Bangladesh

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested retired Major Md Mozaffar Hossain, one of the key plotters behind the assassination of late President Ziaur Rahman. The fugitive was apprehended from the capital’s Banani DOHS area at midnight yesterday after evading justice for 45 years. Following primary legal procedures, he was handed over to the Bangladesh Army for a ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday named a senior international official from Bangladesh, Rabab Fatima, as the new head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA. A career diplomat who served in several capitals before representing her country at the United Nations, Fatima is currently the global body’s high representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing ...

The country is observing Historic July Martyrs’ Day on Thursday (July 16), commemorating those who lost their lives during the 2024 quota reform movement, which later evolved into a nationwide mass uprising. On that day, at least six people were killed, including Abu Sayeed, a student of the Department of English at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, who was fatally ...

Two journalists were killed in a road accident early Thursday after a bus hit their motorcycle in the capital’s Uttara area while they were returning home after watching the Argentina-England FIFA World Cup semifinal. The accident occurred near the Jasim Uddin Bus Stand in Sector 3. The deceased were identified as Rabiul Alam Raju, a journalist of Praner Bangladesh, and ...

Home Affairs Adviser Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said there is no opportunity for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, to surrender, adding that she will be arrested immediately if she returns to Bangladesh. Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion titled “The Turning Point of the July Mass Uprising” at ...

    Dhaka, Bangladesh – 15 July 2026. The UK government is providing £355,000 (approx. BDT 5.7 crore) in life-saving humanitarian assistance to support more than 55,000 people affected by flooding in Southeast and Northeast Bangladesh. Managed by Start Network and delivered through national and local NGOs, the UK contribution will provide affected communities with cash assistance, food, and hygiene supplies across six of the worst affected districts: Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Chittagong, Khagrachari and Moulvibazar. This support builds ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said everyone must work together to make Bangladesh greener and urged children to plant at least one tree each every year. “We all should make an effort to make our country greener,” he said. The Prime Minister made the call while inaugurating a nationwide tree plantation programme at government primary schools at the Bangladesh-China ...

Students blocked a road and staged a protest in Uttara demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dr. A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milan. They are protesting the continuation of HSC exams during adverse weather and the use of faulty question papers. A group of students announced the program on social media. They gathered in front of the BNS Center in ...

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit on Wednesday said the government would rebuild flood-damaged homes that have become uninhabitable and rehabilitate affected families. He made the remarks while distributing relief materials among flood victims in the Ambagan area of Balaghata in Bandarban town. The state minister said houses that were fully or partially damaged by ...

State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj on Wednesday said the ministry had successfully navigated numerous challenges over the past five months through the collective efforts of the primary education community. Speaking at the Primary Education Award-2026 ceremony at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Agargaon, Dhaka, he credited teachers, officials and staff for helping the ministry overcome ...