The US embassy in Kyiv has received information of a potential, significant air attack and will be closed, the Department of State Consular Affairs said in a statement, reports AFP. “Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” a statement published on the website of the US ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hassan have been removed from their respective positions. Baharul Alam has been appointed as the IGP. Besides, Sheikh Sazzad Ali was appointed to the post of DMP Commissioner. The Ministry of Home Affairs informed it through a circular on Wednesday afternoon.

Five more dengue patients died and 1,034 were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its daily update mentioned that with the new update, the total number of cases rose to 83,154 while 427 deaths from dengue were reported during the period. Among the new ...

Ten-man Ecuador upset Colombia with a 1-0 victory in Barranquilla on Tuesday as they continued their impressive South American World Cup qualifying campaign. The gritty victory from Sebastian Beccacece’s young side moved Ecuador, temporarily at least, into third place in the 10-team qualifying group. Veteran striker Enner Valencia stunned the home crowd with a seventh-minute opener and it was an ...

The US aviation giant Boeing sent out its first redundancy notifications on Monday as part of a previously announced plan to cut its global workforce by 10 percent. Boeing intends to cut almost 2,200 jobs in the US state of Washington, which is home to many of its oldest factories, according to a statement released Monday. Companies in the United ...

Hearings on the cases against several arrested ministers, state and deputy ministers, and high profile leaders of the Awami League have been held on Wednesday (November 20). They were produced before the court pleading to place them on fresh remand in new cases. The high profile leaders of Awami League were brought at the dock of the court one after ...

A Dhaka court has fixed November 27 for the next hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case. Judge Abu Taher of the Special Judge Court-2 in Dhaka passed the order on Wednesday. November 20 was fixed for the hearing on the charge framing, but it could not be ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered to complete the investigation against eight police official, including former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and sacked Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, within a month in a case filed for crimes against humanity on charge of genocide during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. A three-member International Crimes tribunal, chaired by Justice Md ...

Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus went to the Secretariat for the first time on Wednesday and presided over a meeting of the advisory council. Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul and Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan welcomed him there at 11AM. Centering his visit, tight security has been beefed up in and around the Secretariat. Visitor access to the Secretariat was ...

Eight individuals, including former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and sacked Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) and shown arrested in a case filed for crimes against humanity on charge of genocide during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. They were produced before the tribunal around 10:15AM amid high security. A three-member ...