Home Minister on Tuesday said the increase in reported rape cases across the country is primarily the result of improved reporting mechanisms, as victims can now file General Diaries (GDs) and First Information Reports (FIRs) without social or political interference. Speaking in the Jatiya Sangsad during a discussion on the proposed cuts to the Home Ministry’s operational and development budget ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday sentenced former Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu over the killings of six people in Kushtia during the July Mass Uprising. A three-member bench of the International Crimes Tribunal-2 led by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury delivered the verdict in the high-profile case. The two other members of the tribunal are Justice Md Manjurul Bashid ...

The bodies of five Bangladeshi expatriates arrived in Sylhet on Tuesday morning. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, carrying the bodies, landed at Sylhet Osmani International Airport, at around 7AM. Later, the bodies were sent to their respective village homes for burial after completing the necessary formalities in presence of family members of the deceased, local representative, social and political persons ...

The Parliament has passed the Finance Bill 2026, raising the tax-free income threshold for individual taxpayers, withdrawing three proposed tax measures and approving a series of tax and VAT reforms. Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury moved the bill on Monday, which Parliament passed by voice vote. Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram presided over the sitting. Under the new ...

The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh, Abdulla Ali Khaseif Al-Hamoudi, paid a courtesy call on the Executive Director of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, to discuss global health issues, humanitarian initiatives and cooperation in health research. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on a range of global health ...

A-Challan is becoming mandatory for depositing all public revenues and other government receipts from Wednesday, July 1, 2026 The government of Bangladesh made this move aiming to bring every receipt into the Treasury Single Account in real time, end manual challans and strengthen public cash management. From the beginning of FY2026-27, no ministry, division, department or subordinate office will be ...

Morocco beat the Netherlands 3-2 on penalties on Monday to reach the World Cup last 16 after their Round of 32 tie ended 1-1 following extra time, setting up a meeting with co-hosts Canada. Ismael Saibari converted the winning spot kick after Yassine Bounou saved Crysencio Summerville’s penalty, sending Morocco through after a dramatic contest in which they had forced ...

Brazil survived a World Cup last-32 scare when they fought back to beat Japan 2-1 after Gabriel Martinelli squeezed in a shot at the far post deep in stoppage time on Monday. Brazil, who will next face Norway or Ivory Coast in New Jersey on Jul 5, looked like they were headed to extra time in a match in which ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)- 2 is set to pronounce its judgment on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in a ‘crimes against humanity’ case filed against former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu over the killings of six people in Kushtia during the 2024 July Mass Uprising. Earlier on June 22, the second tribunal set the date to pronounce the verdict in ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Opposition Leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Monday said taxpayers’ money should not be spent on character assassination in Parliament, calling for an end to what he described as the “bad culture” of using the House to flatter individuals or malign political opponents. Taking part in the general discussion on the proposed 2026-27 national budget in the ...