The government has sent River Police Chief Kusum Dewan and four Additional Inspectors General of Police (IGPs) of Bangladesh Police into compulsory retirement. The information was disclosed through five separate notifications signed by Senior Secretary of the Police-1 branch under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Manjur Morshed Chowdhury, on Monday (March 9). The four other officials are Additional IGP (OSD) ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman highlighted the importance of multilateralism at the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London, calling for concrete actions to confront existential global challenges, particularly climate change and growing economic uncertainty. Dr Rahman led the Bangladesh delegation to the 26th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) held on Sunday 8 at Lancaster House in London, according ...

Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary of the civil society group Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SUJAN), has stated that the High Court’s issuance of a rule over the July National Charter is beyond its jurisdiction and warned that denying or disputing the charter would be politically self-destructive for the current government. He made the remarks on Sunday at a roundtable discussion titled ...

A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the imprisonment of three individuals, including Sheikh Tasnim Afroz Emi, former general secretary of “Slogan 71” organization, in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The order was issued by Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana after the accused were produced before the court. The other two accused are Md Asif Ahmed Soikat, a ...

The White House released a new report highlighting what it claims are the causes of chronic disease in children. The report fleshes out many of the themes that have emerged as priorities for the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement promoted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. One major area of focus is the negative ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke said on Sunday that the United Kingdom stands alongside Bangladesh in advancing women’s leadership, economic opportunities, and safety to ensure greater participation of women and girls in shaping their futures. In a message posted by the British High Commission Dhaka marking International Women’s Day, Cooke reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to supporting women’s empowerment ...

South Korea held hosts Australia to a thrilling 3-3 draw to top their group at the Women’s Asian Cup in front of a massive crowd in Sydney on Sunday. The two teams finished on seven points apiece in Group A with the Koreans topping the pool on goal difference. Australia will now face a tough quarter-final against either North Korea ...

Local Government Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is trying to destabilise Bangladesh while staying in India. “Fascist Hasina has fled to India, but from there she is trying to create instability in the country. This is clearly a criminal offence,” Fakhrul said. He made the allegation while ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen held a high-level meeting with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Mahmud Hasan Khan and members of its board of directors to discuss bilateral trade, investment and labour issues. The meeting took place on Sunday at the BGMEA complex in Uttara in the capital, said a press release. Discussions focused on ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) seized 29 kilograms of smuggled hemp in two separate anti-smuggling drives in Madhabpur upazila along the Habiganj border on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, a patrol team from Rajendrapur Border Outpost (BOP) launched a drive around 5:00 PM in the Noagaon area and recovered 17 kg of hemp in an abandoned condition from a nearby jungle ...