BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has highlighted the importance of ensuring women’s safety as a critical factor in defining a modern state. In a post on his verified Facebook page this morning, on the eve of International Women’s Day, Fakhrul called for the elimination of extremism, hatred, and disrespect towards women. “Ensuring women’s safety is the most important ...

Toby Cadman, Special Advisor to the ICT Chief Prosecutor has urged the Interim Government of Bangladesh to refer the cases of the July-August massacres to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Cadman, who has extensive experience as an international criminal law specialist worked in Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Yemen, Syria, and Ukraine, made the recommendation when he called on ...

Bangladesh’s Interim Government has been unable to fully ensure public safety and holding a general election this year will be difficult, the head of a newly launched political party told Reuters. Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted last August in the wake of mass, sometimes violent, student-led protests. The interim government, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, said this ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib ordered the seizure of six properties at Gulshan/Mohakhali/Tejgaon I/A and eight plots at Purbachal belonging to NASA Group head Nazrul Islam Mazumdar on Thursday (March 6). In addition, shares worth Tk 56.06 crore from 55 companies have been frozen. Among the assets confiscated are: In Gulshan Model Town- Plot 47 with ...

To spread the joy of Eid among all women, men, and children, Sailor has brought Ethnic Serene, Festive Spotlight, and Smartwear collections. The Eid Ethnic Serene collection features panjabi, kabli, and panjabi suits for men. For women, there are salwar suits, two-piece sets, and kurti collections. Considering the weather conditions and comfort, Sailor have chosen various premium fabrics for men’s ...

Nearly 60 percent of all adults and a third of all children in the world will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless governments take action, a large new study said Tuesday. The research published in the Lancet medical journal used data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it described as one of the great health ...

Thousands of unruly people have looted fish from at least 10 leased out waterbodies in Shalla, Dirai and Jamalganj upazilas in Sunamganj district over the past week. Locals said that the looting plan was announced in advance through loudspeakers, drawing crowds from nearby unions. Despite prior the announcement, law enforcement agencies looked helpless in preventing the mass looting, said leaseholders. ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered smuggled goods worth about Tk 2.92 crore from the Jangalbari border area under Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj district early Thursday. Actin on a tip-off, a team of Sunamganj-28 BGB of Charagaon BoP raided the aforementioned area and recovered the illegal goods in an abundant condition, confirmed Sunamganj-28 BGB Captain AKM Jakaria. The goods included 5,127 ...

Route permits of passenger vessels charging fares beyond the fixed rates and carrying extra passengers, will be cancelled, said Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain on Thursday. “No passenger vessel would be allowed to charge more than the fixed fare and a fare chart must be displayed publicly from today.” The adviser came up with this warning after ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Thursday to join a special session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah. The extraordinary session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers will be held on Friday, said an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The session is expected to discuss the progress of ...