The council of advisers of the interim government will hold dialogues with political parties on Saturday (Oct 15) on continuation of its new round of political dialogue aiming to advance the state reform works. "On Saturday next, dialogues will be held with some other political

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized smuggled goods worth about Taka over 1.79 crore from Sylhet and Sunamganj frontiers in the last 24 hours.  In the last 24 hours from October 14, the BGB personnel carried out operations in the border areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj

Three persons including child were killed in road accidents in Mirsarai Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Tuesday. According to eyewitnesses, a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the Khoiyachhora area, leaving all its four passengers, including a child, dead on the spot when they

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will initiate trial procedures on Thursday (October 17) in connection with the massacre and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August uprising. ICT Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam came up with the announced on Tuesday. Speaking

The interim government is set to crack down on syndicates to control the rising prices of essential goods, employment adviser Asif Mahmud told reporters on Tuesday. While the recent floods have driven up vegetable prices, the sharp increases in other key commodities are largely due to

Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) former president Syed Almas Kabir has been arrested in a murder case filed at Mohammodpur police station. Members of DMP apprehended Almas Kabir from his Gulshan house on Monday. Iftekhar Hasan, Officer-in-Charge

A Dhaka court today (Oct 15) deferred till November 18 the deadline for submitting the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in February 2012. This is the 112th extension of the submission deadline. Dhaka Metropolitan

Bangladesh Meteorological Department today (October 15) forecasted rain or thundershowers accompanied by gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places across the country for the next 24 hours till tomorrow morning. "Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman today left here for the United States of America (USA) and Canada on an 11-day official visit, said a release of Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) on Tuesday (October 15) morning. "During the visit, he will participate in

Today is the 70th birthday of renowned poet and journalist Hasan Hafiz. Hasan Hafiz, also the president of the Jatiya Press Club, now serves as the editor of the Bangla daily Kaler Kantho, with 49 years of experience in journalism. On 15 October 1955, he was born at Elahinagar

Mirpur-10 metro rail station resumed operations this morning (Oct 15), three months after it was vandalised and shut down in July. Managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), Mohammad Abdur Rouf, confirmed the matter to journalists. On 19 July, unidentified

At least five people were killed and 20 others injured after two buses collided head-on in Mollikpur area of Kanaipur Union under Faridpur Sadar Upazila on Dhaka-Khulna highway this morning. The identities of the deceased have not yet been confirmed. The two buses—Jhinaidah

The government has ruled out the Indian allegation of damaging temples and deities in Bangladesh during Durga puja terming those as baseless.  “The Government of Bangladesh finds such allegations baseless and assertions uncalled for,” the foreign ministry said in a

Major General Mohammad Jahangir Alam has been appointed as the Director General of Directorate General of Defense Intelligence (DGFI). Jahangir Alam succeeded Major General Faizur Rahman, who has been promoted to lieutenant general and made the quartermaster general.  He was

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus today (Oct 14) called for creating a "safe zone guaranteed by the UN" for the displaced people in Rakhine and finding ways to support them. He made the call when Thomas Andrews, the Special Rapporteur of the UN on the situation of

The Mirpur-10 station of Dhaka metro rail will resume operations Tuesday, after nearly three months. Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Managing Director Mohammad Abdur Rouf told reporters Monday (Oct 14). The repairing cost is still being calculated, Abdur Rouf said while

The first meeting of the constitution reform commission, which was formed by the Interim government to reform the constitution, was held in a virtual platform on Sunday afternoon. In the virtual meeting, the commission members Professor Sumaiya Khayer, Barrister Imran Siddique,

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced today (Oct 14) that students and individuals involved in the July-August mass uprising cannot be arrested, harassed, or charged in connection with cases filed during that period. In a statement released this afternoon to media outlets, the

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today (Oct 14) said Dhaka is keen to strengthen both its economic and security ties with China along with deepening collaboration in several critical areas including clean energy and infrastructure development. "We need security cooperation from

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasts that the weather may remain mainly dry today (October 14), with a temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. "Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country", according to a met