Bangladesh

The government has temporarily suspended former Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) chief Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid and 17 other police officers. The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Monday (August 18). The order, signed by Senior Secretary Nasimul Gani and approved by the president, was made under the Government Servants (Discipline and ...

Detectives have arrested former Awami League lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Opu (Jhenidah-2 constituency) from his Dhanmondi residence in the capital. Superintendent of Police Manjur Morshed said a team of DB arrested Opu from his house at about 9:30PM on Sunday. Former MP Opu is accused in three cases, including for vandalism and arson on BNP office in the district. He went ...

Cultural adviser and filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has undergone a successful appendix surgery. He is now under observation in the post-operative care unit, his wife actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha confirmed. As per his medical board’s decision on Sunday afternoon, the two-hour surgery was declared successful, in a Facebook post Tisha confirmed the development. She sought doa for his speedy recovery. ...

Palestine’s Ambassador to Bangladesh, Yousef S.Y. Ramadan, on Monday expressed heartfelt gratitude to the people and government of Bangladesh for their enduring support amid the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. During a meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus at the State House Jamuna, Ambassador Ramadan described the dire conditions in Gaza, where civilians—particularly children—are bearing the brunt of ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Sunday approved 10 projects worth Tk 6,506.50 crore. Of the total amount, Tk 3,821.58 crore will come from government funding, while Tk 2,428.04 crore as project loans and Tk 2,56.89 crore from the implementing agency’s own financing. The approval was given at the Ecnec meeting held at the NEC Conference ...

A Dhaka court has granted bail to Azizur Rahman, a rickshaw puller who was assaulted by a mob near Dhanmondi 32 while paying tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15. Metropolitan Magistrate M.A. Azharul Islam issued the bail order on Sunday after hearing arguments from both the defence and prosecution. Advocate Farzana Yasmin Rakhi moved the bail petition, which ...

The local administration was involved in the Sylhet’s Bholaganj tone looting incident, commented Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. When asking about the stone looted incident occurred while you were in charge, the advisor replied, “You have to understand how far the advisers can go. We can talk about what statements will be made in a meeting. ...

The hearing on former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque’s petition seeking bail and dismissal of a murder case filed over the killing of Abdul Kaiyum in Jatrabari during the July uprising has been deferred. The High Court bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain and Justice KM Rasheduzzaman Raja on Sunday passed this order following a time prayer by Khairul Haque’s ...

A court in Dhaka on Sunday sentenced five people to death in a case filed over the murder of Dr Narayan Chandra Dutta Nitai, an assistant professor at Dhaka’s National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital. Besides, four other accused have been given prison terms until death and another one has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Each convicts ...

Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, who suddenly fell ill in Cox’s Bazar, is now out of danger. His wife actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha confirmed the development on Sunday morning and sough doa to all. Farooki suddenly fell ill at a programme in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday night and, later, was airlifted to Dhaka by a helicopter. After receiving in Dhaka, he ...