Bangladesh

Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have submitted chargesheet of a case filed against controversial Islamic speaker Mufti Amir Hamza and four others. Police’s Crime, Information and Prosecution Department Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Anisur Rahman confirmed this on Wednesday morning. During quizzing, Amir Hamza confessed that ‘he was giving provocaticative speeches at a waz mahfil’, according to ...

The death toll from the fire incident in Savar’s Hemayetpur after oil-tanker lorry turned turtle on the road, rose to four as one more burn victim died early Wednesday. The deceased was Sakib Hossain, 15, helper of a watermelon-laden truck which was burnt in the fire. He succumbed to his injuries at about 1:20am on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the Russian state-run ROSATOM to set up another nuclear power plant at Rooppur, if there is any scope for that. The premier made the request when her at her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka, reports BSS. Briefing the reporters after the meeting, Prime Minister’s Speech Writer Md Nazrul Islam said that Sheikh Hasina ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence on Tuesday evening after receiving treatment for three days at a private hospital in the capital. Sayrul Kabir Khan, an official of Khaleda’s press wing, confirmed the information and added that she reached at her residence at 7.55pm in the evening. “She returned home after pathological tests and some regular examinations ...

A Dhaka court on Tuesday accepted the chargesheet against Nobel Laureate economist Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed over misappropriation of Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers’ Profit Participation Fund. The court also ordered to transfer the case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-4. Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court Judge Mohammed Ash-shams Joglul Hossain accepted the ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday directed the the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to strengthen research and discover the new sources of energy. The president gave these directives when a BERC delegation handed over its annual report 2023-24 to the president at Bangabhaban this afternoon, reports UNB. “We need to focus on developing new sources of fuel,” President Sahabuddin said. The president ...

Major (retd) Abdul Mannan, former member of parliament and former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Financial Company, granted bail in a graft case. His lawyer on Sunday (March 31) filed the bail petition before the court of Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge. Then the court granted him the bail. General Registrar branch of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) confirmed ...

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2024 will start from June 30. An the written exams will end on August 11. The exams routine, signed by Dhaka Education Board controller Prof Abul Basher, was published on Tuesday (April 2). The practical exams will begin on August 12. According to the routine, the exam will begin with Bangla first ...

Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain on Sunday said that the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation will be three days beginning from April 10. He said this at a press conference after the cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Hossain said offices will remain open on April 8 and April 9. But, anyone can take ...

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Monday said student politics on the university campuses is not the problem, the concern is over the control of a single student organision on the campuses. “BUET authorities will take decision whether they will allow student politics on the campus or not. Because of that (Abrar Fahad killing) the BUET authorities had banned ...