Bangladesh

Workers Party President and former lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon was arrested in Dhaka on Thursday. Md Obaidur Rahman, Additional Deputy commissioner of Media and Public Relations Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said detectives detained Menon, also a leader in the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, from Gulshan area of the capital at around 5PM on Thursday. He will be produced before ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) now sought travel bans on former chief of Detective Branch (DB) of police Harun or Rashid, now the additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, and his wife Shireen Akter. The ACC sent a letter to the Special Branch (SB) of police in this regard. The ACC took the decision as it decided to investigate allegations against ...

A team of the United Nations (UN) on Thursday arrived in Dhaka on an eight-day visit to discuss the process for investigating human rights violations in light of the recent violence and unrest. “A team from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will be visiting Dhaka from August 22 to August 29, 2024 for preliminary discussions ...

BNP Standing Committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been acquitted in a money laundering case filed in 2014. Judge Abul Kashem of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 handed down the judgement on Thursday.  

A preliminary UN OHCHR team is in Dhaka to discuss ways to support and the procedures for investigating human rights violations in the context of recent violence and unrest. They will continue their mission in line with the activities they intend to achieve, said an official on Thursday. The high commissioner is fully committed to supporting the interim government and ...

Information and Broad-casting adviser Md Nahid Islam urged to deploy all government and private speedboats and trawlers in the flood-affected areas. He also warned if any negligence of anyone found in this crisis moment, steps will be taken against them. “Urge the private institutions that there are instructions from the Chief Adviser. Turn on the control room within an hour,” ...

Members of Bangladesh Army conducted a drive at Mohammadpur residence of Awami League presidium member and former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday night. No weapons were found, army personnel seized some important papers, land-related documents, bank cheques, many sacks of rice and blankets from the house. Some students were present during the drive. During the search, photos of leaders and ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus sought the UK’s cooperation to bring laundered money back as British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke met him at his Jamuna office in the capital on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen, the Chief Adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam said different global institutions had informed that a huge amount of money was siphoned off during the regime of ousted ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman has been acquitted in a treason case filed in Noakhali. Noakhali Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Judge Md. Noman Mahi Uddin delivered the verdict on Wednesday. Confirming the information, the court inspector Md. Shah Alam said that the judge also directed the officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar Police Station to withdraw the ...

Eight districts of the country have been flooded due to heavy rains and onrush of water from the upstream, said the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief on Wednesday. The eight districts are — Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Feni, Chattogram, Noakhali, Cumilla and Khagrachhari. The flood may spread further, said Additional Secretary of the ministry KM Ali Reza at a press ...