Bangladesh

The body of Masud Kamal Tofazzal, who was lynched at Dhaka University, was buried next to the graves of his father, mother and brother at Patharghata in Borguna district on Friday (September 20). Tofazzal was laid to rest after his first namaz-e-janaza at his maternal grandfather’s home at Shatkar in the upazila and second namaz-e-janaza at Charduani Talimul Quran Madrasa ...

Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Thursday said the six reform commissions will place their reports to the government by December 31, reflecting on people’s desire and expectation as the government is committed to build a new Bangladesh. “The commissions will start working from October 1. We expect the commissions will submit their reports by December 31,” he told reporters ...

Detectives arrested Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mashiur Rahman was arrested in Dhaka on Thursday night. Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, acknowledged the matter of the arrest and said a team of detectives arrested him from airport area. Mashinur was accused in several cases filed after August 5, following the fall ...

World Bank is ready to be part of key economic reforms of the Interim Government, a visiting top official of the multilateral lender said on Thursday. Martin Raiser, vice president of the World Bank’s South Asia region made the comments after meeting Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office in Dhaka, reports BSS. “Count on us. We are ...

Each family of the martyrs, who sacrificed their lives during the student-led revolution, will primarily receive Tk 5 lakh while each injured person will primarily get maximum Tk 1 lakh from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation. The decision was taken at the first meeting of the executive committee of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation held at the State Guest House ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday emphasized the need to raise public awareness about mob justice, saying none has the right to take the law in own hands. “No one has the right to enforce justice outside the law. If someone commits a crime, hand him/her over to the authorities,” he said while talking ...

Police have arrested Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah from Gulshan area in the capital. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrest news on Thursday morning. A team of police arrested him from Gulshan area on Wednesday night. Zafarullah fell unwell after being taken to the Detective Branch office and was, later, admitted to the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not expected to meet Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly next week, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Bangladesh side made a formal request for a meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly, which both leaders are set to ...

The United Nations General Assembly’s 10th Emergency Special Session has adopted a key resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion which declared Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories illegal under international law. The resolution was tabled by Palestine, and was co-sponsored by 53 countries, including Bangladesh, according to a message received on Thursday. The adoption came through ...

A sedition case has been filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and three former chief election commissioners (CECs) in Chittagong for holding illegal and fraudulent elections. The three CECs are Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmad, KM Nurul Huda and Kazi Habibul Awal. Valiant freedom fighter Ekramul Karim, also the former general secretary of the Chittagong City BNP, filed the case ...