Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said legal steps will be taken to bring back fugitive convicts BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman. “Legal procedures will be taken to bring back Tarique-Zubaida,” he told the journalists after receiving a memorandum from Juba League central leaders at his ministry office. Juba League chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams ...

Bangladesh Awami Jubo League (JL) has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Election Commission (CEC) demanding cancellation of the registration of BNP and banning its politics terming the party as a ‘terrorist organisation’. A delegation led by JL general secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil went to the Nirbachan Bhaban at Agargaon on Thursday (August 10) and submitted the memorandum to ...

The government has banned new militant group Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya as it is considered to be a threat to public safety and the law and orders of the country. The home ministry through a notification on Wednesday said, “It appears to the government that the declared activities of the militant group/organisation called Jamaat Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya are ...

Having a morning routine is essential to a successful life. A good morning routine sets the productivity tone for the day but how often do you take the time to sit in your bed and let your mind slowly wake up? Or do you jump at the first ring of the alarm? Or snooze the alarm and hate yourself for ...

The hanging body of an Oman expatriate has been recovered from Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Thursday. Deceased Najar Uddin, 55, was a resident of Parbatipur village in the upazila. Helena Begum wife of the deceased said her husband went out from the house at about 4.00am on Thursday. She started searching her husband later as he did not ...

The tickets for the 2023 ODI World Cup, to be played across India, will finally go on sale on August 25, just over 40 days before the first game of the tournament on October 5. The update came from the ICC soon after the revised schedule for the World Cup – also much delayed – was released, with dates changed ...

At least 36 people have died as fast-moving wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say, the BBC reports. The deaths in the city of Lahaina, the island’s main tourist destination, came as strong winds from a distant hurricane fanned the flames. The fire is one of several ongoing blazes that have burnt entire neighbourhoods to the ground. ...

South Korean company Giant BD Footwear Ltd is going to invest $ 9.39 million to set up a shoe and shoe accessories manufacturing industry in BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ). Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) signed an agreement with the company to this effect at BEPZA Complex, Dhaka on Thursday, an official release said. Ali Reza Mazid, Member (Investment ...

As the dengue onslaught continues, demand for liquid saline in hospitals has increased exponentially, reaching 10-12 times (over 1000%) the usual requirement, leading authorities to fear an imminent shortage in supply. Several medical institutions in Dhaka, including Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, Mugda Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Sir Salimullah Medical College, and Institute of Child and Mother ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will have to stay in Evercare Hospital for some days as per the medical board decision. Her personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain said, “Madam was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday night as she was feeling unwell. Now, she needs some medical tests and her medical board advised to keep her in the hospital ...