Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul has said that a draft Indemnity Ordinance aimed at granting impunity to “July warriors” will be placed at the next meeting of Council of Advisers for approval. In a post shared on his verified Facebook account on Thursday, Dr Nazrul said July warriors had risked their lives to free the country from fascist rule and ...

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has proposed reducing value-added tax (VAT) on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports to below 10 percent by reinstating a 15 percent VAT exemption at the import stage. In a letter sent to National Board of Revenue (NBR), the ministry said the Advisory Council agreed to restore the VAT exemption on LPG imports ...

Organisational steps will be taken against the party’s nomination deprived and rebel candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, said BNP’s standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday. ”In some cases, we have taken organisational action and in other cases, we are trying to convince and calm them down. We hope the matter will be resolved,” he saidwhile replying to a ...

A schoolgirl, who went missing in Sylhet on Sunday, was rescued from Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday night and two teenagers were arrested for their involvement in this incident. The arrested, Al Amin Hasan, 18, and Mahi Ahmed Nayan, 18, are residents of Moulvibazar town, police said. Sylhet Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam told that a ...

Lionel Messi would prefer to become a club owner rather than a coach when he quits as a player, the Argentina soccer star has said. In October, he signed a three-year contract extension with Inter Miami to take him through the 2028 season. “I don’t see myself as a coach,” the 38-year-old Messi told the Luzu TV streaming channel in ...

Around 100 flights were cancelled at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday morning because of snowfall and fierce cold, and a further 40 were cancelled at Orly airport, France’s transport minister said. The flights disruptions had already been anticipated late Tuesday, and Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot told CNews television he was “hoping the situation returns to normal this afternoon”.

Bangladesh on Wednesday received its first shipment of US corn since 2018, consisting of 57,855 metric tonnes of yellow corn. The consignment arrived at Chittagong Port and was welcomed by officials from US Embassy in Dhaka. The corn, harvested in North and South Dakota and Minnesota during the 2025–26 crop year, was shipped from Vancouver, Washington. The shipment provides Bangladeshi ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday set January 13 for placing arguments in a case against 18 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her nieces Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, over alleged irregularities in allocating a plot in the RAJUK New Town Project. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 fixed the date as Khurshid Alam, the sole ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has reiterated that no manipulated election will be conducted in the country this time. ”There will be no stage-managed election, so no need for street agitation. InShaAllah, no orchestrated polls will ever be held in this country.” The CEC made the remarks at the Election Commission on Thursday while responding to reporters’ questions ...

The prime minister has promised to review laws governing franchising agreements, in response to the case of a former Vodafone store manager whose family alleges took his own life following pressure from the FTSE 100 telecoms group. Keir Starmer said in the Commons on Wednesday that he would “look closely” at the outcome of a high-profile legal claim against Vodafone. ...