The country’s law and order situation has improved slightly, but it is still not satisfactory and more improvement is needed, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam on Monday. “We are changing almost all of Dhaka’s police. It will take time to get to know every alley in Dhaka, to built up intelligence network.” He made these comments ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has set November 10 to hold its hearing on an appeal of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia that challenged High Court’s 10 years’ jail sentence in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Khaleda Zia’ lawyer Barrister Kaysar Kamal confirmed this on Monday. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Md Rezaul Haque on Sunday set ...

A man allegedly killed 45-year-old village doctor (kabiraj), whom the accused suspected of causing his father’s death, at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district. However, RAB arrested the accused Deepak Bhaumij along with the murder weapon, a sharp machete and took into custody following his confession. Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Azizur Rahman Sarkar confirmed the details at a press ...

US Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped a day on the campaign trail Saturday with a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” mocking her presidential election rival Donald Trump on the sketch show. Appearing in the long-running series’s “cold open” — the sketch before the opening titles — Harris appeared as her own reflection in a dressing room mirror, joining in ...

Mohamed Salah dropped a cryptic hint about his Liverpool future on Sunday as the Egypt star said he would never forget the feeling of scoring at Anfield “no matter what happens”. Salah sent Liverpool to the top of the Premier League with a superb winner in Saturday’s 2-1 victory against Brighton. The 32-year-old’s ninth goal this season underlined his huge ...

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said that politically motivated bureaucrats pressured others to serve the interests of the former Awami League government while preparing an economic white paper. “The administration was mostly controlled by political influences,” said Dr Debapriya, also a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the Convenor of the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. He ...

Kemi Badenoch has won the race to become the new leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, pledging to return it to its founding principles and win back voters after its disastrous election defeat in July. Badenoch, 44, came out on top in the two-horse race with former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, winning 57 percent of the votes of party members. She ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called upon the interim government to create an atmosphere for the next general election in the country as quickly as possible. He also strongly criticised the remarks of an adviser for his remarks that “politicians have become a little bit intolerant to go to power.” Mirza Fakhrul was speaking at a discussion ...

In response to recent reports suggesting a payment deadline for Bangladesh, Adani Group clarified on Sunday that it has not demanded full payment of outstanding dues within a seven-day period. Instead, the group emphasized its ongoing cooperation with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to address and resolve any issues related to payments, according to a statement from its PR ...

Six individuals were sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of murdering in Balaganj upazila in Sylhet on 2006. The verdict was delivered by Judge Shayla Sharmin of Sylhet Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-4 on Sunday. Additionally, one accused received a one-year sentence, while five others were acquitted due to lack of evidence. The six who received life sentences were ...