Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed has said that EC has finalized several key measures and a comprehensive action plan has already been drafted and submitted to the commission for approval in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections, and it will be made public within this week. Speaking to reporters on Monday (August 18) at the EC headquarters in ...

A Dhaka court on Monday placed MyTV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of anti-discrimination movement activist Asadul Haque Babu. Metropolitan Magistrate Zia Uddin Ahmed passed the order after CID inspector Khan Md Erfan, the investigation officer, produced Nasir before the court and sought seven-day remand. Nasir was arrested from Gulshan ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants against five people, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary, for killing seven youths in a staged shootout in Gazipur in 2016. A three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order after allowing a prosecution plea. According to case documents, law enforcement agencies ...

Britain is suspending the previously planned introduction of extra border checks on live animal imports from the European Union to ease trade ahead of the implementation of a deal agreed in May to reduce friction, the UK government said on Monday. Extra border checks on some animal and plant goods imported from Ireland will also be suspended. May’s sanitary and ...

MPs, members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs), Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and Welsh Senedd (MSs) have urged the prime minister to “act now” and exert pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza. Parties joining in the SDLP-led letter include Sinn Féin, Alliance, the SNP, Plaid Cymru, the Green Party and People Before Profit. The letter calls for Parliament ...

Actress Pori Moni has been hospitalized due to breathing difficulties, while her young son is also receiving treatment for a high fever. Doctors prescribed that regular nebulization for the actress after she experienced severe respiratory distress. Although her breathing has improved, she continues to suffer from high fever and body aches and has been advised to remain under observation for ...

Three people were killed and eight others injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Brooklyn, New York, early Sunday, according to NBC News, citing police sources. The incident took place at the “Taste Of The City Lounge” in the Crown Heights neighborhood just before 3:30 a.m. local time, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a ...

The government has temporarily suspended former Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) chief Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid and 17 other police officers. The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Monday (August 18). The order, signed by Senior Secretary Nasimul Gani and approved by the president, was made under the Government Servants (Discipline and ...

The southwestern part of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila is groaning under the relentless weight of heavy vehicles, leaving thousands of locals caught in the daily misery of crumbling roads. For people in several unions of Moulvibazar and two neighbouring upazilas, what once were vital lifelines have now become stretches of broken asphalt and deep potholes. The worst-hit are the Moulvibazar–Kagabala and ...

Ingredient: * Digestive biscuits —3 ¾ cups * Unsalted butter —¾ cups + 2 tbsp * Golden syrup —1/3 cup * Cocoa powder —1/3 cup + 1 tbsp * Caster sugar —3 tbsp * Raisins —1 cup + 2 tbsp * Milk chocolate — 1 ¾ cups Method: 1. Grease and line a 20cm/8″ square tin with baking paper. 2. ...