Another mastermind involved in robbing Dutch-Bangla Bank money has been arrested from Savar. At the same time, Tk 87.50 lakh more were recovered from his possession. Mastermind Sohel Rana was arrested from Savar by the Mirpur Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch. DB said with the latest recovery, a total of Tk 8.10 crore have been recovered. Besides, a ...

The governor of the US state of Wyoming has signed a bill banning abortion pills in the state and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature, reports Al Jazeera. Governor Mark Gordon’s decision on Friday comes after the issue of access to abortion pills took centre stage this week in a Texas court. A ...

Leaders and activists of the main opposition BNP thronged the party’s Nayapaltan central office to take part in their protest rally, which started on Saturday afternoon. The party is holding the rallies in cities across all divisions on Saturday to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, ...

Actress Mahiya Mahi was sent to jail in Digital Security Act (DSA) case, hours after arrest from Dhaka airport on Saturday. Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Md Iqbal Hossain passed the order following a seven -day remand petition.  

The Bangladesh economy has shown signs of improvement in overcoming the deepening dollar crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, with an improvement in forex supply at banks. This has led to importers suffering less from the dollar crisis, as banks are approving more import Letter of Credit (LC) openings than during the peak crisis moment, according to insiders in the ...

Two cases have been filed against popular film actress Mahiya Mahi and her husband – on charge of “defaming police” after going live on Facebook and alleged involvement in extortion and assaulting a businessman. Rokon Mia, sub-inspector of Bason Police Station, filed a case under Digital Security Act against Mahi and her husband Rakib Sarkar while Ismail Hossain, a businessman, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the children to grow as smart citizens following the ideals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “The Father of the Nation Bangabandu sheikh Mujib is no longer with us, but he left his ideals for us to follow,” she told a National Children’s Day programme in Gopalganj. The premier said the country’s children must ...

Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, has presented his credentials to Michael W. Lodge, the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the International Seabed Authority. The presentation ceremony took place at the Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority in Kingston, Jamaica on Thursday (March ...

A five-member parliamentary delegation from the UK visited Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 on Friday to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The delegation placed a floral wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had a tour of the museum, and signed the visitors’ book. The parliamentary ...

An air-conditioned container loaded with watermelons from Bangladesh is being exported to Malaysia through Chattogram seaport today (Friday). Sattar International located in Halishahar of Chattogram is exporting a total of 13,320 kilogram watermelon to Malaysia in the first shipment. Replying to a query, owner of Sattar International Abdul Qaium said “We are exporting this watermelons buying from Shibganj of Bogura. ...