Bangladesh

Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus will depart for New York on September 23 to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as he is scheduled to deliver his speech at the high-level General Debate on September 27, reports BSS. “In his speech, he is expected to highlight the remarkable mass uprising over the past two months in Bangladesh ...

A 72-hour blockade of roads and waterways is underway in three hill districts–Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban. No long-distance vehicles left the districts in the morning as the blockade began on 6AM on Saturday. Meanwhile, transport workers in Rangamati are observing indefinite strike from Saturday morning, causing immense sufferings of the commuters. Members of army, BGB alongwith police have been patrolling ...

The District Administration in Khagrachhari has imposed Section 144 to restore law and order following arson attacks on homes and sporadic gunfire on Friday night. Section 144 will remain in effect from 2:00pm on Friday until further notice. Section 144 has been imposed in Khagrachhari Sadar. The announcement also stated that legal action will be taken against anyone violating the ...

Six Dhaka University students arrested in connection with lynching a man named, Masud Kamal Tofazzal, at Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall of the DU have submitted confessional statements to court under Section 164. Following the submission of confessional statements, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain ordered police to send them to jail. Earlier, investigation officer (IO) of the case ...

The advisory council has given the final approval in principle to the draft of the Interim Government Ordinance, 2024. This approval was given during a meeting of the Advisory Council held on Thursday, presided over by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, said a press release. According to the press release from the Cabinet Division, widespread protests erupted across the country ...

The body of Masud Kamal Tofazzal, who was lynched at Dhaka University, was buried next to the graves of his father, mother and brother at Patharghata in Borguna district on Friday (September 20). Tofazzal was laid to rest after his first namaz-e-janaza at his maternal grandfather’s home at Shatkar in the upazila and second namaz-e-janaza at Charduani Talimul Quran Madrasa ...

Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Thursday said the six reform commissions will place their reports to the government by December 31, reflecting on people’s desire and expectation as the government is committed to build a new Bangladesh. “The commissions will start working from October 1. We expect the commissions will submit their reports by December 31,” he told reporters ...

Detectives arrested Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mashiur Rahman was arrested in Dhaka on Thursday night. Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, acknowledged the matter of the arrest and said a team of detectives arrested him from airport area. Mashinur was accused in several cases filed after August 5, following the fall ...

World Bank is ready to be part of key economic reforms of the Interim Government, a visiting top official of the multilateral lender said on Thursday. Martin Raiser, vice president of the World Bank’s South Asia region made the comments after meeting Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office in Dhaka, reports BSS. “Count on us. We are ...

Each family of the martyrs, who sacrificed their lives during the student-led revolution, will primarily receive Tk 5 lakh while each injured person will primarily get maximum Tk 1 lakh from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation. The decision was taken at the first meeting of the executive committee of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation held at the State Guest House ...