A Dhaka court has sent former chief news editor (CNE) of the private channel Ekattor Television Shakil Ahmed and his wife, former chief reporter and anchor Farzana Rupa to jail after their 9-day remand was over in garment worker Rubel murder case at Adabar in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury rejected their bail plea and ordered ...

The death toll from the flood has risen to 59 with five more deaths were reported in Feni and Noakhali on Saturday while the flood situation is improving in the affected districts. The information was revealed at a daily updated from the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry on Saturday. Among the deceased, 23 in Feni, 14 died in Cumilla, nine ...

Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Tangail highway remained suspended for four hours on Saturday as the workers of two pharmaceutical companies staged demonstration on the highway in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district to press-home their 21-point demand. Hundreds of passengers traveling on the highway suffered as vehicular movement was disrupted following the protest. The workers of Apex Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Square Pharmaceuticals ...

Meghalaya police have handed over the body of Awami League leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, whose half-decomposed body was found inside a betelnut plantation in Jaintia Hills district bordering Bangladesh, to his family. The body was sent through Tamabil immigration post in Sylhet at about 11:30AM and Tamabil police received the body after legal procedure. Upazila administration, BGB and family ...

Md Nazrul Islam Swapan, the prominent businessman and industrialist, was unanimously elected as the chairman of the Board of Directors at the 174th Emergent Board Meeting of the bank held on Friday (August 30). Before this, he served as a member of the board of directors of the same bank with honesty and integrity. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s ...

India has said they have seen the CNN report on the flood situation in Bangladesh, and its narrative is “misleading” and suggests that India is somehow responsible for the floods. “It is factually not correct and ignores the facts mentioned in the press releases issued by the Government of India clarifying the situation. They also have ignored that we have ...

Bangladesh won the toss and sent Pakistan to field first on the second day of the series-deciding Test on Saturday in Rawalpindi. Earlier on Friday, the first day’s Test was washed out due to heavy rain. Bangladesh, whose win was their first in 14 Tests against Pakistan, brought in fast bowler Taskin Ahmed for unfit Shoriful Islam. Squads: Bangladesh: 1 Shadman ...

Over two million children in eastern Bangladesh are at risk as floods sweep through homes, schools and villages, UNICEF has warned, reports UNB. In all, these floods, the worst in eastern Bangladesh in 34 years, have affected 5.6 million people. Major rivers in the southeast are overflowing due to unprecedented monsoon rains. As a result, more than 52 people have ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said despite the fall of autocratic Awami League government, there is no matter of satisfaction. “Conspiracies are still going on at home and abroad. The conspirators will attack the freedom-loving people of the country once they get any chance. So, we must get united to protect student and people’s victory,” he said ...

As part of the interim government’s activities, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus will sit with representatives from the major political parties on Saturday. The chief advisor’s schedule shows a five-hour block of time from 3pm to 8pm on Saturday for the meetings, reports bdnews24.com. An official from the chief advisor’s office says he wants to speak with representatives of all political ...