In a week-long series of joint operations led by the Bangladesh Army, 328 individuals involved in various criminal activities were detained between July 10 and 17. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations were carried out in coordination with other law enforcement agencies across different parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka. The detainees ...

The government has formed a three-member committee to investigate the violence that occurred in Gopalganj on Wednesday (July 26). Nasimul Ghani, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, will lead the probe body. Other two members are two additional secretaries – one from the Ministry of Public Administration and another from the Ministry of Law and Justice, said a ...

One of four rebel MPs suspended by Labour for defying party orders has said it will not silence her – but she will continue to support the government as an independent. Rachel Maskell told the BBC she had been expelled from the party in Parliament for her role in a rebellion against disability benefit cuts, which forced Sir Keir Starmer ...

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared by South Korea’s top court of fraud charges, concluding a years-long legal battle over his role in a 2015 merger deal. Lee, the grandson of Samsung’s founder and the de facto head of the company since 2014, had been accused of using stock and accounting fraud to try to gain control of the ...

Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman. The technique has been legal here for a decade but we now have ...

The monsoon season brings much-needed relief from the scorching summer heat. However, the increased humidity, moisture, and unpredictable rainy weather can wreak havoc on your hair, causing frizz, damage, and scalp issues. Here are few tips for your personal haircare: Drink lots of water. Your body, hair skin all respond to the amount of water you take in. This is ...

Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that those involved in Gopalganj incident, will be arrested. ”None will be sparred in this issue.” When asked whether the detectives had any information about such an incident happening in Gopalganj, Jahangir Alam said, “The detectives had information, but not to such an extent.” “On Wednesday, I gave instructions ...

Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd.) Dr M Shakhawat Hossain has urged the Singaporean government to recruit more experienced Bangladeshi manpower, particularly in the shipping sector. He made the call during a bilateral meeting with Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations, Grace Fu, at her commerce ministry office in Singapore on ...

Nahid Islam, convener of the Jatiya Nagorik Party, has announced to go to Gopalganj again. “We will go to Gopalganj again if we remain alive. We will organise programs in every upazilas, every villages there. The flag of the July Uprising will fly in every house in Gopalganj,” in a Facebook post on Thursday Nahid came up with this announcement. ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has suspended four MPs from Labour over repeated breaches of party discipline. Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell have had the party whip removed, meaning the MPs will sit as independents in the House of Commons. Three other Labour MPs – Rosena Allin Khan, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Mohammed Yasin – have been ...