Bangladesh

A Dhaka court has granted 10 day remand to deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Dhaka University Chhatra League general secretary Tanvir Hasan Saikat each in connection with a murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Alam passed the order after they were produced before the court on Thursday afternoon. Investigation Officer of ...

Ten suspected people, who were detained by the students and protesting people from Dhanmondi-32, have been handed over to police. Students and people with sticks and pipes have been taken position at Dhanmondi-32 since Thursday morning. They are checking ID cards of passersby. They even were seen beating up people who were trying to enter the historic Dhanmondi-32. Mobile phones ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said as a neighbouring country, they will have concerns over the situation in Bangladesh. PM Modi at Red fort Independence day speech on Thursday hoped that the situation will normalize soon. “We hope minorities, Hindus will be safe. We will be part of Bangladesh’s road to progress,” he mentioned. Earlier on August 8, Modi ...

Dhaka WASA managing director (MD) Taqsem A Khan has resigned from his post. He sent his resignation letter via an email on Wednesday (August 15). In the resignation letter, Taqsem Khan stated that he was unable to continue his duty as managing director due to his illness, according to the WASA sources. Taqsem was first appointed as the managing director ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke met with Honourable Adviser for Foreign Affairs of the interim government of Bangladesh Mr Md Touhid Hossain today in Dhaka. The UK welcomes the appointment of the interim government in Bangladesh, led by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. The interim government has the UK’s support as it works to restore peace and order, ...

The second case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of kidnapping a lawyer from the capital’s Uttara in 2015. Victim Supreme Court lawyer Sohel Rana lodged the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury on Wednesday (August 14). The other accused are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former law minister ...

Law Adviser of the interim government Prof Asif Nazrul said on Wednesday that all cases of harassment filed over the student movement across the country will be withdrawn within August 31. He said this while briefing reporters at the secretariat in Dhaka. The law adviser said the cases filed in Dhaka during the student-led movement will also be withdrawn by ...

The contractual appointment Shaban Mahmood, the press minister of the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delh, has been canceled. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday (August 13) with immediate effect. Shaban Mahmud was appointed to the post for two years on November 16, 2020. He got an extension on November 2, 2022.

Primary schools across the country have reopened after around one month of closure. Students were seen going to schools in the capital in the morning. All government primary schools under eight city corporation areas of the country were declared closed for an indefinite period on July 17 amid tension over students’ demonstrations for quota reform. The Ministry of Primary and ...

Shafiqul Alam has been appointed as press secretary to the interim government’s chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus with the status of a secretary on a contractual basis. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification to this end on Tuesday (August 13) night. The notification mentioned that Shafiqul, Bangladesh bureau chief at AFP News Agency, will remain in office for ...