A court in Dhaka on Wednesday granted remand for different days for former ministers Anisul, Menon, Inu, Faruk Khan; and former state ministers Dipankar Talukdar and Kamal Majumdar in separate cases. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam issued the remand orders. Former Law Minister Anisul Haque has been granted a five-day remand in a murder case related to the student ...

President of Romania Ilie Bolojan has praised the longstanding Bangladesh-Romania friendship and stressed Romania’s interest in expanding labour recruitment from Bangladesh. He acknowledged Bangladeshi workers’ contributions to Romania’s economy and encouraged stronger business-to-business engagements. The Romanian President assured that necessary actions would be taken to resolve the visa challenges and support smoother access for Bangladeshi workers and students. Earlier, Ambassador ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov decided to appoint teams to negotiate ending Ukraine war after meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. The US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed the development, reports BBC. Tammy Bruce said that Rubio and Lavrov agreed to appoint respective high-level teams to begin working on a path to ending ...

Police on Wednesday arrested an Awami League leader from Sunamganj’s Shantiganj upazila as part of the nationwide Operation Devil Hunt. The arrested, Nur Alam, 42, son of Abdul Wahab Mia, a resident of Tehkia village in the upazila, is the general secretary of Patharia Union Parishad AL. Shantiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Akram Ali Khan confirmed the matter and said that ...

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An older woman in southeast Wyoming has been hospitalised with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. It’s the state’s first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and some people. Nearly 70 people in the U.S. have been reported infected with bird flu in the last year, according to data from the U.S. ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others from the much-talked Niko graft case. Judge Rabiul Alam of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-4 handed down the judgement. Lawyer Mohammad Ziauddin Zia was present in the court on behalf of Khaleza Zia, who is currently in London for medical treatment. The other acquitted individuals are former principal ...

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam stated today that the interim government’s primary objective is to bring back Sheikh Hasina from India and ensure her trial in Bangladesh. Speaking at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy, Alam cited a recent fact-finding report from the UN human rights office, which he claimed revealed Sheikh Hasina’s involvement in crimes against ...

After a three-decade hiatus, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is set to purchase 12 cellular boxships, each capable of carrying 2,500 to 3,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). According to a report by the UK-based maritime news platform The Loadstar, this acquisition marks Bangladesh’s entry into the regional container shipping market and signals BSC’s return to the sector after nearly 30 ...

The Hajj flights of this year are going to start on April 29 and will continue until May 31, according to ministry official familiar with the process. Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Secretary Nasrin Jahan on Tuesday announced the Hajj flights schedule. She said the estimated hajj pilgrims this year will be 87,100 from Bangladesh to perform Hajj, reports BSS. ...