Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-9) last night arrested suspended BNP leader Shahab Uddin, prime suspect in the case filed over the looting of large-scale white stone from Sada Pathor area in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila. Shahab Uddin, former president of Companiganj unit of BNP, was arrested in Sylhet city’s Kumarpara area around 11:15pm, Rab said in a press release early today. The ...

National Consensus Commission (NCC) Vice Chairman Prof Dr Ali Riaz on Sunday described the National July Charter as a landmark document of political unity and urged parties to preserve their cooperation to ensure the state reform process reaches its conclusion. Speaking at the opening session of NCC’s latest dialogue with political parties at the Foreign Service Academy, Prof Riaz stressed ...

The government will start a nationwide typhoid vaccination campaign on October 12 to protect millions from typhoid fever, especially children who are the most vulnerable. Under the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), children will receive free typhoid vaccines. Health officials say the campaign will not only prevent common typhoid but also help curb the growing threat of drug-resistant typhoid. Health ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday encouraged the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) to expand its programmes on a large scale and give the young people an opportunity to become entrepreneurs taking advantage of the technology that connected them with the world. “Technology has connected us with the world in a big way in all works. By taking advantage of ...

The Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh is set to begin the process of voter registration and National Identity Card (NID) issuance for Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia, aiming to ensure their participation in the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Elections. According to EC officials, the inaugural programme is scheduled to take place by Wednesday, September 17. Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarkar, ...

Gono Odhikar Parishad has warned of besieging the Secretariat and the Chief Adviser’s residence Jamuna if action is not taken within 48 hours against those responsible for the attack on its president Nurul Haque Nur. The party’s general secretary Md Rashed Khan issued the warning at a press conference at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday afternoon. He also demanded ...

Home Adviser Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has warned that if the Faridpur road blockade is not withdrawn by afternoon, legal action will be taken. “The blockade has caused immense suffering to thousands. No one has the right to block public roads. This cannot be tolerated.” He called on the protesters to withdraw the blockade immediately and voice ...

Bangladeshi folk singer Farida Parveen has passed away on Saturday night. She breathed her last at 10:15 pm, according to Ashish Kumar Chakraborty, Managing Director of Universal Medical College Hospital. She was 71 and is survived by her husband and four children. Farida Parveen had been suffering from long-term kidney complications, requiring dialysis twice a week in recent weeks. On ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized smuggled Indian goods worth approximately Tk 18 lakh in separate operations along the Sylhet border. According to the 19th Battalion of the BGB, a special patrol team from the Lobachara BOP conducted an operation in the Mangolpur area of Kanaighat upazila at around 10:30 PM on Friday. During the drive, 42 bottles of Indian ...

Nepal’s new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters’ demands to “end corruption” as she began work as interim prime minister, after “Gen Z” youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor. “We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation. … What this group is demanding is end of corruption, good governance and economic equality,” said Sushila Karki, the ...