Bangladesh

Former Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has been placed on a seven-day remand in a case filed with Tejgaon Police Station over the killing of a student during the recent Quota Reform Movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuddin Hossain granted the remand after Soyad Imrul Sahed, sub-inspector of Badda Police Station and investigation officer of the case, produced the former minister ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Dhaka on Friday afternoon on an official visit at the invitation of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. On his arrival at around 2PM, Chief Adviser Professor Yunus received the Malaysian Premier at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport where he was given a guard of honour, foreign ministry sources said. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is ...

Police arrested Samir Chandra, president of Bangladesh Krishak League, an affiliate organization  of Awami League, from Badda of Dhaka city early Friday. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said Samir was held at around 1AM on Friday from the area. According to the DMP, Samir was accused in several cases filed with different police stations in the ...

Police detained media coordinator of banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir Imtiaz Selim from Bashundhara residential area of the capital on Friday. Md Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Media and Public Relations of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said a team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) detained Selim from the area on Friday morning. He said Selim was accused in a ...

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam, who was one of the key coordinators of student-led mass upsurge, has been recognized in Time magazine’s prestigious TIME 100 Next list. The list, published on October 2, recognised 100 emerging global leaders for their substantial contributions to various sectors, including entertainment, politics, activism and business. This year’s selection highlights individuals, who are ...

Former lawmaker of Jashore constituency Shahidul Islam Milon was arrested from Gulistan area of the capital on Thursday over attacks on the students-public during the recent upsurge. Talibur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Media) of the DMP, said that Detective Branch of police arrested Milon from Phulbaria area of Gulistan on Thursday afternoon. Milon, a freedom fighter and also president of the ...

Former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder was arrested by Detective Branch (DB) in Dhaka on Thursday. The information has been confirmed by Rezaul Karim Mallick, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner (DB). He said that a team of the DB of police apprehended him in the Bhatara area in the city. The former minister is accused in a number of cases, ...

The interim government has decided to scrap the controversial Cyber Security Act (CSA), said Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Thursday (October 3). He was speaking at an opinion-sharing meeting with stakeholders at Judicial Administration Training Institute in the capital. “The government is going to abolish the Cyber Security Act 2023 soon,” he said. Speaking at the meeting, Information Adviser Nahid ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Friday afternoon to discuss ways to elevate relations between the two countries by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening ties in diverse sectors, reports UNB. He will be visiting Dhaka at the invitation of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. The Malaysian prime minister is expected to land ...

Major General Ashraful Zaman Siddique, Director General (DG) of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), has stated that the BGB holds partial responsibility for failing to prevent Awami League leaders and activists from fleeing the country. At a press conference held at the BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Thursday, October 3, he said, “However, it would not be fair to hold ...