There has been no threat of any militant attack ahead of Durga Puja. Law enforcement agencies are on high alert, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam on Monday. “Ahead of Durga Puja, security has been significantly ramped up across nearly 31,500 puja mandaps nationwide.” IGP Md Mainul Islam made this comment while responding to reporters’ query after ...

Shakib Al Hasan’s Los Angeles Waves had a disappointing start in the United States National Cricket League (US NCL) 2024, losing by 19 runs to the New York Lions in their opening match held at University of Texas Cricket Stadium, Dallas, on Saturday. After opting to bat first, the New York Lions put up an imposing total of 126 runs ...

Salary must be ensured with the wage board of journalists, said Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Monday. “A media reform commission will be formed upon discussions with all stakeholders involved.” Adviser Nahid made this comment at a open discussion on media reform held at Jatiya Press Club in the capital in the morning. He added, “July uprising ...

Police arrested four Chhatra League and Swechasebak League leaders and activists at  Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday night. The arrested men are Habibur Rahman Jani, president of Kulaura municipality BCL unit; Hira Miah, president of Prthimasa union Swechasebak League unit; and upazila BCL leaders Ripon Bokhs and Roky Hasan Rinku. Md Gola Afsar, officer-in-charge of Kulaura Police Station, ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Nojibur Rahman, former principal secretary to the prime minister and former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), from Romna area in Dhaka on Sunday night. DB additional commissioner Rezaul Karim Mallick confirmed the arrest. Nojibur is accused in several cases filed with different police stations after the fall of Awami League government ...

Bangladesh received inward remittance of US $ 425 million in five days of October, showing an uptrend of $100 million remittance flow year-on-year. According to Bangladesh Bank’s latest update, the expatriates sent $325 million remittance during the same period (October 1-5) in 2023, reports UNB. The expatriates sent inward remittance of $ 6967 million ($6.69 billion) so far in the ...

Saber Hossain Chowdhury, former minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was arrested in the capital on Sunday. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from Gulshan in the capital in the evening, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s deputy commissioner for Media Talebur Rahman. He said the DB team raided his Gulshan residence and then arrested him ...

The Government of Bangladesh has appointed Abida Islam, the country’s current ambassador to Mexico, as the next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. This was announced in a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. Abida Islam, a seasoned diplomat with over two decades of experience, has previously served as Bangladesh’s ambassador to South Korea and is ...

Bangladesh edition of NASA Space Apps Challenge 2024 concluded on Saturday night (5 October) selecting 27 teams to complete in the final round of the competition to be held in NASA headquarters in the USA in December. The teams were selected from nine cities across the country through the 36-hour hackathon. HM Imam Hasan, deputy manager of Bangladesh Association of ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker of Rajshahi-3 constituency Asaduzzaman Asad from Baridhara in Dhaka on Sunday in a case over the killings during the recent mass movement. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Imran Khan of the RAB Headquarters (media wing) said Asaduzzaman is accused in several cases following the fall of Awami League government on August 5. RAB ...