A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former food minister Advocate Kamrul Islam on a five-day fresh remand in connection with the murder of jhoot trader Md Monir during last year’s anti-discrimination student protests at Shahbagh. Meanwhile, former lawmaker Mohammad Solaiman Selim was also shown arrested in the case. Monir was shot dead on August 5, 2023, while joining the protest ...

Around 45.6 per cent of respondents believe BNP is most likely to form the next government if Awami League will not participates, according to the People’s Election Pulse Survey, round 2, released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami will get 33.5 per cent of votes, National Citizen Party (NCP) will get 4.7per cent, Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) 3.10 per cent and Jatiya ...

Ajay Kar Khokon, a banned Awami League leader and former general secretary of banned Chhatra League, has been arrested by Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The arrest was confirmed on Wednesday (September 24) by DMP’s Deputy Commissioner (Media) Muhammad Talebur Rahman. He said that Khokon was arrested from Gulshan area of the capital. “Further legal procedures are ...

Police have arrested former female councillor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Mohila Awami League leader Hajera Khatun Nargis from Dhaka’s Gulshan area. Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Talebur Rahman said she was arrested from the Gulshan around 11:30PM on Tuesday. Being tipped-off, a special team from Gulshan Police Station conducted a drive and apprehended her. ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus met Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo on Tuesday at a hotel in New York. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed a range of pressing issues, including the upcoming general election in Bangladesh, reforms initiated by the interim government, the role of social business in sports and the Olympics, and global refugee challenges—particularly the ongoing ...

Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan. The Chinese finance hub saw scores of fallen trees with flooding in at least two seaside neighbourhoods, while buildings across the city rattled and swayed in the ...

Gold began selling at a record high in the country’s market on Wednesday, following a sharp increase announced by the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) the night before. With the latest adjustment, the price of 22-carat gold has reached Tk 1,94,859 per bhori (11.664 grams), the highest ever in Bangladesh’s history. BAJUS raised the rate by Tk 3,663 within just a ...

A specialist from Singapore has arrived in Bangladesh to assist in the treatment of firefighters critically injured in Monday’s chemical warehouse blaze in Gazipur’s Tongi. Dr S.I. Zachak, who was also part of the foreign medical team during the Milestone School tragedy, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night and went directly to the National Institute of Burn ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday called on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to extend full support to Bangladesh in ensuring a smooth transition from its Least Developed Country (LDC) status. Yunus raised the issue during a meeting with WTO Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday (23 September) dismissed as “fake and fabricated” an interview published in his name by Kolkata-based outlet Ei Samay, claiming the report was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). “That news is fake! They [Ei Samay] used AI to create this false and misleading report,” Fakhrul told UNB over phone from New York, ...