Bangladesh

Attorney General AM Amin Uddin has resigned. He submitted his resignation to the President on Wednesday (August 7). On October 8, 2020, AM Amin Uddin, a senior advocate of the Supreme Court and then president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, was appointed as Attorney General. He succeeded the late Attorney General Mahbubey Alam. Amin Uddin served as a junior ...

AKM Shahidur Rahman has been made new director general (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). A notification of the Public Security Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed the matter. Meanwhile, Md Mainul Hasan has been appointed as the new commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Besides, Barrister Harun-Ar-Rashid, the director general (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion ...

The government has appointed the Commandant (traffic and driving school) Md Mainul Islam as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP). A gazette notification, signed by Md Mahbubur Rahman Sheikh, deputy secretary of the Ministry of Home, said this on Tuesday night. Earlier, the contractual appointment of IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun was voided following section-7 under the contract with ...

A decision has been taken to make Nobel Peace Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus as head of the interim government. The President’s press secretary Zainal Abedin confirmed it from Bangabhaban on Tuesday night. He said the decision was taken at a meeting between President Mohammed Shahabuddin and coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement at Bangabhaban in the capital on Tuesday night. ...

Bangladesh Army’s top positions have been reshuffled relieving Major General Ziaul Ahsan from service. It was stated by Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR) in a press release on Tuesday (August 6). The ISPR said Lieutenant General Md Saiful Alam’s job has been placed on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while . Lieutenant General Md Mojibur Rahman has been transferred to the ...

Former state minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has been detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Airport officials and employees apprehended him after he went to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with his two personal officials on Tuesday afternoon. Instead of allowing him boarding the aircraft, he was taken to the immigration custody. An army ...

President Mohammad Shahabuddin dissolved the present 12th Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday afternoon (August 6) to make way for the formation of an interim government. Based on the decision from a meeting of President Shahabuddin with the heads of the three armed forces, leaders of various political parties, representatives of civil society and leaders of the Students Against Discrimination movement, the ...

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia was freed on Tuesday (August 6) afternoon. In a press release of Bangabhaban, it was said Khaleda Zia has been freed following a meeting of president Md Shahabuddin with chiefs of three armed forces, leaders of different political parties, representatives of civil society and leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement. Khaleda Zia had been in ...

Former chief of Detective Branch of police Harun-Or-Rashid tried to flee through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. But, he was arrested from there on Monday (August 6), according to a source of police headquarters. When the news of Sheikh Hasina leaving the country spread, the number of people in Shahbagh in the capital increased. Before that, Harun was with the police ...

All government, semi-government, autonomous, semi-autonomous and private offices along with factories and all educational institutions, including schools, colleges, madrasah and universities, across the country will remain open from Tuesday. The Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) said this in a press release, saying that curfew will be in force from midnight on Mo0nday night.