Bangladesh

The student, accused of throwing a plastic water bottle at the Information and Broadcasting Adviser of interim government, Mahfuz Alam, has been released into the custody of his family following questioning by Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed that the student was questioned at DB office and ...

Dhaka University (DU) students on Friday laid siege to Shahbagh Police Station, demanding arrest of all those involved in the murder of student leader SM Shahriar Alam Shammo. Later, police assurance prompted the protesters to make an end of the seizour. The demonstration began around noon when the students marched from Raju Memorial Sculpture to Shahbagh Police Station, chanting slogans ...

The government is going to build the country’s longest bridge to connect island district Bhola with Barishal. According to an official of the Bridge Division, Japanese firm Miyagawa Construction Ltd has expressed its keenness to construct the around 11- kilometer long bridge at a cost of Taka 17,000 crore. Bhola District Deputy Commissioner M Azad Jahan said that there is ...

Bangladesh Judicial Service Association has announced a two-day, half-day work stoppage on June 22 and 23, protesting the government’s failure to meet their longstanding demands. These include implementing a separate pay scale aligned with Bangladesh Judicial Service and abolishing block position system in favour of a distinct recruitment policy. The announcement was made on Friday at a press conference in ...

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying 71 passengers, including a child, made a safe emergency landing at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday afternoon after one of its rear wheels detached shortly after takeoff from Cox’s Bazar. The airline’s General Manager (Public Relations), ABM Rowshon Kabir, confirmed the matter. A major accident was narrowly avoided on Friday when Biman ...

Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan on Friday returned home after an official visit to Italy. During the visit air chief attended AeroSpace Power Conference (ASPC) 2025 from May 8-9 at invitation of Lieutenant General Luca GORETTI, chief of staff of Italian Air Force, says an ISPR media release on Friday. He ...

Malaysia has agreed in principle to recruit 12 lakh Bangladeshi workers over the next six years under a more structured, secure, and worker-friendly system, according to senior officials at the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment. The agreement was reached during a high-level bilateral meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Thursday, where Dr. Asif Nazrul, Adviser to the Ministry, met ...

Bangladesh and Japan on Thursday outlined the future area of cooperation between the two countries and Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ upcoming visit to Japan as both sides eye to take the relationship to a new height. Under the new plan for Free and Open Indo Pacific and Big-B initiatives, Japan wants to see the sustainable development of the region, ...

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has been demolishing illegal mobile shops and establishments set up in Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. Already, hundreds of shops and establishments have been demolished. The eviction drive is still on which began at 9AM from the gate of ​​Suhrawardy Udyan, adjacent to Dhaka University’s TSC. The city corporation’s executive magistrate Md Aminul Islam is ...

Nobel Laureate and Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday called upon the youth to envision a radically different and better world, urging them to nurture the courage to reshape the future. “We possess the ability to create the world we truly desire,” Prof Yunus told thousands of graduates while addressing the 5th Convocation of Chittagong University (CU), held on ...