Bangladesh

The interim government has decided to repeal the controversial Cyber Security Act 2023. The decision was taken at a meeting of the advisory council held at the Chief Advisor’s office at Tejgaon in the capital with Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair. Following the meeting, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan. There were allegations that Sheikh Hasina-led Awami ...

The present interim government has taken effective measures over the last three months after the fall of Awami League government through student-led mass uprising, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam has said. “They have taken many steps,” he said. He made the remarks while talking to newsmen after placing wreath on BNP founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman’s graveyard at Sher-e-Bangla ...

Awami League presidium member Amir Hossain Amu’s lawyer Swapan Roy Chowdhury was allegedly attacked by pro-BNP lawyers during the remand hearing. The incident happened in the courtroom of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza on Thursday when Amu’s remand hearing was going on, lawyer Swapan Roy claimed. At one stage of hearing, Public Prosecutor (PP) Omar Faruq made a statement in ...

The interim government led by Chief Adviser Prof Dr Mohammad Yunus has started winning people’s trust and confidence, which was shattered during the immediate past regime, mainly because of its inclusive approaches in taking decisions about the state affairs. Immediately after taking the charge, the interim government took some measures, including reshuffling the administration, taking action against corrupt people, rehabilitation ...

A court in Dhaka on Thursday placed Awami League presidium member and former minister Amir Hossain Amu on a six-day remand in a case filed over the death of trader Abdul Wadud at New Market area during the quota movement. Earlier this morning, the senior Awami League leader was produced before the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin ...

Two brothers of Shaheed Abu Sayed met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka on Wednesday. The brothers brought good wishes from their parents, saying they were moved to tears when Professor Yunus spoke about the sacrifice of Abu Sayed and the other martyrs in his historic speech in the United Nations General Assembly ...

Arrested actress Shomi Kaiser and private television channel Gaan Bangla’s chairman Koushik Hossain Taposh have been placed on a three-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman placed them on a three-day remand each after the bail hearings of them. At that time, the investigation officer (IO) Uttara West Police Station’s sub-inspector Mrittyunjoy Pundit Mithun pleaded to the court to place both ...

Rafiqul Islam Madani, popularly known as ‘Shishu Bokta’, has been exempted from the charges of four cases filed under Digital Security Act (DSA). Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Nur-e Alam passed the order on Wednesday after accepting a plea for the Islamic orator. Public prosecutor Md Rafikul Islam said the four cases were filed with Tejgaon, Motijheel, Paltan and Gacha Police ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Awami League presidium member and former minister Amir Hossain Amu from Dhanmondi area in the capital on Wednesday. Rezaul Karim Mallik, chief of the DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), confirmed the arrest. He added that Amu faces several murder cases. He will be produced before a court and remand has been sought for ...

One hundred eighty three more Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from war-torn Lebanon arrived in Dhaka early Wednesday. With them, a total of 521 Bangladeshi nationals have returned home from Lebanon through nine flights. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment, and International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomed the repatriated Bangladeshis at Shahjalal International Airport, ...