Bangladesh

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Friday afternoon to discuss ways to elevate relations between the two countries by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening ties in diverse sectors, reports UNB. He will be visiting Dhaka at the invitation of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. The Malaysian prime minister is expected to land ...

Major General Ashraful Zaman Siddique, Director General (DG) of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), has stated that the BGB holds partial responsibility for failing to prevent Awami League leaders and activists from fleeing the country. At a press conference held at the BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Thursday, October 3, he said, “However, it would not be fair to hold ...

A court in Dhaka has imposed a travel ban on Naimur Rahman Durjoy, former captain of Bangladesh cricket team and Awami League MP from Manikganj-1 constituency, and his wife. Dhaka Metropolitan Court’s senior special judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain issued the order on Thursday following a petition in this regard. Earlier today, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted an application seeking ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested Abdul Gaffar, former chairman of Naogaon’s Patnitala upazila, from Dhanmondi area in the capital early Thursday. A team of elite force arrested him from a house in the area at an early hours, said RAB-2 senior assistant director (media) Shihab Karim. Abdul Gaffar, 67, also the general secretary of upazila Awami League, has been ...

Mahmudur Rahman, former acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, has secured bail in a case filed for plotting to kidnap and kill former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Dhaka Metropolitan Court’s senior special judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain granted the bail prayer on Thursday after hearing on a petition. Mahmudur Rahman lawyer Tanvir Ahmmed Al Amin ...

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) did not open fire on students and protesters during the recent uprising in the country, said Lt Col Md Munim Ferdous, head of RAB’s Legal and Media Wing, on Wednesday. He made the statement during a press conference on Wednesday at Karwan Bazar in the capital. “RAB did not open fire on the students or ...

Former president Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has been hospitalised following deterioration of his health condition. He was admitted to Medical College For Women and Hospital at Uttara in the capital early Wednesday, his son Mahi B Chowdhury, former lawmaker, confirmed. He said, “How serious the situation is, has not yet been understood. He has profused of bleeding.” Mahi B sough ...

Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested Kamal Naser Chowdhury, former principal secretary and adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; Mesbah Uddin, former secretary of Youth and Sports; and Bashundhara Group Coordinator Adnan. They were arrested from different areas in the capital early Wednesday. They were accused in multiple cases, said DMP deputy commissioner (Media) Talebur Rahman confirming the arrest ...

Nahida Rahman Shumona presented her credentials to President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens, officially marking her role as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bangladesh to Greece. This event followed her appointment as the successor to Ambassador Ashud Ahmed. During the ceremony, President Sakellaropoulou accepted the Letter of Credence from Ambassador Shumona, who is recognized for her ...

Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, celebrated at the dawn on Wednesday through different rituals by Hindu community members across the country. With the beginning of ‘Devipaksha’, Mahalaya is observed six days before Durga Puja. Marking the day, special programmes will be arranged at different temples, including the capital. Hindus will remember and pay homage ...