Bangladesh

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (October 1) expressed Bangladesh’s continued support for the State of Palestine and its people. “We will continue to support the cause of the Palestinian people,” he said, adding that he hoped they would get their desired independent statehood. Prof Yunus made the remarks when Ambassador of the State of Palestine Yousef Ramadan paid ...

A court in Dhaka has permitted nine lawyers, including Supreme Court Adv Shishir Monir, to continue Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder case at the plaintiff’s personal cost. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed this order on Tuesday after hearing on a petition by Nowsher Ali Roman, the plaintiff in the case and brother of Runi. On Monday, ...

Md Jahangir Alam, senior secretary of the Public Security Division under the Home Ministry, has been arrested. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from Gulshan area in the capital on Tuesday morning. Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (DC) (media and publication) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed the news to media. Jahanahgir Alam was taken to ...

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the central bank’s anti-money laundering agency, has asked all banks and financial institutions to freeze all the bank accounts of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina’s children Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul. Besides, the bank accounts of Sheikh Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddique and former state minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu have been frozen. ...

Former MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed has been placed on a five-day remand in connection with the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim during BNP’s grand rally on October 28, 2023. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ragib Nur granted the remand on Monday after a hearing, following an appeal from the investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Tanmoy Kumar Biswas of Paltan Model Police Station. ...

The government has recalled Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem, asking her to return to Dhaka immediately. The foreign ministry issued the notice on Sunday as part of an ongoing process to recall envoys appointed by the Awami League government. Saida has been the high commissioner in London since November 2018. Prior to taking up her ...

The High Court has removed the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from investigation in the journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi murder case. At the same time, the court also directed the home ministry to form a high-powered task force to investigate the case. After forming task force, the report will have to be submitted within the next six months. ...

A Dhaka court on Monday withdrew the arrest warrant issued against senior journalist Shafik Rehman in a case filed for plotting to kidnap and kill former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Earlier in the morning, the senior journalist surrendered before the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubul Haque seeking bail. After hearing, the magistrate ...

Former lawmaker Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed has been detained from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained him from immigration after he landed at the airport on Monday morning from Canada. DMP’s DB chief Rezaul Karim Mallik confirmed the news, saying that Sultan Mansur, also former vice-president of Dhaka University Central ...

The government will sell essential commodities at affordable prices in industrial areas through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) from October 1, aiming to provide relief to workers struggling with high inflation. Labour and Employment Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan shared the information following a discussion between the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Labour Ministry at ...