Bangladesh

Nobel Laureate economist Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus on Sunday appeared before a Dhaka court and sought acquittal from a case charge filed against him over misappropriation of about Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers’ profit participation fund. Today is scheduled for hearing on charge framing of the case. The hearing will be held before the court of Dhaka Special ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has encouraged students to promote Bangladesh-China friendship by learning the Chinese language and devoting themselves to cultural exchange between the two countries. Speaking at the 23rd “Chinese Bridge” world Chinese proficiency competition for the college students in Bangladesh, he emphasized the competition as a cultural exchange platform. Ambassador Yao awarded the contestants at the ...

Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has called for addressing the ongoing conflict in Rakhine state and taking a coordinated international action to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar from Bangladesh. The foreign minister, who is now in the United States on a three-day official visit, made the appeal during four separate meetings at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, a ...

Former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed left the country under the patronisation of the government, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged. “How does a person like the former IGP leave the country without the understanding of the government?” he asked while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion in the capital on Saturday (June ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the police will not take the responsibility for the former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed if he commits a personal crime. “It is his personal matter if he (Benazir Ahmed) did any corruption. Police will not take the responsibility. It will be cleared after investigation,” the minister said these at ...

A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police left Dhaka for Nepal on Saturday morning as part of investigation to find out those involved in the Jhenidah-4 constituency MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder. A four-member team led by DB chief and Additional Commissioner Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid went to Nepal this, morning. Before leaving Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, DB Chief Harun said, ...

More than 270,000 children in Bangladesh have lost their homes or are living in damaged houses after a severe cyclone ripped off roofs, swamped villages and cut power to millions of people, said Save the Children. Cyclone Remal tore through south west Bangladesh on 26 May with winds of up to 75 miles (120 km) per hour and tidal surges ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said former Inspector General of Police (IGP) is now under the judicial process. After the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files cases against Benazir, court would decide when he will be arrested and sent to jail.” Quader made the remark while addressing a press conference at the AL President’s Dhanmondi political office in the capital ...

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has termed Bangladesh as a key partner of UN for the country’s “significant contributions” to various UN initiatives, including peacekeeping, achieving sustainable development goals and climate adaptation. He made the recognition at a meeting with visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday afternoon, a ...

A court in Dhaka has placed three accused on a five-day remand in a case filed following the murder of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanto Islam Mollick passed the order on Friday after police had produced them before the court and sought remand. Those remanded are Syed Amanullah Aman alias Shimul Bhuiyan, Faisal Ali Saji alias Tanvi ...