Bangladesh

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will attend in-person a rally of freedom-fighters in Dhaka to be organized by the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal on Saturday (December 21). Muktijoddha Dal President Syed Ishtiaque Aziz Ulfat said they will arrange a gathering of freedom fighters at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Saturday where Khaleda will be present as the chief guest. Ulfat ...

Former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and former member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Matiur Rahman were sued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over graft allegations. ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhtar Hossain on Sunday said that the cases were filed at anti-graft watchdog’s Dhaka Integrated District Office.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta on Sunday held “fruitful discussions” and shared their ideas to take the relations between the two countries to a new height. They witnessed the signing of two instruments- MoU on bilateral consultations mechanism and agreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders- to further strengthen the relations. The ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested Nishita Iqbal Nodi, former vice-president of the banned student organization Chhatra League’s Dhaka University (DU) Shamsunnahar Hall unit. She was arrested in a raid in the capital’s Bhatara police station area on Saturday (December 14) night. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner (DB) Rezaul Mallick confirmed the matter. He said Nishita Iqbal ...

Four pairs of new commuter trains were launched on the Dhaka-Joydebpur-Dhaka railway route on Sunday, aiming to improve communication between the capital and Gazipur. The service was officially inaugurated at Joydebpur Railway Junction at around 7 am by Transport Advisor Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan. At the inaugural programme, he paid tribute to the martyrs of the anti-discrimination movement and emphasized ...

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has found the prima facie involvement of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in incidents of enforced disappearances, its chief retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury has said. Handing over its first interim report to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday (December 14), he said some high-ranking officials of security forces and her government, including ...

The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 1,799 cases for violating the traffic rule on the city road on Thursday and Friday (December 12 and 13). Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Media) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, shared this information in a media release on Saturday afternoon. Besides, during the operations, 52 vehicles were impounded, and 58 ...

BNP paid tribute to martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur of the capital, on Saturday, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. At around 9:15 am, several senior leaders of the party, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, laid wreaths and stood in silence for a while to pay tribute to the great national ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday paid glowing tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur here,  marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. The head of the state placed the wreath at the memorial at about 06:59 am to pay tributes to those who were brutally killed just two days before Bangladesh’s final victory ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Saturday paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. He paid homage by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur here at about 7.15 am. The chief adviser stood there in solemn silence for a while as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the illustrious ...