A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate a case filed against Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Mokhlesur Rahman and three former chairmen of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for allegedly orchestrating false cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman issued the order on ...

The Bangladesh Petrol Pump and Tank Lorry Owners Unity Council has withdrawn its strike getting an assurance from Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to fulfill their 10-point demands, including setting of the oil sales commission at a minimum of 7 per cent. The withdrawal decision came after the meeting of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation on Sunday. Earlier the strike began at ...

Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from Dungria village of Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Fouzia Begum, 28, wife of Foyez Ahmed, a resident of the same village in the upazila. Confirming the matter, Shantiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Akram Ali said that locals spotted Fouzia hanging from the ceiling of her room ...

Twenty-one Bangladeshi citizens were detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday after they were pushed into Bangladesh from India through the Dona border in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila. The detainees include 12 men, four women, and five children, confirmed Lt Col Md Zubayer Anwar, commanding officer of BGB’s Zakiganj Battalion (19 BGB). “One of our patrol teams found them divided ...

  South Western Railway (SWR) has been renationalised, making it the first train company to transfer to public ownership under Labour. The first nationalised service, from Woking to Surbiton, departed on time at 05:36 on Sunday, though the ongoing journey to London Waterloo was on a rail replacement bus due to engineering work. The government called the move a “new ...

Reform UK has said it will fully reinstate winter fuel payments to pensioners and scrap the two-child benefit cap, if the party gets into government. The commitments – to be unveiled at a press conference next week – come after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced pressure from Labour MPs to change his approach to both policies. By the time ...

Sir Alan Bates has accused the government of putting forward a “take it or leave it” offer of compensation amounting to less than half of his claim. The former subpostmaster, who has campaigned for redress for victims of the Post Office scandal, said ministers were presiding over “quasi-kangaroo courts” and altering the “goal posts” on their judgements. Writing in the ...

Cara Hallinan says she and many of her friends are feeling very nervous about the looming disposable vape ban. In fact, she says: “I’m not sure what we are going to do.” The 25-year-old took up vaping five years ago. One of her friends gave her a puff on theirs and that was it, she could finally wean herself off ...

Actor Mukul Dev, known for his versatile performances across Hindi, Punjabi, and South Indian cinema, as well as television, has passed away at the age of 54. The cause of his death has not been revealed. Mukul, who began his acting journey in the mid-1990s, had been keeping a low profile in recent years. His last known appearance will be ...

At least 13 people have been killed and 92 others injured during heavy rainfall across Pakistan’s Punjab province, according to reports in the local media. Lahore accounted for three of the deaths and Jhelum two, while Rawalpindi, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Sialkot, Mianwali, Layyah, and Jhang each reported one fatality, Pakistani newspaper Dawn reports, citing Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). ...