A Sylhet court has sentenced three people, including the victim’s son, to death in a case filed over the murder of former Sylhet District Bar Association president Shamsul Islam Chowdhury. Divisional Special Judge’s Court Judge Shahadat Hossain Pramanik announced the verdict in the 14-year-old case on Tuesday, state counsel Md Ansaruzzaman said. The convicts are the victim’s son Masud Ahmed ...

Former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was shown arrested in four more cases. The order was issued by Chittagong Metropolitan magistrate SM Alauddin Mahmud after the investigation officers of the cases submitted applications to the court to show him arrest in the cases. Chinmoy Das was connected virtually from Chittagong jail during the hearing for security purpose. However, no ...

Bangladesh U-19 football team will fly for the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday morning to participate in the six-nation SAFF U-19 Men’s Championship 2025 in the hope of clinching the title, reports UNB. The regional youth soccer meet will begin on May 9 at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia. Bangladesh is in Group A of the regional ...

After 17 years in exile, Dr. Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and daughter-in-law of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, has returned to Bangladesh. She previously left the country on September 11, 2008, alongside her husband, and had since been residing in London with him and their only daughter, Zaima Rahman. On Tuesday morning (May 6), Dr. ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has returned home from London after four-month of advanced treatment there. A special air ambulance of Qatar’s Emir, carrying her and her entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at about 10:38AM on Tuesday (May 6). Khalda Zia’s two daughters-in-law Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Sharmila Rahman accompanied her. Zubaida ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has departed from London en route to Dhaka following nearly four months of advanced medical treatment in the United Kingdom. She is traveling aboard a special air ambulance provided by the Emir of Qatar, with arrival in Dhaka scheduled for Tuesday morning. The flight took off from London’s ...

Italy has expressed strong interest in hiring more skilled workers from Bangladesh while ensuring that migration remains safe and legal. The announcement came during a meeting between Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, held at the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday afternoon. During the meeting, both sides discussed key issues including labor migration, ...

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam has strongly opposed the termination of journalists without due process, stating that firing media professionals without proper notice is unacceptable and against government policy. “There is no scope to fire a journalist from his job without serving notice,” he said while addressing a seminar titled “Murder and Persecution of Journalists during the Fascist Regime” ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged the prompt implementation of actionable recommendations from the Health Sector Reform Commission, calling the initiative a vital step toward addressing Bangladesh’s longstanding healthcare challenges. Receiving the commission’s report at the State Guest House Jamuna, Prof Yunus described the findings as “groundbreaking” and stressed that feasible recommendations should be acted upon without delay. ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Monday after his official visit to Qatar. The Army Chief, during the visit, held courtesy meetings and discussions with high-ranking civil and military officials including the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Minister of State for Interior Affairs, Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, and ...