Bangladesh

Students of Ideal College and Dhaka College in the capital got involved in clashes at Science Lab in the capital on Tuesday afternoon. Several students, as well as journalists were injured in the clash that ensued around 1:30pm. It was learnt that Ideal College students had allegedly beaten up Pavel, a student of Dhaka College. Centering the issue, students on ...

Major General (retd) Emdad Ul Bari has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. Emdad Ul Bari has been appointed for the next three years from the date of his joining, the notification said.

The United States is set to launch economic talks this week with Bangladesh’s interim government, including its leader, Muhammad Yunus, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The government led by the Nobel Peace laureate was sworn in last month with the aim of holding elections in the South Asian nation after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina following deadly ...

Army Chief general Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday called on President Mohammed Sahabuddin at Bangabhaban and briefed him about the overall activities of the army. During the meeting, the Army Chief also highlighted the activities of the army to maintain law and order across the country, President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin said. Sahabuddin appreciated the role of the army in maintaining the ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday said India’s relationship with its neighbouring countries is not going well now as the country always adopted dominance politics with its neighbours. He said this while talking to journalists after offering ziarat at BNP Founder and Martyred President Ziaur Rahman’s mazar at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital marking the ...

The government will honor the martyrs of the students-people uprising on September 14. Disclosing this at a preparatory meeting today, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md. Nahid Islam said to honor the martyrs, a commemorative meeting in memory of all the martyrs in the students-people uprising will be organised on September 14, said a press release. “The government will ...

Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Operations) of Dhaka District Md Abdullahil Kafi has been suspended over the allegations of killing and burning students in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, during the student-led mass uprising on August 5. The Police Branch-1 of the Public Security Division of the Home Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday said super shops can’t use polythene shopping bags and polypropylene bags and provide to the customers from October 1 next. Alternative jute and cloth bags will be placed at or in front of all super shops for customers while the youths and students will be involved in this initiative, ...

The law ministry has canceled the appointment of 17 special public prosecutors in the BDR mutiny explosives case. A notification, signed by deputy solicitor Sanah Mohammad Mahruf Hossain, in this regard informed the matter on September 5. Chief chief prosecutor Md Tajul Islam confirmed this to media on Monday (September 9). It said the appointment of 17 public prosecutors in ...

The depression in the north-west of the Bay of Bengal has moved further northwest and developed into a deep depression. The rain is likely to increase from Wednesday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). “The rain may intensify under the influence of the deep depression on September 11, 12, and 13,” said Meteorologist Md Bazlur Rashid on Monday morning. ...