Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul, children of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have been jailed for five-year each in a case lodged over alleged irregularities in allocating a 10-katha plot in RAJUK New Town Project in Purbachol. Joy, former information and communication technology adviser to her mother, was also fined Tk 1 lakh in this case. Judge Mohammad ...

Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been jailed for 21 years in three cases over corruption in the allocation of plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal New Town Project. Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of the Special Judge’s Court-5 of Dhaka pronounced the judgement around 11:45AM on Thursday. Hasina will serve seven-year jail sentences in each three cases. Hasinas son Sajeeb Wazed ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, on the occasion of martyr Dr. Shamsul Alam Milon Day, has said that “conspiracies against the country have not stopped,” calling on the people to remain united in resisting such forces. In a post on his verified social media page on Wednesday afternoon, Tarique Rahman stated, “Although we achieved a new independence through ...

German Ambassador Dr Rüdiger Lotz on Wednesday underscored the importance of ensuring a “free, fair, credible and participatory” national election in Bangladesh, expressing hope that all political parties would avoid violence during the campaign. Speaking at a DCAB Talk organised by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) at the Jatiya Press Club, the envoy said a credible election with broad ...

The prosecution have submitted a petition to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against Adv Fazlur Rahman for contempt of court charge. Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim confirmed the matter to media on Wednesday. He said the prosecution have submitted the petition to the ICT against Adv Fazlur Rahman for contempt of court charge.

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot against his successor, a climax to years of political turmoil and legal battles over his contentious legacy in Brazilian democracy. The top court formally concluded the case against Bolsonaro on Tuesday, making his conviction final, pending confirmation by a ...

Inever peel a roastie, because boiling potatoes with their skins on, then cracking them open, gives you the best of both worlds: fluffy insides and golden, craggy edges. Especially when you finish roasting them in a glaze made with butter (or, even better, saved chicken, pork, beef or goose fat) and the last scrapings from a Marmite jar. Marmite roast ...

The first time I started dancing at home was a happy accident. I’d just had a terse conversation with an ex, and my body was reacting in its usual way: racing heart, quivering breath and trembling fingers. I needed to calm down. Looking around for quick fixes in my flat – my bed, some stale chocolate digestives and a packet ...

Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange reserves surpassed $31.1 billion on Tuesday, buoyed by robust remittance inflows from overseas workers, according to an updated report released by Bangladesh Bank (BB). The central bank reported that remittances for the first 24 days of November totaled $2.34 billion, averaging around $97 million per day. This brings the cumulative remittances for the current fiscal year ...

A human chain was formed at Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible for the brutal murder of a local truck driver Md Abdur Rahim Mortuz. The protest was held at Maddhya Bazaar area in the upazila on Tuesday afternoon and saw hundreds of men and women standing along both sides of the road, expressing ...