Former lawmaker (reserved seat) from Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria-Pekua upazila Safia Khatun was arrested from Pallabi in Dhaka city on Saturday night in a case over the murder of a youth during the recent mass uprising. Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said that police arrested the former vice-president of Mahila Awami League Safia from Balughat ...

Ulama-Mashayekh Bangladesh held a press conference at the National Press Club on Sunday, calling for justice for the victims of the 2018 attack on Tablighi Jamaat followers, students, and teachers during Bishwa Ijtema in Tongi. Mufti Amanul Haq described the incident near the Turag River as a “barbaric act,” lamenting that six years have passed without justice. Recounting the events, ...

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been acquitted in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge Md Manzurul Hossain of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-8 pronounced the judgement on Sunday in presence of Khandaker Mosharraf. The BNP leader’s lawyer Borhan Uddin confirmed the news. On January 10, 2008, the ACC lodged the case with Ramna ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Turkey, Azerbaijan and Malaysia have applied to become members and ...

Many people in Bangladesh believe that the interim government has faced challenges in managing the rising prices of essential commodities compared to the previous Awami League (AL) government, says a survey conducted by Voice of America (VoA) Bangla. The survey, involving 1,000 participants aged 18 and above from eight divisions across the country, revealed that 44.7% of respondents believe the ...

The High Court has acquitted all the accused, including BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, in August 21 grenade attack cases. An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain delivered the judgement on Sunday after holding hearing on the death references and appeals. The court started reading the verdict after 11AM. ...

Journalist Munni Saha was released from the custody of the Detective Branch of police early Sunday, hours after being taken to DB office on Saturday night. Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed this around 1:15AM. She was released under the obscure Section 497 of the Criminal Procedure Code, he added. “Police did not detained ...

The Bangla Tigers, captained by Shakib Al Hasan, endured their third consecutive defeat in the Abu Dhabi T10 League, losing to UP Nawabs by seven wickets at Abu Dhabi Cricket Ground on Saturday. This marked their fourth loss in seven matches, placing them second from the bottom in the standings and jeopardizing their chances of advancing in the tournament. After ...

The body of a madrasa student was recovered from the Kushiyara River in Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet on Saturday afternoon. Salman Ahmed, 14, a student of Jameya Dinia Madrasa and a resident of Angura Muhammadpur village, drowned on Friday while bathing in the river near the Old Madrasah Kheowaghat area, according to Md Sabed Ali, officer-in-charge of Beanibazar Police Station. ...

Abu Saleh Akon of the Daily Nayadiganta and Mynul Hasan Sohel of the Daily Inqilab have been elected President and General Secretary of the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU). Saleh bagged 801 votes, while his nearest rival candidate Morsalin Nomani 496 and Shariful Islam (Biliu) obtained 102 votes respectively in the election held on Saturday. Mynul Hasan Sohel secured 548 votes ...