Bangladesh

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has found the prima facie involvement of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in incidents of enforced disappearances, its chief retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury has said. Handing over its first interim report to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday (December 14), he said some high-ranking officials of security forces and her government, including ...

The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 1,799 cases for violating the traffic rule on the city road on Thursday and Friday (December 12 and 13). Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Media) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, shared this information in a media release on Saturday afternoon. Besides, during the operations, 52 vehicles were impounded, and 58 ...

BNP paid tribute to martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur of the capital, on Saturday, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. At around 9:15 am, several senior leaders of the party, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, laid wreaths and stood in silence for a while to pay tribute to the great national ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday paid glowing tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur here,  marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. The head of the state placed the wreath at the memorial at about 06:59 am to pay tributes to those who were brutally killed just two days before Bangladesh’s final victory ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Saturday paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. He paid homage by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur here at about 7.15 am. The chief adviser stood there in solemn silence for a while as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the illustrious ...

The nation is observing the Martyred Intellectuals Day today to commemorate the intellectuals killed systematically by Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the Liberation War in 1971. On this day in 1971, the country’s renowned academicians, doctors, engineers, journalists, artists, teachers and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their homes, blindfolded and taken to ...

The BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (BRAC JPGSPH), BRAC University, celebrated its 20th anniversary today (12 December 2024) at The Westin Hotels and Resorts, Gulshan-2, Dhaka. The day-long event brought together distinguished global public health leaders, academics, and experts to celebrate two decades of impactful education, training, research, and advocacy. The experts, academics honored the School’s contributions ...

Families of the victims of the 2009 BDR mutiny have demanded the restoration of the Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB) former name, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), along with eight other pressing demands aimed at seeking justice and recognition for the tragedy. At a press conference held on Friday at the National Press Club’s Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall, the demands were presented by ...

Noted poet Helal Hafiz passed away in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. He was 76. The Bangla Academy Award winning poet was declared dead when he was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The BSMMU authorities said Helal Hafiz suffered from brain hemorrhage falling in the bathroom of Super Hostel, a residential facility at Paribagh area, at about 2:30pm. ...

Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta will arrive Bangladesh on Saturday (December 14) at the invitation of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. The President will lead a high-level an 18-member delegation, including the minister of foreign affairs, the president’s chief adviser, and other senior officials. Foreign Secretary Md Jashin Uddin informed the media at a press briefing, held at the Ministry of ...