit, ...

Saudi Arabia has imposed a temporary visa ban on 14 countries, including Bangladesh, ahead of the Haj season. According to sources, the ban will apply to Umrah, business and family visas, with the restrictions likely to end in mid-June. Diplomatic sources said that Umrah visa holders can enter Saudi Arabia until April 13. They said that Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, ...

All public and private offices and banks resumed their regular activities on Sunday (April 6) after an extensive nine-day Eid-ul-Fitr break. From today, the regular office hours are 9AM-5PM, while the bank transactions from 10AM to 4PM. Many citizens have already returned to Dhaka after spending Eid vacation with their dearest and nearest ones. Meanwhile, educational institutions will reopen on ...

Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on Saturday said the judiciary must be the architect of its own reform — transparent, accountable and free from executive influence, reports UNB. Speaking at a regional seminar in Rangpur, the Chief Justice emphasised the foundational role of judicial independence in upholding the rule of law. “Judicial reform is no longer a distant aspiration, ...

In response to the sudden imposition of a steep 37 percent tariff on Bangladeshi exports by the United States, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held an emergency meeting on Saturday with senior policymakers and economic experts to chart a course of action. The high-level meeting, held at State Guest House Jamuna, brought together key figures including Foreign Affairs Adviser Md ...

India has significantly bolstered its military presence in the strategically vital Siliguri Corridor—popularly known as the ‘Chicken’s Neck’—by deploying advanced weaponry, including the S-400 surface-to-air missile system. This move comes amid increasing geopolitical tensions and follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent regional visits to Thailand and Sri Lanka. According to India Today, the Indian military has heightened security measures in ...

For the first time in over twelve years, Bangladesh and Pakistan are set to engage in a formal political dialogue later this April, according to a report published Saturday (April 5) by Daily Pakistan. The last such dialogue between the two nations took place in 2012. This upcoming round of discussions is expected to focus on charting out a framework ...

Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to secularism, highlighting the country’s unique example of religious harmony where people of all faiths coexist peacefully. “Bangladesh has always practiced secularism, and there’s no other place quite like it. Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians live together here in unity,” the adviser told journalists on Saturday after ...