Police recovered the body of a former additional secretary of the Ministry of Industries from a resort in Srimangal in Moulvibazar on Thursday morning. The deceased Salahuddin Mahmud was serving as the deputy managing director general of the SME Foundation under the Ministry of Industries. Srimangal police station Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam said that Salahuddin had been attending programmes in Moulvibazar ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday send former Member of Parliament from Sunamganj-5 Mohibur Rahman Manik to jail in a case over the attack on a student during the mass uprising. Judicial Magistrate Alamgir Hossain passed the order after Manik was produced before the court in the morning, said officer-in-charge (OC) of Sunamganj Sadar police station Nazmul Haque. Defense lawyer Abdul ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Former planning minister and Sunamganj-3 MP MA Mannan has received bail. Judge Hemayet Uddin of the Sunamganj District and Sessions Court accepted the bail petition by the defence on Wednesday afternoon, said the Awami League leader’s lawyer Shafiqul Islam. A bail hearing for Mannan had previously been held at 11am but was interrupted when lawyers from both ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday evening arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Sunamganj-5 constituency Mohibur Rahman Manik from Bashundhara residential area in Dhaka. The RAB in a press release confirmed it to the media. The RAB said that he was arrested in a case filed with the Sunamganj sadar over attacking students and people during the students-led mass uprising. ...

Former Planning Minister and ex-MP of Sunamganj-3 constituency, MA Mannan, has been transferred to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital from Sylhet Central Jail for medical treatment. He was brought to the hospital under tight security around 10:30am on Tuesday and admitted after undergoing initial tests. Sakhawat Hossain Rubel, the Superintendent of Sylhet Central Jail, said that Mannan was taken ...

A man was killed in a road accident at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday. The accident took place in the afternoon at Damudhartapi Mamadpur area along the Sunamganj-Sylhet regional highway under East Pagla union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Siraj Mia alias Birat, 50, son of late Terab Ali, a resident of Damudhartapi village. According ...

Former deputy Labour leader Baroness Harriet Harman has said “missteps” and “clunkiness” should be expected when a new administration arrives in Downing Street. She was speaking to the BBC after Sue Gray quit her role as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, amid intense criticism and controversy. Defence Secretary John Healey said she had played a “massive role” ...

Police arrested four Chhatra League and Swechasebak League leaders and activists at  Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday night. The arrested men are Habibur Rahman Jani, president of Kulaura municipality BCL unit; Hira Miah, president of Prthimasa union Swechasebak League unit; and upazila BCL leaders Ripon Bokhs and Roky Hasan Rinku. Md Gola Afsar, officer-in-charge of Kulaura Police Station, ...

The Government of Bangladesh has appointed Abida Islam, the country’s current ambassador to Mexico, as the next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. This was announced in a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. Abida Islam, a seasoned diplomat with over two decades of experience, has previously served as Bangladesh’s ambassador to South Korea and is ...

Sue Gray has quit her role as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, saying she “risked becoming a distraction”. She had been caught up in rows over pay, after the BBC’s political editor revealed her salary was higher than Sir Keir’s, and donations from Lord Alli. A Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed Ms Gray is to take up a new ...