Bangladesh

Former Major General Ziaul Ahsan, who was relieved of his post in the army after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, was arrested on Friday in a murder case filed with New Market police station. He was taken to the detective branch (DB) office on Mintoo Road in the capital on Friday morning. According to an official of the Dhaka Metropolitan ...

The United Nations has said they are willing to support the interim government and people of Bangladesh as required. “Regarding what you said about support for Bangladesh, I can certainly confirm that we remain willing to support the Government and people of Bangladesh as needed,” said Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq while responding to a question from ...

Some videos showing misconduct by army personnel with some people have been published on various social media. An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) media release said on Friday that such incidents are completely unexpected and undesirable, which the Bangladesh Army never supports, reports UNB. It is to be noted that the process of identifying the guilty army members is already underway. ...

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has formed 50 new benches for conducting judicial activities in the High Court division of the Supreme Court. The benches are scheduled to conduct regular judicial activities from August 18 (Sunday), said a circular published earlier in this regard. The list of 26 double and 24 single benches with specific jurisdiction was published on the ...

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 ...