The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday ordered to start the trial proceedings of three persons, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in crimes against humanity case linked to the July-August mass uprising. Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, who heads the three-member ICT panel, issued this order. Former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was produced before the ...

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has directed all mobile phone operators to provide 1GB of free Internet to users on 18 July, in observance of ‘Free Internet Day.’ The BTRC took the decision at a meeting,chaired by the commission’s vice chairman, on Tuesday (July 8). As per the directive, the BTRC approved this initiative following instructions from the Ministry ...

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination scheduled for Thursday under Comilla Education Board has been postponed. Comilla Education Board Examinations Controller Professor Runa Nasreen confirmed this information around 10 PM on Wednesday. Professor Nasreen said that the decision was made due to the emerging flood situation in several areas of Feni district, considering the humanitarian aspect. She further explained that among ...

The Palestinian Authority welcomed on Wednesday the statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron during his state visit to the UK, in which he affirmed Paris’ position to recognize a Palestinian state as a way to ensure stability in the Middle East, reports Arab News. The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that Macron is leading French ...

A Palestinian family of six who are stuck in Gaza despite having permission to join a relative in Britain asked London’s High Court on Wednesday to make officials reconsider their refusal to ask Israel for help to leave the enclave, reports Reuters. Lawyers representing a Palestinian couple and their four children said the family were given leave to enter the ...

A highly effective screening and treatment program for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection could reduce global stomach cancer cases by up to 75%, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine. The study highlights a concerning global trend: rising rates of stomach cancer among people under the age of 50. Researchers from the International Agency for Research ...

FIFA has opened an office inside Trump Tower in New York City as it steps up preparations for the 2026 World Cup in North America, world football’s governing body announced. “FIFA is a global organisation and to be global, you have to be local, you have to be everywhere, so we have to be in New York,” FIFA president Gianni ...

Local people handed over a local leader Awami League, which is currently banned from running its activities, to the police after confining him in Sylhet early Wednesday. The AL leader, Pradip Roy, is the party’s Derai upazila unit general secretary and former chairman of the Derai upazila parishad in Sunamganj, according to the police. Jalalabad police officer-in-charge Mohammad Harunur Rashid ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has instructed that all preparations for Bangladesh’s upcoming 13th parliamentary election be completed by December this year. Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser, Shafiqul Alam, announced the directive during a press briefing held at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka at 8 pm on Wednesday. The briefing was convened to discuss progress related to ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that not only Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League should be brought under the trial process. BNP has been the biggest victim of the Awami League’s repression, torture, killings, and enforced disappearances, he commented. The party Secretary General made these comments while talking to reporters after visiting BNP Chairperson’s Advisory Council members ...