Bangladesh

Army Chief general Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday called on President Mohammed Sahabuddin at Bangabhaban and briefed him about the overall activities of the army. During the meeting, the Army Chief also highlighted the activities of the army to maintain law and order across the country, President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin said. Sahabuddin appreciated the role of the army in maintaining the ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday said India’s relationship with its neighbouring countries is not going well now as the country always adopted dominance politics with its neighbours. He said this while talking to journalists after offering ziarat at BNP Founder and Martyred President Ziaur Rahman’s mazar at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital marking the ...

The government will honor the martyrs of the students-people uprising on September 14. Disclosing this at a preparatory meeting today, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md. Nahid Islam said to honor the martyrs, a commemorative meeting in memory of all the martyrs in the students-people uprising will be organised on September 14, said a press release. “The government will ...

Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Operations) of Dhaka District Md Abdullahil Kafi has been suspended over the allegations of killing and burning students in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, during the student-led mass uprising on August 5. The Police Branch-1 of the Public Security Division of the Home Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday said super shops can’t use polythene shopping bags and polypropylene bags and provide to the customers from October 1 next. Alternative jute and cloth bags will be placed at or in front of all super shops for customers while the youths and students will be involved in this initiative, ...

The law ministry has canceled the appointment of 17 special public prosecutors in the BDR mutiny explosives case. A notification, signed by deputy solicitor Sanah Mohammad Mahruf Hossain, in this regard informed the matter on September 5. Chief chief prosecutor Md Tajul Islam confirmed this to media on Monday (September 9). It said the appointment of 17 public prosecutors in ...

The depression in the north-west of the Bay of Bengal has moved further northwest and developed into a deep depression. The rain is likely to increase from Wednesday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). “The rain may intensify under the influence of the deep depression on September 11, 12, and 13,” said Meteorologist Md Bazlur Rashid on Monday morning. ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General, Prof. Mia Golam Parwar, clarified that former army officer Abdullahil Amaan Azmi’s remarks regarding the national anthem do not reflect the party’s stance. Speaking to journalists after a discussion program in Rangpur city, Prof. Parwar stated, “Azmi is not associated with Jamaat, and his comments on changing the national anthem are entirely his own.” Prof. Parwar also ...

The previous Awami League government which was ousted in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement will not remain silent, said interim government’s chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus. He said: “They (Awami League leaders) had been looting the country’s resources with fun in their dreams lying on bed silently. Their dreams were shattered by students. Will they remain silent now? No, not at ...

Former shipping minister Shajahan Khan is being taken to Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider in a murder case Sunday. A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former shipping minister Shajahan Khan to jail as he fell sick during his remand in a case filed over the killing of one Abdul Motalib in Dhanmandi area during Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate ...