Muhammad Monirul Maola, former Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh, was arrested from his residence in Bashundhara Residential area by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police early Monday. Confirming the matter, DB Joint Commissioner Mohammad Nasirul Islam said that Maola has pending cases against him. After being taken into custody around 12:15 AM, he was brought to the ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Md Nahid Islam today said the party’s decision on participating in the upcoming election depends entirely on the interim government’s reform efforts. “Our top priority remains reform. The decision to join the election will depend on how those reforms progress,” Nahid told reporters after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin following the submission ...

Just hours after the arrest of former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A K M Nurul Huda, another former CEC, Kazi Habibul Awal, has also been detained. Law enforcement officials arrested Awal on Sunday night, according to a senior police headquarters source. The source confirmed that Awal was apprehended from the Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka. DB Joint Commissioner Nasirul Islam ...

Former Member of Parliament from Munshiganj-3, Mohammad Foysal Biplob, was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday night. He was detained from his residence in Monipuripara, Tejgaon around 10:00 PM. Confirming the matter, DB Joint Commissioner Nasrul Islam said that Biplob was wanted in a case filed in Munshiganj. Authorities were also investigating whether any ...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned of a “risk of escalation” to the Middle East and beyond the region, as he calls for a return to the negotiating table after the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites overnight. The prime minister said he wanted to “reassure the British public that we’re doing everything we can to stabilise the situation” and find a ...

New soldiers should be offered a £10,000 bonus to rapidly boost troop numbers to deal with an increasingly unpredictable world, the Lib Dems have said. The government should also distribute pamphlets to make sure every British home is “war-ready” and able to deal with blackouts and chaos caused by the outbreak of conflict or cyber-attacks, Lib Dem Leader Sir Ed ...

Police arrested former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda from Uttara area in the capital on Sunday evening. Confirming the matter,Uttara West Police Stationofficer-in-charge M Hafizur Rahman said that he was taken into custody. “A group of people had surrounded the rented residence of the former CEC in Sector 5 of Uttara. We deployed police personnel for his security ...

Remittance inflow from overseas Bangladeshis reached nearly Tk 22,700 crore in the first 18 days of June, according to Bangladesh Bank. The country received about 1.86 billion dollars through official banking channels during this period, averaging 103.3 million dollars daily. Since the start of the current fiscal year in July 2024, total remittance has crossed 29.36 billion dollars, up 27.3 ...

Students of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) have given a 24-hour ultimatum to Health Adviser to visit the college. They warned that they will go for tougher movement if the government will not take steps to implement their five-point demands. The protesting students made this warning at a press briefing around 12:30PM on Sunday as they did not get any solution ...

The United States and Israel crossed a major red line in attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran’s top diplomat warned Sunday, saying he was heading to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, reports AFP. “They crossed a very big red line by attacking (Iran’s) nuclear facilities,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization ...