The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule asking why the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which scrapped the caretaker government system, should not be declared illegal. A High Court bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Shashanka Shekhar Roy issued the rule following a writ petition. The court also asked the government to explain in eight weeks why ...

A Supreme Court lawyer filed a case against former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque with Shahbagh Police Station on Monday (August 19). The lawyer filed the case against the chief justice under sections 219 and 466 on charges of amending the caretaker government provision in the constitution through fraud, breach of trust and forgery. Earlier on Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Jalal Yunus has resigned from his position. Jalal Yunus, was also in charge of cricket operations, has submitted his resignation letter to the National Sports Council (NSC) on Monday. “I have resigned from the board for the interest of cricket,” Jalal said. He is the first director to resign from the current board which is ...

Gazi Md. Mozammel Haque, who began his career in 1997 after being appointed as an Assistant Commissioner of Police through the 17th BCS, is currently serving as an Additional DIG at the Police Headquarters. He is also the director of a housing project. The project, promoted under the name ‘Ananda Police Family Multipurpose Cooperative Society,’ currently holds assets worth approximately ...

Over the past 15 years, the Awami League government has been accused of widespread corruption in Bangladesh’s electricity sector, particularly in the name of capacity charges. These charges, paid to power plants for maintaining readiness to generate electricity even when not in use, have allegedly funneled vast amounts of money into the hands of businesspeople with close ties to the ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)’s Sylhet district unit today formed a human-chain with a demand to trace BNP’s former organizing secretary M Ilias Ali, who along with his driver Ansar Ali, went missing from Dhaka’s Banani area on April 17, 2012. BNP’s Sylhet District Unit President Abdul Quiyum Chowdhury chaired the human-chain formed at Court Point in the city, reports BSS. ...

Another murder case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 61 others over the death of a fish trader in Narayanganj’s Siddhirgaj upazila. Shahnaz Begum, wife of deceased Milon, filed the case with Siddhirgaj Police Station on Sunday (August 18) night. The police station OC Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddiq confirmed the matter at about 1am on Monday. ...

During sleep, the brain resets memory by silencing specific neurons in the hippocampus, allowing for continuous learning without overloading. This process, crucial for memory consolidation, involves different regions of the hippocampus, particularly CA2, which helps reset memory circuits. Researchers believe this mechanism could be used to enhance memory or potentially erase traumatic memories. The study provides insight into why sleep ...

A case was filed yesterday against two men on charge of gang-raping a 12-year-old girl in a village in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila. The incident occurred on the night of August 12, according to the victim’s mother, who lodged the complaint with Chunarughat Police Station yesterday evening. The accused, Billal and Farhad, are from the same locality. Hillol Roy, Chunarughat Police ...

Interim Government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorship has destroyed every institution of the country in the effort to stay in power. The judiciary has been broken, he said while briefing diplomats stationed in Dhaka, reports UNB. The Chief Adviser said he has taken up the responsibility at the request of the ...