Former Member of Parliament Momtaz Begum has been sent to jail following her remand in connection with a murder case linked to the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement at in Dhaka. On Saturday (May 17), Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Minhajur Rahman denied her bail after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defense. Momtaz was arrested on May 12 from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that people who were supporters of the Awami League but did not obstruct BNP’s activities and who are socially acceptable will be welcomed in BNP. He made this comment at a programme organised by the Chittagong Divisional BNP on Saturday. “After a long time, we have an opportunity to recruit ...

Former Awami League lawmaker from Barishal-5 constituency Jebunnesa Afroz has been arrested. The arrest was made early Saturday, DB’s joint commissioner Mohammad Nasirul Islam confirmed. He added, Jebunnesa was arrested from his residence in the capital and is now under DB custody. She is wife of late Barishal City Corporation mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron. Jebunnesa has been made accused in ...

Sylhet is witnessing a surplus of sacrificial animals ahead of this year’s Eid-ul-Adha, with supply outstripping the local demand, officials said. According to the Department of Livestock, more than 308,000 cattle, goats, sheep and other animals are ready for sacrifice across the division, while the estimated demand stands at around 271,500. This indicates that Sylhet will not face any shortage ...

Amber Ruffin stood before a crowd of hundreds—writers, publishers, and editors—gathered for PEN America’s annual gala, where she recounted her own brush with censorship. “I’m technically a banned book now,” she quipped, alluding to her being dropped as a speaker for April’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “They invited me, then uninvited me.” The event, held Thursday night at the American ...

An American-Lebanese man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center, reports AFP. Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted in February of attempted murder and assault for the stabbing, which left Rushdie blind in one eye. Matar received the maximum sentence of ...

The United States lost its last triple-A credit rating from a major agency Friday as Moody’s announced a downgrade, citing rising levels of government debt and dealing a blow to Donald Trump’s narrative of economic strength and prosperity. The downgrade to Aa1 from Aaa adds to the bad news for the US president, coming on the same day his flagship ...

In a cacophony of jubilant celebration, the sense of relief inside Stamford Bridge was overwhelming. Just as Chelsea feared their Champions League dreams fading away, Marc Cucurella nodded the biggest goal of their season and a firecracker in west London ignited. So infectious was the joy that one home supporter even charged on to the pitch before the match was ...

Chelsea secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Manchester United in their Premier League match at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The decisive goal came in the second half courtesy of a header from Marc Cucurella. The first half was a cagey affair with both sides struggling to create clear-cut chances. Manchester United thought they had opened the scoring when Harry Maguire ...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and European Union (EU) on Thursday signed an agreement to modernise and digitise legal aid services across Bangladesh, aiming to ensure faster and more inclusive access to justice for vulnerable communities, reports UNB. The agreement was signed at the EU Delegation office in Dhaka by UNDP Bangladesh Resident Representative Stefan Liller and EU Ambassador to ...