Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has made 10-pont proposals for the interim government to reform the state including restoration of caretaker government system. The party’s Nayebe Ameer Syed Abdullah Md Taher unveiled the proposals at a press conference held at Hotel Westin at Gulshan-1 in Dhaka early Wednesday (October 9) afternoon. Later, Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said they had as many as 41-point ...

Newly appointed 23 additional judges at the High Court were sworn in on Wednesday (October 9). Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to the new judges at the Judges’ Lounge of the Supreme Court. SC Registrar General Aziz Ahemd conducted the function where justices of the both Appellate and HC divisions were present. President Mohammed Shahabuddin has appointed ...

After more than a decade and a half, Mahmudur Rahman has been appointed as the editor of Amar Desh newspaper. For so long, he was the acting editor of the newspaper. Earlier, Hasmot Ali was the publisher of this newspaper. Mahmudur Rahman signed the declaration as a publisher at the Dhaka District Commissioner’s office on Tuesday (October 8). Muhammad Abdullah, ...

Sharadiya Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, began on Wednesday with invocation of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi at temples and makeshift mandaps across the country amid due religious fervour and festivity. The five-day celebration began with invocation of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi. This year, Durga Puja is ...

Former environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has been released from prison cell of the court two days after his arrest. He was released from prison cell of the court at about 6:30pm on Tuesday (October 8). The former minister was granted bail in six cases including four murder cases and two attempted murder cases, filed with ...

A court in Dhaka has summoned suspended executive magistrate Tapashee Tabassum Urmi. She has been asked to appear before the Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court by November 28. Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain issued the summon accepting a defamation suit on Tuesday (October 8). Abu Hanif, a member of the upper council of Gana Odhikar Parishad and its media coordinator, ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mainul Hasan on Tuesday said comprehensive security preparations have been taken to ensure the peaceful celebration of Durga Puja at all mandaps in Dhaka city. He said this while talking to reporters after inspecting the security arrangements at the Dhakeshwari temple on Tuesday afternoon. He said that a designated number of police personnel will be deployed ...

Former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has been placed on a 43-day remand in eight separate cases over the death of eight people during the student movement. Earlier on Tuesday, he was produced before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza seeking remand for fair investigation. Meanwhile, Al-Mamun’s lawyer filed another petition for his bail. After ...

A petition to register a case has been submitted against Lalmonirhat assistant commissioner Tapashee Tabassum Urmi, who was suspended on Monday for her Facebook post criticising the chief adviser. Abu Hanif, publicity secretary of Gana Adhikar Parishad, submitted the petition with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain for filing a defamation case against the suspended assistant commissioner. The ...

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all banks to freeze accounts of Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). It also directed to suspend the accounts of Taposh’s wife Afrin Taposh Sheuly and their son Sheikh Fazle Nashwan. In a letter sent to financial institutions across the country, BFIU instructed banks to ...