Bangladesh

A court in Dhaka has sent former member of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Ratiur Rahman to jail in an arms case filed with the Bhatara police station. Metropolitan Magistrate Naznin Akhter passed the order on Saturday as Sub-Inspector Belal Hossain of the Detective Branch (DB) of police produced Matiur before the court after the expiry of a three-day ...

The interim government on Saturday said it holds a “zero tolerance policy” towards any attacks on the shrines and requested all the aggrieved persons to file complaints with the police. All the police units have been ordered to investigate the cases stringently and arrest all the persons involved in the attack incidents. “The government attaches highest importance on the safety ...

Former chief of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) Masud Biswas was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Saturday. The ACC arrested him with the help of Detective Branch (DB) of police, top ACC sources confirmed. He will be produced before a court by a team led by Gulshan Anwar Pradhan after showing him arrested. According to the case ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday accused Tulip Siddiq, former British Treasury Minister, of engaging in corruption despite her upbringing and education in the UK, attributing it to her familial ties with Bangladesh’s Sheikh family. “Tulip Siddiq grew up in London and studied there. It’s unimaginable that an MP from England would engage in corruption, but ...

Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the chief adviser, has blamed the major role played by the intelligence agencies to curtail the freedom of mass media during the rule of ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina. “We are going to reform the mass media because autocratic Sheikh Hasina’s government misused it over the last 15 years. They had the ability of controlling all ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has urged all to follow the ‘eco-centric’ philosophy to protect the ecology and ecosystems, including environment, water, land, and all forms of life. “We have to be eco-centric in our approaches rather than anthropocentric. We have to put nature at the center of all our activities. We must not try to ...

Former caretaker government adviser Professor Rehman Sobhan has attributed environmental degradation to unchecked profit motives and market dominance, urging the establishment of a dedicated commission to tackle these challenges. “Environmental protection efforts are being hindered for the lack of proper enforcement of laws… I also called for urgent action to establish a commission dedicated to addressing environmental challenges,” he said ...

Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the United States Asad Alam Siam will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day on January 20. Foreign ministry spokesperson and Director General of the Public Diplomacy Wing Mohammad Rafiqul Alam informed this to media at the ministry’s weekly briefing on Thursday afternoon. He said that Ambassador Siam has been invited to participate in the inauguration ceremony of ...

Expressing satisfaction with the steady growth in bilateral trade, Bangladesh on Thursday urged Australia’s outgoing envoy to advocate for the establishment of an Australian visa processing facility in Dhaka and to work towards easing visa procedures for Bangladeshi nationals. Acting High Commissioner of Australia to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson paid a farewell courtesy call on Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin at ...

Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar was released from Keraniganj Central Jail on Thursday afternoon after 17 years. He walked out of the prison around 1:48PM, senior Jail Superintendent Suraiya Akter confirmed. Since morning, BNP leaders, activists, and people from his native Netrakona area started gathering in front of the jail centering Babar’s release. “After 17 long years, ...