Bangladesh

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam, who was one of the key coordinators of student-led mass upsurge, has been recognized in Time magazine’s prestigious TIME 100 Next list. The list, published on October 2, recognised 100 emerging global leaders for their substantial contributions to various sectors, including entertainment, politics, activism and business. This year’s selection highlights individuals, who are ...

Former lawmaker of Jashore constituency Shahidul Islam Milon was arrested from Gulistan area of the capital on Thursday over attacks on the students-public during the recent upsurge. Talibur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Media) of the DMP, said that Detective Branch of police arrested Milon from Phulbaria area of Gulistan on Thursday afternoon. Milon, a freedom fighter and also president of the ...

Former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder was arrested by Detective Branch (DB) in Dhaka on Thursday. The information has been confirmed by Rezaul Karim Mallick, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner (DB). He said that a team of the DB of police apprehended him in the Bhatara area in the city. The former minister is accused in a number of cases, ...

The interim government has decided to scrap the controversial Cyber Security Act (CSA), said Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Thursday (October 3). He was speaking at an opinion-sharing meeting with stakeholders at Judicial Administration Training Institute in the capital. “The government is going to abolish the Cyber Security Act 2023 soon,” he said. Speaking at the meeting, Information Adviser Nahid ...

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 ...