Former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has been placed on a 43-day remand in eight separate cases over the death of eight people during the student movement. Earlier on Tuesday, he was produced before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza seeking remand for fair investigation. Meanwhile, Al-Mamun’s lawyer filed another petition for his bail. After ...

The government has permitted to import of 40.5 million eggs to stabilise prices and ensure the availability of this essential commodity. The Ministry of Commerce granted approval for the import of the eggs to seven designated firms, a notification in this regard on Tuesday confirmed. The domestic egg market has witnessed a sharp increase in prices over the past few ...

Veteran Bangladesh all rounder Mahmudullah Riyad has announced his retirement from T20Is on Tuesday. He made the announcement in the pre-match press conference before the second T20I against India at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. In the T20 international, he will play for the last time in the last match of the ongoing three-match T20I series against India which ...

Ingredients: v 1 large local chicken (over 1 kg) v 1 cup chopped onions v 1 tsp ginger paste v 1 tsp garlic paste v 1/2 cup onion paste v 1 tbsp poppy seed paste v 1 tbsp cashew nut paste v 1 tsp raisin paste v 1/2 tsp mace (jaitri) paste v 1/4 of a nutmeg v 2 tbsp ...

A petition to register a case has been submitted against Lalmonirhat assistant commissioner Tapashee Tabassum Urmi, who was suspended on Monday for her Facebook post criticising the chief adviser. Abu Hanif, publicity secretary of Gana Adhikar Parishad, submitted the petition with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain for filing a defamation case against the suspended assistant commissioner. The ...

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all banks to freeze accounts of Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). It also directed to suspend the accounts of Taposh’s wife Afrin Taposh Sheuly and their son Sheikh Fazle Nashwan. In a letter sent to financial institutions across the country, BFIU instructed banks to ...

The government has extended Durga puja holidays by one more day. A notification in this regard issues on Tuesday, said Md Mahfuz Alam, special assistant to Chief Adviser. He added “The puja holidays will be extended by one more day. Thursday (October 10) will also be the holiday. The notification will be issued today.” Mahfuz Alam informed this to reporters ...

The overall inflation decreased by 1.17 percent in August compared to last July, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Sunday. According to BBS, the overall inflation was 11.66 percent in July, which declined to 10.49 percent in August. Besides, food inflation declined to 11.36 percent in August, from 14.10 percent in July. However, ...

Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research – not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 – are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living populations. “We have ...

Ireland captain Paul Stirling led from the front with a dashing 88 as his side completed their ODI series against South Africa with a convincing 69-run win in the final match in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Chasing 285 to win, South Africa slipped to 126-6 with only a fine 91 from Jason Smith keeping them in the game. But Smith ...