Bangladesh

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) did not open fire on students and protesters during the recent uprising in the country, said Lt Col Md Munim Ferdous, head of RAB’s Legal and Media Wing, on Wednesday. He made the statement during a press conference on Wednesday at Karwan Bazar in the capital. “RAB did not open fire on the students or ...

Former president Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has been hospitalised following deterioration of his health condition. He was admitted to Medical College For Women and Hospital at Uttara in the capital early Wednesday, his son Mahi B Chowdhury, former lawmaker, confirmed. He said, “How serious the situation is, has not yet been understood. He has profused of bleeding.” Mahi B sough ...

Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested Kamal Naser Chowdhury, former principal secretary and adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; Mesbah Uddin, former secretary of Youth and Sports; and Bashundhara Group Coordinator Adnan. They were arrested from different areas in the capital early Wednesday. They were accused in multiple cases, said DMP deputy commissioner (Media) Talebur Rahman confirming the arrest ...

Nahida Rahman Shumona presented her credentials to President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens, officially marking her role as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bangladesh to Greece. This event followed her appointment as the successor to Ambassador Ashud Ahmed. During the ceremony, President Sakellaropoulou accepted the Letter of Credence from Ambassador Shumona, who is recognized for her ...

Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, celebrated at the dawn on Wednesday through different rituals by Hindu community members across the country. With the beginning of ‘Devipaksha’, Mahalaya is observed six days before Durga Puja. Marking the day, special programmes will be arranged at different temples, including the capital. Hindus will remember and pay homage ...

Former Awami League lawmaker from Khulna-4 constituency Abdus Salam Murshedy was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday from Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka. Murshedy, managing director of Envoy Group, was arrested in a case over attack and killing at Khulna’s Fultala in 2022, said a RAB press release on Tuesday night, ANM Imran Khan, assistant director (ASP) of ...

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh IWAMA Kiminori on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam at the Police Headquarters and promised to continue supports for the capacity building of the police. Welcoming the Japanese envoy at the Police Headquarters in the capital city, the police chief said Japan is one of the major development ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (October 1) expressed Bangladesh’s continued support for the State of Palestine and its people. “We will continue to support the cause of the Palestinian people,” he said, adding that he hoped they would get their desired independent statehood. Prof Yunus made the remarks when Ambassador of the State of Palestine Yousef Ramadan paid ...

A court in Dhaka has permitted nine lawyers, including Supreme Court Adv Shishir Monir, to continue Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder case at the plaintiff’s personal cost. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed this order on Tuesday after hearing on a petition by Nowsher Ali Roman, the plaintiff in the case and brother of Runi. On Monday, ...

Md Jahangir Alam, senior secretary of the Public Security Division under the Home Ministry, has been arrested. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from Gulshan area in the capital on Tuesday morning. Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (DC) (media and publication) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed the news to media. Jahanahgir Alam was taken to ...