Bangladesh

Former Director General (DG) of Postal Department Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhadra was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday night. Md Akhtarul Islam, public relations officer of the ACC, confirmed the arrest, saying that ACC deputy assistant director Nazir Akanda, in association with detectives, made the arrest. A process to produce him before a Dhaka court was underway, he added. ...

Students besieged the High Court demanding the resignation of the ‘accomplices of fascism’ judges. On Wednesday, the students reached the gate of the High Court at around 11:30 am. However, security has already been strengthened in the surrounding areas including the High Court gate. Earlier, students started gathering at at Raju sculpture from 10:30 am. Students of Dhaka University and ...

Advisory council of the interim government has decided to cancel eight national day, including August 15 and historic March 7. This announcement was made in a post of the verified Facebook page of the chief advisor of the interim government on Wednesday. The days to be cancelled are March 7, commemorating Bangabandhu’s historic speech; March 17, which is both Bangabandhu’s ...

The High Court has ordered to conclude within six months the long-pending investigation in Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi murder case. An HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam passed the order on Wednesday after releasing a full-fledged verdict on the formation of a six member high-powered task force to probe the double murders. On ...

Welcoming more US investment in Bangladesh, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said his government has taken steps to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and improve the business climate in the country. “You have come at the right time here,” Prof Yunus said when Chief Executive Officer of the Excelerate Energy, Steven Kobos called on him at the State Guest ...

The newly appointed Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) chairman Prof Mobasser Momen and four members took oaths on Tuesday. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to them at the Supreme Court Judges’ Lounge on Tuesday noon. Supreme Court Registrar General Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan conducted the ceremony. The four other members are Dr Nurul Kadir, Dr Mohammad Aminul Islam, ...

The Mirpur-10 metro rail station, which has been kept shut for almost three months after it was vandalised, reopened on Tuesday (October 15). Mohammad Abdur Rauf, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), confirmed the information to media. On 19 July, unidentified individuals vandalised the Mirpur-10 and Kazipara metro stations amid the complete shutdown programme of the Anti-Discrimination ...

Girls have once again outshone boys in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, securing a slightly higher pass rate. The pass rate for female students is slightly higher at 79.95 per cent, while male students have a pass rate of 75.61 per cent. Meanwhile, female students have outperformed boys getting the highest GPA-5. A total of 80,933 female ...

The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of this year were published on Tuesday (October 15). The average pass rate across the eleven boards is 77.78 per cent. A total of 1,45,911 students achieved GPA-5 across the country, whereas the number was 92,595 last year. The Sylhet board saw the highest pass rate with 85.38 per cent, ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested Mohammad Faruk Khan, former minister of civil aviation and tourism. He was arrested at about 1AM on Tuesday from his cantonment residence. Later, the elite force team handed him over to the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Additional Commissioner Rezaul Karim Mallick confirmed. Faruk Khan, a former lawmaker from Gopalganj-1 ...