A human chain demanded capital punishment for Mizanur Rahman Mizan, director of Rongdhonu Group, who was arrested in connection with a murder case on Tuesday. The human chain was formed in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital Dhaka around 11:00am on Wednesday. People from

At least 43 top criminals and militants have walked out of jail on bail after the fall of Hasina-led government on August 5. As many as 17 jails came under attacks since 19 July, leading to the escape of over 2,000 inmates. Of them, more than 900, including 70 militants, are still on

Police officers who have been absent from work will no longer be allowed to rejoin their duties, said Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. He said, “A number of police officers involved in misconduct have not returned to their posts. Those who have

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted light to moderate and moderately heavy rainfall or thundershowers with temporary gusty wind in all eight divisions of the country in the next 24 hours from 9 am today (September 18). "Light to moderate rain or thundershowers

A vessel carrying 935 Twenty Equivalent Unit (TEU) containers arrived at Chattogram Port directly from China under a new shipping service, ushering in hope for expediting the much-anticipated direct shipping in one of the important sea routes. The vessel “Kota Anggun”

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh IWAMA Kiminori paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday (17 September), according to a Facebook post from the Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh. After discussing cooperation with the interim government, Ambassador

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday highlighted the importance of IOM's ongoing proactive role in safeguarding the rights of Bangladeshi migrant workers in both destination and transit countries. He acknowledged IOM’s support for the Forcibly Displaced

The interim government will hold its first meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today (Sept 18), where five project proposals, including two new ones, are expected to be discussed. Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor of the interim government and

The interim government has given the the commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Army the power of executive magistrate for the next two months. A gazette notification was issued in this regard by the Ministry of Public Administration. The fresh development comes at a time when the

The July Smrity Foundation, aimed at supporting the families of July-August movement participants, was formally launched Tuesday with a Tk100 crore initial donation from the chief adviser’s relief and welfare fund. The July-August movement saw nearly a thousand deaths of

Terming the political churn in Bangladesh as its “internal matter”, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that his country is keen to continue what was a stable relationship with the neighbour. During a wide-ranging interview with the Indian news

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is likely to support Bangladesh financially around $4 billion to $5 billion in various sectors for the next three years under its Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS) for the 2024-26. Head of IsDB Regional Hub Muhammad Nassis Sulaiman disclosed

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves have crossed $24 billion, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB). "According to the latest data, foreign exchange reserves amount to $24.3 billion. It is close to $20 billion according to the BPM-6 calculation standard of the IMF," said

The World Bank is committed to increasing lending to Bangladesh in this fiscal year to help the reform agenda of the Interim Government, its Country Director Abdoulaye Seck said on Tuesday.  Seck informed that the World Bank can mobilise about $2 billion new financing in this

Detective Branch (DB) of Police claimed to have arrested Rongdhanu Group Director Mizanur Rahman Mizan on Tuesday. A DB team carried out a raid in Bhatara area of Dhaka this noon and arrested Mizan, also former chairman of Rupganj Upazila Parishad.   Later, the law enforcers

Debapriya Bhattacharya, the head of the White Paper Formulation Committee, said today (Sept 17) that government officials are often unable to provide accurate information due to political pressure. Speaking to the press in the capital, the economist expressed concern that many

A Dhaka court today (September 17) granted another two days police remand to former additional superintendant of police (Adi-SP) Abdullah Hil Kafi of Dhaka district in an attempt to murder case filed with Ashulia Police Station. Senior Judicial Magistrate of the Chief Judicial

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today (September 17) arrested one person identifying him as Delwar Hossain Rubel believed to have fired bullets at the student-people at Uttara during the nationwide mass upsurge conducting a drive at Tongi of Gazipur district. "We rounded up Rubel

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted light to moderate and moderately heavy rainfall or thundershowers with temporary gusty wind in all eight divisions of the country in the next 24 hours from 9 am today (September 17). "Light to moderate rain or thundershowers

Journalists Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta and former president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Shahriar Kabir have been placed on a seven-day remand in two separate murder cases. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah granted the remand on Tuesday.