Dhaka courts have ordered the arrest of eight individuals, including former ministers Anisul Haque and Amir Hossain Amu, in connection with killings and attempted killings during the last year’s anti-discrimination student movement. Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman granted the arrests following separate police applications. The accused are Anisul Haque, Amir Hossain Amu, Md. Abdur Razzak, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haq Inu, ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday that she and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed new steps to ramp up economic pressure on Russia in response to its ongoing war in Ukraine. “I had a good call with (Trump) on strengthening our joint efforts to increase economic pressure on Russia through additional measures,” von der Leyen posted on ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) has arrested two accused in Chattogram’s Shahed murder case from Surma police station area in Sylhet district on Monday night. The arrested are Md Nuruzzaman, 55 and his second wife Anwara Begum, 40; both are residents of West Mayani area of Mirsarai upazila in Chattogram district. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-7 officials conducted ...

Bangladesh survived a late Afghan fightback to claim a narrow eight-run victory in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, keeping their Asia Cup campaign alive and their path to the Super Four wide open. Set a modest target of 155, Afghanistan were bundled out for 146 after struggling against Bangladesh’s disciplined bowling attack. Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed set the tone with a ...

Students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute blocked the road at Sat Rasta in the capital on Wednesday, causing severe traffic congestion in surrounding areas including Mohakhali, Banani, Moghbazar, Malibagh, and Mouchak. According to eyewitnesses, the students first gathered at their campus in the morning and then marched towards Sat Rasta. At around 11:15 AM, they began their protest by blocking the ...

A total of 37.46 metric tonnes of hilsa has been sent to India in the first consignment ahead of the upcoming Sharadiya Durga Puja festival. The shipment was sent through Benapole land port in Jashore around midnight on Tuesday, using seven trucks to reach Petrapole port in West Bengal. The information was confirmed by Md. Shamim Hossain, director of Benapole ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has urged the international community to use all economic, political and diplomatic avenues to ensure there is an immediate and lasting ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. In a post on his verified Facebook page early Wednesday, he wrote “The world must now take immediate action to take genuine steps enshrined in international law ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan on Tuesday said the government is working relentlessly to make Bangladesh’s health sector self-reliant. “Our health system was dependent on one country. After coming out from there, we are working to achieve self-reliance in the country’s health sector,” he told a press conference at his ministry. The adviser said ...

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said language used by Elon Musk when addressing a rally on Saturday was “abhorrent”. Speaking over a video link, the tech billionaire criticised “uncontrolled migration”, later adding: “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die.” He also said there had to be “a change of government ...

The British government on Monday criticized US billionaire Elon Musk’s controversial comments during his address via videolink at the weekend’s anti-immigrant rally, saying they are “abhorrent.” The “vast majority” of people would react to Musk’s words with “a shake of the head,” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, adding that his language was “abhorrent.” “Whether you’re a hostile state or a ...