Bangladesh cricketer Nasir Hossain has been officially cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to return to professional cricket after successfully completing his two-year ban for breaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code. The 33-year-old all-rounder, once a key figure in Bangladesh’s middle order, was suspended in September 2023 for two years, with six months of the sentence suspended, due to corruption-related ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) staged a protest against what they described as “genocide” by Israeli forces in Palestine and the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill in India’s Parliament. On Monday, April 7, the demonstration began at 4:20 pm outside the National Museum in capital’s Shahbagh, with party leaders and activists demanding an immediate end to the violence in Palestine. “It is ...

The Election Commission (EC) has nearly finalized a draft of the electoral code of conduct for the upcoming national parliamentary elections, which notably proposes to exclude the use of posters in campaign activities. Election Commissioner Md. Anwarul Islam Sarkar announced the development on Monday following a meeting held at the EC headquarters in the capital’s Agargaon. Speaking to reporters, Commissioner ...

The Election Commission (EC) has urged the public not to fall into deceptive Facebook advertisements promoting NID-related services, reports BSS. A media release issued by the EC secretariat on Monday said recently, it has observed numerous fake IDs and Facebook pages on social media platforms, which are misleading people by advertising NID-related services, which is highly unwanted. It said official ...

A Dhaka court on Monday has imposed the ban on former lawmaker for Comilla-8 constituency Abu Zafar Mohammad Shafiuddin Shamim from leaving the country. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The petition, submitted by ACC Assistant Director Ferdous Rahman, highlighted allegations of embezzling 300 crore taka ...

Road accidents claimed 249 lives and left 553 injured in just 11 days during the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation when a total of 257 accidents occurred, according to data compiled by the Road Safety Foundation. Forty-one women and 59 children were among the dead, it said. Over 2000 people were injured across the country during this period but according to the media ...

Two Labour MPs who were denied entry to Israel have said they are “astounded” by the decision. Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang have said it is “vital” that parliamentarians are able to “witness first-hand” the situation on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territories. The current war in Gaza began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas fighters launched an attack ...

A Dagenham industrial estate went up in flames with thick plumes of smoke seen for 15 miles. Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters attended the fire on Willoughby Drive in Dagenham, which was under control by around 4.20pm. Cars as well as scrap metal was burning. The cause of the fire is unknown, and firefighters used a 32-metre turntable ...

US telecom giant Starlink has completed its registration with Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and is now one step closer to launching operations in the country. The company can begin its services in Bangladesh once it obtains the Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit (NGSO) license. At a press conference held on Sunday at Foreign Service Academy in the capital, BIDA’s Executive Chairman, ...

The attention of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been drawn to a news item published in print media regarding a letter from the legal team of Tulip Siddiq, the former UK Anti-Corruption Minister who had to step down on the charges of corruption recently, reports BSS. ACC Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen at a press briefing on Sunday at its ...