Bangladesh

Two separate cases have been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of killing of Salam Babu and Selim Ali Sheikh in different areas of Dhaka during the anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Tofazzal Hossain, father of auto-rickshaw driver Salam Babu, who was killed in Uttara House Building area on July 22, filed a complaint against 46 people, including Hasina, ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former Thakurgaon-2 constituency lawmaker Mazharul Islam Suzon from the Nikunja area of the capital on Wednesday on charges of extortion and death threats. RAB Media Wing Assistant Director ANM Emran Khan acknowledged the matter and said a team of RAB-1 arrested him from the Nikunja area. It could not be known immediately in which case ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent former inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque to jail in a murder case after ending his seven-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Haider passed the order in the morning after investigation officer New Market police Station SI Bayezid Bostami pleaded to keep him in jail until the case investigation is over. ...

Police have arrested former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury from Gulshan area in the capital. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him at about 9:45PM on Tuesday, Rezaul Karim Mallik, additional commissioner of DB, confirmed. Tawfiq-e-Elahi was taken to DB and he was shown arrested in one case, Rezaul Karim added. Tawfiq had been ...

Netherlands has expressed keenness to invest in the ICT and pharmaceutical sectors of Bangladesh to reap benefits from the growing potential of these items in both the domestic and international markets. Netherlands Ambassador to Bangladesh Irma van Dueren today expressed the interest while meeting with Interim Government’s Adviser to the Ministry of Industries Adilur Rahman Khan at Industries Ministry in ...

US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has expressed his support to Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. On Monday, the whip took to the US Senate floor in Washington DC voiced his backing for Dr Yunus, who faced decades of harassment by ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to press release received in ...

Students of Ideal College and Dhaka College in the capital got involved in clashes at Science Lab in the capital on Tuesday afternoon. Several students, as well as journalists were injured in the clash that ensued around 1:30pm. It was learnt that Ideal College students had allegedly beaten up Pavel, a student of Dhaka College. Centering the issue, students on ...

Major General (retd) Emdad Ul Bari has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. Emdad Ul Bari has been appointed for the next three years from the date of his joining, the notification said.

The United States is set to launch economic talks this week with Bangladesh’s interim government, including its leader, Muhammad Yunus, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The government led by the Nobel Peace laureate was sworn in last month with the aim of holding elections in the South Asian nation after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina following deadly ...

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 ...