Bangladesh

India has rejected reports published by some media outlets on visa ban for six Bangladeshi student leaders, and described those as “fake news.” “These are fake news,” a source at India’s Ministry of External Affairs said. A source at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said that no such decision was taken. Reports published by some media outlets have claimed ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday placed Awami League leader and former lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Miah Golap on a three-day fresh remand in a case filed over the death of garment worker Rubel during the student movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mehedi Hasan passed the order around 7:15AM after Adabor Police Station inspector Mintu Chandra Banik produced him before the ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday sent former commerce minister Tipu Munshi to jail rejecting his bail prayer in a murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mehedi Hasan passed this order after hearing. Earlier, Tipu Munshi was produced before the court at 7AMafter ending his four-day remand. After that, the case investigation officer Badda Police Station OC Md Rezaul Karim ...

Former Awami League lawmaker from Dhaka-7 constituency Haji Salim was arrested early Monday from the capital’s Bangshal area. On secret information, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police conducted a raid at Bangshal area and arrested Haji Salim from there at about 12:45AM. DB (north) Joint Commissioner Rabiul Islam Bhuyian confirmed the arrest news, adding that he ...

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rezaul Karim Mallick has been appointed as the new chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). An office order, signed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan, stated it on Sunday afternoon. Rezaul Karim Mallick joined the Bangladesh Police in 1998. He is an official belongs to the 17th batch ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will leave Dhaka for Singapore for medical treatment. He is scheduled to leave Hazrat Shahjalal International (RA) Airport in Dhaka on Sunday (September 1) night. BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan said it on Suunday. Confirming about the matter, he said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat ...

Chief Adviser to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Sunday started his office at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO), previously known as Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), at Tejgaon in the capital. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed the matter to BSS. The Sheikh Hasina government was toppled on August 5 in 2024 in a student-people revolution. Later, ...

The High Court on Sunday dismissed the writ petition seeking ban on the Awami League as a political party. An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzamana and Justice Md Mahbubul Islam passed this order. The writ petitioner Arifur Rahman Murad Bhuiyan was present in the court, while attorney general Md Asaduzzaman represented the state. Earlier, Arifur Rahman Bhuiyan, Executive Director ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is celebrating its 46th founding anniversary across the country on Sunday. The party has shortened its previously announced elaborate programmes due to the severe flooding affecting the country’s eastern region. As part of founding anniversary programmes, the party flag has been hoisted at its offices across the country, including the central one in city’s Nayapaltan area, ...

Five people were killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila on Sunday morning. At least 20 people were also injured in the accident that happened at about 7:45AM at Majhighati area, said Bhatiapara Fire Service assistant officer Md Rezaul Mawla. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. A Dhaka-bound bus ...