Hearing on leave to appeal against the High Court order that scrapped the petition seeking cancellation of money laundering case proceedings against Dr Muhammad Yunus and six Grameen Telecom officers will be held on September 2. A five-member Appellate Division benched, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, set the date on Thursday. Senior lawyer Abdullah Al Mamun and Khaza ...

Professor Dr Nazmul Hossain has been appointed as the acting director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). He is the professor of Department of Cardiac Surgery at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH). The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday (August 28).

A court in Dhaka on Thursday placed former prime minister’s adviser Salman F Rahman and former law minister Anisul Huq on a five-day fresh remand in a case filed for killing Sumon Shikder in the capital’s Uttar Badda during the Quota Reform Movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nurul Huda Chowdhury granted the remand following a 10-day remand prayer of the investigation ...

Typhoon Shanshan slammed into Japan on Thursday, injuring dozens as howling winds smashed windows and blew tiles off houses while torrential rains sparked floods and landslide warnings. Japan’s most powerful typhoon this year, packing gusts up to 252 kilometres (157 miles) per hour, made landfall on the main southern island of Kyushu, home to 12.5 million people, around 8:00 am ...

The Meghalaya Police have recovered the decomposed body of Awami League leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna from a betelnut plantation in Jaintia Hills district bordering Bangladesh, according to PTI reported quoting a police official. The body was found on August 26 evening, around 1.5 km from the IndiA-Bangladesh border. Panna was identified through his passport, the police official told PTI. ...

From the latest Almodovar to the much-anticipated sequel to “Joker”, 21 films are up for the prestigious Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Wednesday to September 7. THE ROOM NEXT DOOR directed by PEDRO ALMODOVAR with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola (Spain / 107 minutes) CAMPO DI BATTAGLIA directed by GIANNI AMELIO ...

Former commerce minister Tipu Munshi was arrested from the capital’s Gulshan area early Thursday over the killing of a worker in Rangpur during the Quota Reform Movement. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested him from a house in Gulshan-1 and later, shown him arrested in the murder case. ANM Emran Khan, assistant director of the Legal and Media wing of RAB ...

Bangladesh U-20 National football team clinched SAFF U-20 Championship title for the very first time, thrashing hosts Nepal by 4-1 in final at ANFA Complex in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Bangladesh dominated the match with an impressive performance that secured their place as champions. They took lead in the first half’s added time with a goal from Mirajul Islam. Later, during ...

The death toll from the recent flood has risen to 31 with four more deaths in Cumilla, Noakhali and Feni district. Among the deceased, twelve people died in Cumilla, five in Chattogram , two in Feni, six in Noakhali, three in Cox’s Bazar and one each in Brahmanbaria, Khagrachhari and Lakshmipur districts and two people still remain missing in Moulvibazar ...

People taking semaglutide, the popular medication for diabetes and weight loss, are more likely to report having thoughts of suicide compared with those taking other drugs, according to a new study of an international drug safety database. But the finding is the latest see-saw of scientific evidence on the risk of depression and suicide tied to the popular medications — ...