Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call to Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday, congratulating him on his assumption as the head of the Interim Government. During the call, President Erdogan condoled the loss of valuable lives in the

The government has formed a five-member Commission to find out forcibly disappeared people by the law enforcement agencies from January 1, 2010 to August 5, 2024.  Retired judges of the High Court Division Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Farid Ahmed Shibli have been

At least four more murder cases were filed Monday against ousted autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka city, while an abduction case was lodged in Rajshahi district, taking the total number of lawsuits against Bangabandhu’s eldest daughter past 70 in just three weeks. Four

The interim government has reshuffled the responsibilities of its five advisers. Cabinet Division on Tuesday (August 27) issued a notification by order of the president.   According to this notification, Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus will be in charge of six ministries and

A Chattogram court today (August 27) awarded life term imprisonment to four persons for raping a 18-year old girl at Jorarganj thana under Mirsarai upazila of the district in 2019.  The judge of the Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 Begum Ferdouse Ara passed the

Three senior police officers including one Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl IGP), were sent on retirement today (August 27). The officials are Krishna Pada Roy, Additional IGP of Police Headquarters, Md Mozammel Haque, Police Commissioner (Deputy Inspector General) of

A petition was filed today (Aug 27) with the apex court, pleading to review an Appellate Division judgment that scrapped the 13th amendment to the constitution which allowed the formation of a neutral caretaker government for holding national polls. Five eminent citizens including

The death toll from the devastating flood has risen to 27, with at least 1,207,429 families adversely affected across seven districts in the country as of Tuesday. Faruk E Azam, disaster management and relief adviser came up with the figures while addressing a press conference over the

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today (August 27) detained former Minister of State for Information Mohammad A. Arafat.  He was arrested from Gulshan area of the capital. Earlier, a rumour was spread that Arafat has been hiding at the France Embassy in Dhaka. This later was

The Bangladesh interim government should seek a resolution at the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an independent mechanism to investigate and pursue accountability for recent grave abuses in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to chief

Twenty-four districts got new superintendents of police (SP) today.  A notification, in this regard, was issued on Tuesday by the Police-1 branch of the Public Security Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The notification was signed by Deputy Secretary Md Mahabur

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been instructed to hoist local cautionary signal-3 as the low-pressure area over the northwest bay and adjoining southern part of Bangladesh intensified into a well-marked low. It now lies over Gangetic West

Days after returning from Kyiv, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to US President Joe Biden on Monday and briefed him on his visit to Ukraine.  In a post on X, Modi said they also discussed the Bangladesh situation and emphasised the need for early restoration of normalcy and

The Bangladesh Bank on Monday directed six banks owned by the S Alam Group to halt any fund transfers, cash withdrawals and the opening of letters of credit (LCs) associated with the Chattogram-based business conglomerate, its subsidiary companies and related individuals. However,

Millions of people in Bangladesh's eastern and southeastern regions are grappling with severe hardships following devastating flash floods.  The crisis has left them in dire need of food, drinking water, and shelter. Particularly in Feni, Cumilla, Lakshmipur, and Noakhali, the

A Dhaka court today (August 26) placed journalist Rupa and Shakil on five-day remand in the case over the death of a garment worker Rubel during the anti—discrimination student movement. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court judge Mosharraf Hossain passed the order. 

Death toll in the devastating flood has risen to 23 as deaths of two more people in Noakhali and one new in Khagrachhari were reported today (August 26), according to government report. Among the deaths, six were in Cumilla, one in Feni, five in Chattogram, one in Khagrachhari, five in

A total of 303 Ansar members were produced before Dhaka court on Monday (August 26) in the cases filed over Sunday night's clashes between demonstrators and students in front of the Secretariat gates in Dhaka. "303 Ansar members were produced before the Chief Metropolitan

A petition will be filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court soon seeking a review of its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system. Advocate Sharif Bhuiyan will submit the review petition on behalf of five citizens, including Badiul Alam

Rickshaw pullers blocked the Shahbagh intersection on Monday morning, demanding a ban on battery-operated autorickshaws, which brought traffic to a standstill on surrounding roads. The protest began at around 10:30 am when rickshaw pullers obstructed the Shahbagh intersection.