The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Wednesday sent 15 army officials, who were in the custody, to jail in three cases related to enforced disappearance, murder and July uprising killing case. A three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, issued this order. Earlier, the officers were transported to the tribunal around 7:15AM amid tight security. Members of the ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has assured that Bangladesh is on course for a “peaceful and inclusive” national election, emphasising the participation of millions of first-time young voters in what he described as a historic democratic milestone. “Half the population is under 27, and many will be voting for the first time. We want to make sure they are satisfied. ...

Another wide-body Airbus has been added to the fleet of the private US-Bangla Airlines, aiming at expanding its operational capacity further. With this, there are three airbuses for the airlines, said the press release. The latest aircraft, having a capacity of 436 seats, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:30 AM after flying in from Teruel, Spain. ...

A visiting delegation of the International Republican Institute (IRI) held a meeting with a BNP delegation on Tuesday and discussed various issues relating to Bangladesh’s upcoming national election. The hour-long meeting began around 11:50AM at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office. Different matters relating to the country’s political situation and the next national election were discussed during the meeting. However, there ...

Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichias the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichire places Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss in July. Ishiba, who ...

Ryan Mendes is not even a household name in Turkey, where he plays for second division Igdir, but next summer, football fans around the world will be well aware of both him and his team. The 35-year-old is captain of the Cape Verde national team and was at the heart of their 3-0 win over Eswatini last week which booked ...

A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye. A surgeon who inserted the microchips in five patients at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London says the results of the international trial are “astounding”. Sheila Irvine, 70, who is registered blind, told the BBC it was “out of ...

Two abuse survivors have quit their roles in the government’s inquiry into grooming gangs. Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds resigned from the inquiry’s victims and survivor’s liaison panel on Monday in protest at how the government had handled the process. In her resignation letter, Ms Reynolds said she felt the inquiry had become “less about the truth and more about ...

Shop owners selling illegal vapes and tobacco are using WhatsApp groups to warn each other of raids, a west London council officer has warned. Hounslow Council’s Trading Standards seized more than £33,000 worth of illegal products in September, including a total of 4,859 illegal vapes and 3,806 illegal cigarettes. An officer present on these raids told the Local Democracy Reporting ...

The government has once again hiked the house rent allowance for teachers and employees of MPO-listed non-government educational institutions by 12 per cent. The Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday that teachers and staff will receive 7.5 per cent of their basic salary as house rent allowance in the current fiscal year, while the remaining 7.5 per cent will be ...