Bangladesh

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker of Feni-3 constituency Rahim Ullah from Dhanmondi in Dhaka in a murder case. ASP Imran Khan of RAB Headquarters (media wing) said a team of RAB-2 arrested him in a case over killing of a three-wheeler driver Zafar Ahmed, 53, during the anti-discrimination student movement in Sonagazi of Feni. The RAB official said ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party aims to create a collective community ‘shield’, serving as a model to ensure the safety and security of all people, regardless of their identities or backgrounds. He said it in a post on his verified Facebook page on Saturday extending greetings to the people of Hindu community on the occasion of ...

The five-day Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Hindu community, will come to an end on Sunday with the solemn immersion of the Goddess Durga across the country. Devotees will throng Puja mandaps to celebrate Bijoya Dashami, the last day of the festival, recite the mantras, offer flowers to the goddess Durga (pushpanjali) and pray for her blessings. On ...

The traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) has filed 838 cases and realised Tk 37,94,500 as fine in a single day in metropolitan areas for violating traffic rules. A DMP press release issued on Saturday said the cases were filed on October 11 through regular drive against traffic rules violators. During the drive, a total of 157 vehicles were ...

Bangladesh has been ranked 84th among 127 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) this year with a score of 19.4 in terms of ability to satisfy hunger. Last year, Bangladesh was ranked 81st with a score of 19. The level of hunger has been classified as ‘moderate’, according to the latest report published on Friday. The decline in the ...

Another man has been arrested over the murder of Deepto TV broadcast engineer Tanjil Jahan Tamim. The arrested is Russel. He was arrested from Dhaka at about 5AM on Saturday. Confirming the arrest, Tejgaon divisional deputy police commissioner Md Ruhul Kabir said,”Russell was identified after scrutinising CCTV footage from the scene. He directly involved in the murder. Earlier, Md Abdul ...

A Dhaka court today placed five accused arrested in the case lodged over the killing of Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim, broadcast officer of Deepto TV, on four-day remand each. The five remanded accused are – Md Abdul Latif, Md Kurban Ali, Mahin, Mozammel Haque Kabir, and Badhon. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbub Ahmed passed the order on Friday (October 11) ...

The United Nations (UN) has reaffirmed its strong support for the reform initiatives of Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus. The universal global organisation came up with the pledge at a meeting between its Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peace building Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo and visiting Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin in New York on Wednesday, a foreign ...

BNP Chairperson’s advisory council member Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday demanded the government publish a white paper on those who fled the country following the student-led mass uprising. “The government must publish a white paper on those who have left the country, particularly explaining how individuals responsible for the deaths of many mothers’ sons in Bangladesh managed to escape to ...

Bangladesh’s top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in the same tribunal that convicted his colleagues. Shafiqur Rahman is the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, whose members were hounded, driven underground and sentenced to death during Hasina’s autocratic 15-year rule. Her government justified the crackdown on the nation’s largest ...