Bangladesh

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam has resigned from the advisory council of the interim government. The Chief Adviser’s office revealed the information on Tuesday. Nahid Islam will take charge as the convener of the new political party to be announced on February 28. Nahid, a Dhaka University student and coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, took oath as an ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale was felt in the capital and several parts of the country at 6:40AM on Tuesday. However, as the epicenter was in the Bay of Bengal near India, its impact in Bangladesh was minimal, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre acting officer in-charge Rubayet Kabir ...

Jatiya Shaheed Sena Dibos (National Martyred Army Day) is being observed in the country on Tuesday, commemorating the martyred army officials who were killed in the 2009 Pilkhana massacre. Marking the day, around 9AM, Home Affairs Adviser Lt General (retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury went to Military Graveyard in the capital’s Banani and paid his tribute to the slain army ...

BNP vice-chairman and former minister Abdullah Al Noman passed away at a private hospital in the capital on Tuesday morning at the age of 82. His personal assistant Nurul Azim Hiru informed that Noman breathed his last around 6AM at Square Hospitals while undergoing treatment. He left behind wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wisher ...

India and the UK have restarted free trade talks, nearly a year after negotiations were paused ahead of general elections in both countries. Jonathan Reynolds, the UK’s business and trade secretary, met his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal in Delhi on Monday and kicked off the two-day discussions. The talks focused on “advancing” the negotiations and ensuring that the deal was ...

The government has rearranged the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9AM to 3:30PM for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Monday. There will be a 15-minute break from 1:15PM to 1:30PM for Zuhr prayers, said the notice. However, banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the anticipatory bail to Suparna Sur Chowdhury, wife of former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Sitangshu Kumar (SK) Sur Chowdhury, and their daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury in a case filed by the ACC for failing to submit an asset statement within the stipulated time. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, ...

To curb robbery and theft incidents, three specialised units–police, RAB and Anti Terrorism Unit– to start patrolling jointly from Monday (February 24), said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam. “Theft has increased in day and also at night too. Dhaka Metropolitan police, RAB and Anti Terrorism Unit will jointly conduct an operation starting today. See whether the situation improves ...

Biplob Kumar Sarker, former Joint Commissioner of Police (Admin and Intelligence-South) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), and SM Mehedi Hasan, DMP Traffic’s joint police commissioner, have been suspended for being absent from work without permission or prior notice, either verbally or in writing. The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, issued a notification in this regard ...

Robbers have shot a jewellery shop owner in the capital’s Banasree area and snatched away his bag containing gold items and cash. The incident happened approximately 10:30PM on Sunday on Road No 7 in Banasree’s D Block in front of businessman Anwar Hossain’s home. Rampura Police Station chief Ataur Rahman Akand said Anwar, 55, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College ...