Bangladesh

Tapashee Tabassum Urmi, an assistant commissioner of Lalmonirhat Deputy Commissioner’s Office, has been suspended following her post on Facebook. The public relations office (PRO) at the Ministry of Public Administration on Monday said Taposhee has been suspended and administrative proceedings against her have also been initiated according to service regulations. A gazette notification, signed by Nilufa Yeasmin, senior assistant secretary ...

At least 1,299 people were arrested in 5,264 raids by the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) across the country between September 4 and October 5. Among those arrested are 89 top drug dealers, including 11 godfathers, said Khondker Mostafizur Rahman, Director General of the DNC, during a press briefing at the department’s headquarters on Monday. He stated that during the ...

There has been no threat of any militant attack ahead of Durga Puja. Law enforcement agencies are on high alert, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam on Monday. “Ahead of Durga Puja, security has been significantly ramped up across nearly 31,500 puja mandaps nationwide.” IGP Md Mainul Islam made this comment while responding to reporters’ query after ...

Salary must be ensured with the wage board of journalists, said Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Monday. “A media reform commission will be formed upon discussions with all stakeholders involved.” Adviser Nahid made this comment at a open discussion on media reform held at Jatiya Press Club in the capital in the morning. He added, “July uprising ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Nojibur Rahman, former principal secretary to the prime minister and former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), from Romna area in Dhaka on Sunday night. DB additional commissioner Rezaul Karim Mallick confirmed the arrest. Nojibur is accused in several cases filed with different police stations after the fall of Awami League government ...

Saber Hossain Chowdhury, former minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was arrested in the capital on Sunday. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from Gulshan in the capital in the evening, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s deputy commissioner for Media Talebur Rahman. He said the DB team raided his Gulshan residence and then arrested him ...

Bangladesh edition of NASA Space Apps Challenge 2024 concluded on Saturday night (5 October) selecting 27 teams to complete in the final round of the competition to be held in NASA headquarters in the USA in December. The teams were selected from nine cities across the country through the 36-hour hackathon. HM Imam Hasan, deputy manager of Bangladesh Association of ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker of Rajshahi-3 constituency Asaduzzaman Asad from Baridhara in Dhaka on Sunday in a case over the killings during the recent mass movement. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Imran Khan of the RAB Headquarters (media wing) said Asaduzzaman is accused in several cases following the fall of Awami League government on August 5. RAB ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday (October 6) inaugurated the ‘Army Headquarters Selection Board 2024′ at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka. In the 1st phase under this promotion board, eligible officers for the ranks of colonel and lieutenant colonel in Bangladesh Army will be considered for promotion, an ISPR press release said. Speaking as the chief guest on the ...

A delegation of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) met with diplomats of Sweden, Norway and Denmark on Sunday. The meeting took place at the residence of Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Nicolas Weeks at Gulshan in the capital around 9:20AM, said BNP media cell members Shyrul Kabir Khan. The diplomats included Weeks, Norwegian Ambassador Arald Gulbrandsen and Deputy Head of Mission of ...