The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in a corruption case in which she has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment. The court also accepted Zubaida Rahman’s appeal for hearing. An HC bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman issued the order today. Senior lawyer SM Shahjahan, Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon ...

Police arrested two individuals along with 11, 000 pieces of Yaba tablets in Companiganj upazila on Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Rahmat Ali, 45, son of the late Arza Ali from Parua Lamapara in the upazila and Isak Ali, 45, son of Syed Ali. Both have allegedly been involved in drug trade in the area for a long time. ...

A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand for former home secretary Jahangir Alam in connection with the murder of Sheikh Mehedi Hasan Junayed during an anti-discrimination protest. On Wednesday (May 14), Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Minhazur Rahman issued the order after a hearing. Investigators from the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) had sought a five-day remand, while the defense, ...

India has expressed concern over interim government’s decision to ban political activities of Awami League (AL) and all its affiliated, associated, and like-minded organizations. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the move did not follow due democratic process. During the MEA’s weekly press briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday, ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal responded to a query ...

American celebrity Kim Kardashian is set to appear in a Paris courtroom on Tuesday to testify in the high-profile trial concerning a dramatic 2016 armed robbery in which she was tied up at gunpoint and robbed of jewellery worth approximately $10 million. The trial, which began in late April, involves ten suspects—many in their 60s and 70s—accused of orchestrating the ...

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to help secure a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday, accusing the Russian leader of not seriously wanting to negotiate an end to the war, reports AFP. Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv on Tuesday that the West should respond with massive sanctions if Putin skips the meeting, emphasising that he would do ...

The government has dissolved the National Board of Revenue (NBR), maintaining strict secrecy. The restructuring was enacted through an ordinance early Tuesday. Now, the NBR has split into two separate entities– the Revenue Policy Division and the Revenue Administration Division. The ordinance, approved by the Advisory Council on April 17, was formally issued on Tuesday—25 days after the initial approval. ...

Atalanta secured a 2-1 victory over Roma on Monday, clinching third place in Serie A and a guaranteed spot in next season’s UEFA Champions League. The win puts the Bergamo-based club seven points ahead of both Juventus and Lazio, with only two matches left in the season. Serie A’s top four teams qualify automatically for Europe’s top club competition. Ademola ...

Lt. Col. A S M Zakaria, commander of 46th Battalion of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), sought cooperation of journalists in tackling key challenges such as illegal border crossings (push-ins) and smuggling activities. He made these remarks in a discussion meeting with local journalists held at BGB’s Sreemangal sector headquarters’ auditorium. He emphasized that BGB remains on high alert to prevent ...

A man who has served almost 38 years in prison for the murder of a woman has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal after new DNA evidence emerged. Peter Sullivan was jailed over the 1986 killing of 21-year-old barmaid Diane Sindall, who was subjected to a frenzied sexual attack in Birkenhead, Merseyside, as she walked home from ...