The High Court has dismissed a sedition case filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, former ETV chairman Abdus Salam, and two others. The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain acquitted them after scrapping the case on Thursday. Two others acquitted by the court are—Ekyshey TV former chief reporters Mahathir Faruqi Khan and senior reporter ...

The 6th batch, consisting of 52 Bangladeshis, were evacuated from Beirut on a flight with a stopover in Dubai en route to Dhaka today amid the ongoing conflict in Lebanon. The flight carrying these passengers left Beirut at 7:20 am and the flight is scheduled to land at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00 pm with a layover in ...

Leading apparel businessman of the country Kutubuddin Ahmed, Chairman of Sheltech Group, Envoy Legacy and Envoy Textiles Ltd. has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in Bangladesh. In a letter of patent, Bendito dos Santos Freitas, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, stated: “I hereby appoint Kutubuddin Ahmed as the Honorary ...

The Bangladesh Women’s Football team received warm welcome upon their return to Dhaka with the SAFF Championship trophy . The team landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon. Bangladesh’s women’s football team made history by securing their second consecutive South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship title with a 2-1 victory over host nation Nepal ...

Police arrested a youth over allegations of killing a mother and her son in Hasan Nagar area in Sunamganj’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in Savar area around 8 pm and arrested Fahmid, a resident of Bishwamvarpur upazila in Sunamganj district, said Superintendent of Police AFM Anowar Hossain Khan. ...

A six-member search committee has been formed under the leadership of Appellate Division Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury to recommend commissioners for the next Election Commission. The cabinet division issued a notice to the effect on Thursday issued by Cabinet Secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid, under the directive of the president, says the Cabinet Division will provide secretarial assistance to the ...

The interim government has requested for direct communication with the World Health Organization (WHO), citing Saima Wazed Putul, current regional director for South-East Asia and daughter of the ousted prime minister, as “nonfunctional”. Apurbo Jahangir, deputy press secretary to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, stated it at a press conference held on Wednesday evening at the Foreign Service Academy in ...

Southeast Bank PLC. has organized its 746th board meeting on Wednesday (30 October 2024). M. A. Kashem, Chairman of Southeast Bank PLC, presided over the Board Meeting. Vice-Chairperson Rehana Rahman, Bank’s Directors- Alamgir Kabir, FCA, Azim Uddin Ahmed, Jusna Ara Kashem, Duluma Ahmed, Md. Akikur Rahman, Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Md. Rafiqul Islam (Nominee of Asia Insurance Limited), Md. Nurul Islam, ...

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20’s 11th edition is set to kick off on December 30, 2024, with the final scheduled for February 7, 2025, as confirmed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Supported by the Bangladesh Government, BCB has committed to delivering a high-quality tournament, with final details expected soon. This year’s BPL saw franchises build their squads through a ...

Former Agriculture Minister Vice-Principal Md Abdus Shahid has been arrested from his residence at Uttara in the capital. During the arrest, Uttara North Police Station seized cash Tk 3 crore, large amount of foreign currencies of eight countries, and 85 bhories of gold at his residence. Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (DC) of the Media and Public Relations Department of ...