The High Court has acquitted former BNP state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a case filed for accumulating illegal wealth in which he was sentenced to eight years jail by a trial court. It also scrapped that verdict which had found Babar guilty of amassing illegal wealth of Tk 7.5 crore. The bench of Justice Kamrul Hossain Mollah ...

The West Bengal government announced on Tuesday that schools and academic institutions will remain closed in various parts of the state following a notice from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) regarding Cyclone Dana, which is expected to make landfall on the coast of West Bengal by October 24. According to a notice issued by the School Education Department of the ...

The High Court on Wednesday scraped four extortion cases against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. An HC bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order, declaring absolute a rule issued earlier by the court in this regard. Senior jurist Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Barrister Kaiser Kamal argued for the BNP leader before the ...

The interim government has affirmed that there has been no decision yet regarding the President’s matter, saying that the media will be informed in due time if any decision is taken. “Political parties are our stakeholders. This (today’s meeting with BNP) is part of an ongoing dialogue with political parties. You will know in due course of time if there ...

BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has said that if the associates of the ousted fascist regime try to create a new constitutional and political crisis in the country, then it will be countered together with the interim government. “We have to be careful not to create any political or constitutional crisis.” The senior BNP leader made these comment ...

Security has been tightened in front of Bangabhaban, the official residence of President Mohamamed Shahabuddin, following some unrest. Besides barricades, barbed wire fences were set up at the main entrance of Bangabhaban on Wednesday morning. Additional number of APBN, BGB, police and army persoonel have been deployed there to avert any kind of violence. Water cannons and riot car have ...

Workers under National Tea Company Ltd (NTCL) in Sylhet, including those from Lakkatura tea garden, have begun an indefinite strike demanding their overdue wages. The workers of 16 tea gardens under the NTCL began their strike at 11am Tuesday, after the decision to enforce the strike was taken on Monday following a meeting between workers and leaders of Bangladesh Tea ...

Seven more people have died from dengue in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 257 in Bangladesh so far this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The mosquito-borne viral fever continues to spread, with 1,139 new patients admitted to hospitals during the same period. Of the newly hospitalised cases, 230 were admitted in ...

Veteran Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim became the first player from the country to surpass 6,000 runs in Test cricket. The milestone was reached during Day 2 of the ongoing first Test against South Africa at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Mushfiqur, needing just 28 runs to achieve this landmark, reached it with a beautifully timed boundary off South ...

Brazil superstar Neymar returned to action on Monday following more than a year out, with the Al Hilal forward appearing as a second-half substitute in his side’s gripping 5-4 win against Asian champions Al Ain in the UAE. The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain attacker, 32, had not played since rupturing his meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament in his left ...