The High Court has constituted a committee to probe allocation of residential plots totaling 60 kathas at Purbachal in favour of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six of her family members between 2009 and 2024. Retired HC judge Justice Miftah Uddin Choudhury will lead the three-member probe body which has been asked to submit a report within the next ...

Former Joint Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque has been acquitted in a rape case filed with Narayanganj’s Sonargaon Police Station. Narayanganj Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Jesmin Ara pronounced the judgement in presence of Mamunul Haque on Thursday morning. Acting public prosecutor Adv Md Romel Mollah said the allegation that brought against the Hefazat leader is not ...

A total of 198 law officers have been appointed in different courts in Mymensingh and Moulvibazar. Of the newly appointed officials, 42 were appointed in Moulvibazar and 156 in Mymensingh in the district and session judge courts and other subordinate courts, different tribunals and special judge courts. Separate orders by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs were issued ...

Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines, officials said on Thursday, as it made landfall on the northeastern coast. Trami, locally known as severe tropical storm Kristine, dumped heavy to torrential rain on the main island of Luzon triggering widespread flooding and landslides. With maximum sustained ...

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), Bangladesh’s premier capital market, witnessed a significant drop in its key index, with the DSEX falling by 60.28 points during the first 2.5 hours of trading on Thursday. According to DSE records, transactions worth Tk 140 crore took place during this period. While 67 companies saw their stock prices rise, the broader market struggled as ...

Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz said he relished the tough situation and tried to equip him with all the necessary ingredients to combat such a situation. “I bat at such a position where most of the time I need to deal with tough situation but I always try to enjoy it. I don’t think too much and only think that ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police on Thursday morning arrested Mostafa Kamal, former senior secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, from Chittagong. A team of DB arrested him and he is being transported to Dhaka, said Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner of the detective branch of police. Several cases have been filed against him, however, in which case he would ...

Seven people died from dengue and 1,138 more people were admitted with the viral fever in last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the new fatalities, the death toll rose to 264, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the deaths, three  were reported in Barishal division (Excluding CC), two in Dhaka North City Corporation, One in ...

Bangladesh beat Philippines by 1-0 goal in their 2nd Group B match of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup’ 2025 Qualifiers at the Olympic Stadium in Phenom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday night, reports UNB. Bangladesh, which suffered a 0-1 defeat against hosts Cambodia in their first match, returned to winning form in the day’s second match to stay in the race ...

The government on Wednesday night officially banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League (AL). In a gazette issued at night by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Chhatra League was also declared a “terrorist organization.” The notification stated that since Bangladesh’s independence and especially during the last 15 years of authoritarian rule, Chhatra League has been involved ...