Doctors have withdrawn their work stoppage following a court verdict that ensured their professional dignity. A press released in this regard confirmed the matter early Thursday. Through the court order, the prime demand of the doctors and medical students has been fulfilled. The health ministry is working on the other demands and there was much progress, according to the related ...

Nargis Begum, wife of the late BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam, has been made the party’s vice-chairman. Meanwhile, Haji Aminur Rashid Yasin, BNP’s relief and rehabilitation affairs secretary, has been appointed as a member of the party chairperson’s advisory council. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced this in a press release on Wednesday night. Nargis previously ...

Gambian Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday at the State Guest House Jamuna to discuss the ongoing genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). During the meeting, Minister Tangara provided an update on Gambia’s legal efforts to hold Myanmar accountable for the persecution of Rohingya Muslims. He reaffirmed his ...

The first time I casually crossed my arms across my chest and felt the small lump just outside my right armpit, I shrugged it off. We were packing up to go camping for my 36th birthday, and I also had some last-minute race prep to do for a big four-day bike race the following weekend. In other words, I was ...

The Bangladesh national football team departed for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to begin a two-week intensive training camp ahead of their AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifier match against India. The team will train under the guidance of Head Coach Javier Cabrera as they prepare for their upcoming match in Shillong on March 25. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) had earlier ...

Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Liverpool, which ended 1-1 on aggregate. PSG held their nerve, winning 4-1 in the shootout, with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saving two penalties to secure the French side’s place in the last eight. Ousmane Dembélé’s first-leg goal was enough to send the tie to extra-time after ...

Salman F Rahman, former Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Private Sector and Investment, and Atiqul Islam, former Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), have been arrested in connection with a new case related Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. However, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism’s former Senior Secretary M Mohibul Haque was also arrested. The orders of arresting them ...

A Dhaka court has granted remand for several political figures in connection with cases related to the anti-discrimination movement. Former State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has been placed on a three-day remand, while banned organization Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders Siam Rahman and Anwar Hossain Naim have been remanded for four days. Additionally, the son of a former ...

The government has canceled the publication declaration of ‘Jai Jai Din’ due to violations of publication regulations. Following a complaint from the newspaper’s former editor Shafik Rehman, Dhaka District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner Tanvir Ahmed issued the order on March 10. The information was confirmed on Wednesday (March 12) by Nusrat Naushin, Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate (Publication and Printing ...

The traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has filed 1,533 cases for violating traffic laws in different areas of the capital. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed this information on Wednesday (March 12) afternoon. He said that these cases were filed during the DMP’s traffic division’s drive last Tuesday (March 11). ...