The International Crimes Tribunal has directed to publish a notice in a national daily ordering to appear former prime minister Sheikh Hasina before it to explain the contempt of court case. The notice must be published in a Bengali and an English dailies within the next seven days. The Prosecution said, “The tribunal ordered to publish a notice asking Hasina ...

Secretariat officials and employees are staging a protest inside the Secretariat demanding the withdrawal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. The Secretariat was abuzz with processions and slogans throughout the day on Saturday too. Around 9:30AM on Sunday, the officials and employees started gathering in Badamtala of the secretariat for holding a protest procession led by Md Nurul Islam ...

The petrol pumps across the country have been remain shut for 10 demands. As the pre-announced demands are not fulfill, the Bangladesh Petrol Pump and Tank Lorry Owners Unity Council is observing the strike. The strike began at 6AM and will continue til 2PM. Md Mizanur Rahman, joint convener of the council, the strike began at 6AM as per schedule. ...

One of the most renowned cultural figures in the country is Kazi Nazrul, a poet, novelist, lyricist, composer, playwright, and journalist. He became a rebel poet as a result of his flaming poetry, which inspired the oppressed masses to resist the injustice and persecution of British colonial control. And the nation got inspirations from his poems and songs during the ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called for reconstitution of interim government’s advisory council by excluding controversial advisors to maintain the administration’s neutrality. BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain made the announcement on Saturday night following a meeting with the Chief Advisor at state guest house Jamuna. He stated, “To uphold neutrality and public trust, controversial figures should ...

The second four-day game between Bangladesh A and New Zealand A ended in a draw at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday, with the visitors dominating most of the match. With this result, New Zealand A won the series 1-0, having secured a 70-run victory in the first game. Earlier, Bangladesh A had won the three-match one-day series 2-1. Resuming ...

India named top-order batsman Shubman Gill as the new Test captain, cricket board said on Saturday, as it announced the team for next month’s all-important tour of England. Gill, 25, succeeds Rohit Sharma, who retired from Tests recently along with Virat Kohli. He will take charge in the five-Test series in England starting June 20, reports AFP. Gill will lead ...

From now on, an individual customer can use a maximum of 10 mobile phone SIM cards. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has made this decision on Saturday. A BTRC official said that a customer was allowed to register up to 15 SIM cards previously. According to the new decision, only a maximum of 10 SIM cards can now be ...

Tina – an acronym, not a person – was very popular with the late Lady Thatcher. It was in 1980 that the then prime minister – introducing what were radical economic policies – first insisted “There Is No Alternative”. Although politically on the left, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used similar rhetoric. She has claimed there is no alternative to last ...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Apple will have to pay 25% tariff if its iPhones are not build and manufactured in the US. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not ...