Members of Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) jointly arrested three alleged members of the banned militant organisation Ansar Al Islam from Dhaka and Chattogram. They were arrested on Monday and Tuesday. They are Siam

The government today (February 8) promoted Khorsheda Yasmeen and appointed her as the secretary of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). She was the additional secretary of the Public Administration Ministry. The Public Administration Ministry on Thursday issued a notification in

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today (February 8) announced duty-tax exemptions on essential commodities including rice, edible oil, sugar, and dates ahead of Ramadan. This decision, effective immediately, follows a directive from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to ensure an

State Minister for Finance Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Thursday (February 8) said Bangladesh needs to pass examination to get the third installment of the International Monitory Fund (IMF) loan. He came up with the remark while talking to reporters after the meeting with IMF

At least three people were killed, and 11 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar on Thursday (February 8). The incident happened when a Dhaka-bound bus of Eagle Paribahan from Cox's Bazar collided with the

A Dhaka court on Thursday (February 8) deferred till February 20 the delivery of the judgment in a case filed over the murder of Sagira Morshed in Dhaka in 1989. Judge Mohammad Ali Hussain of the Special Judge's Court-3 of Dhaka set the new date today.  The four accused in

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (February 8) said that mild cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur division and it may continue.  According to the met office latest bulletin, weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Moderate to thick

An international syndicate trafficked Bangladeshi nationals into Bengaluru and also made fake Indian identity documents to settle Rohingyas in many other parts of the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said in two separate charge sheets filed in separate courts on

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Thursday (February 8) arrested 40 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

The verdict of the much-talked Sagira Morshed murder case at Siddheshwari in the capital in 1989, is set to be delivered today (February 8). Dhaka Special Session Judge Court-3 Judge Mohammad Ali Hossain will announce the verdict. The four accused in the case are -- Sagira

The government does not want and will not allow any issues to rise which will halt media freedom, said state Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today (February 7). He said at a meeting with Editors Guild, Bangladesh leaders at his ministry's conference

The government decided that it will procure three cargoes LNG from two companies of Singapore with around Taka 1,274.12 crore to meet the growing demand of energy in the country. The approval came from the 3rd meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in this year

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said there is no scope to show generosity to new Rohingya influx into Bangladesh territory amid the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. He said: "We will not allow Rohingyas to enter Bangladesh again. Earlier, we opened the border

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan left Dhaka today (February 7) to participate in the 7th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) to be held from February 9-10 in Perth, Australia. The minister is leading the Bangladesh delegation for the conference, according to a press

A Joypurhat court today (February 7) sentenced 17 people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Panchbibi upazila of the district in 2009. Judge Md Abbas Uddin of Additional District and Session Judge Court-2 pronounced the verdict this afternoon. The convicts sentenced to

A trial tribunal in Rajshahi today (February 7) convicted a youth and sentenced him to jail for six years for his involvement in cyber crimes around one year and two months back. The convict is Mijanur Rahman Tuhin, 26, son of Belal Uddin of Chatra Chodyamatha village under Shibganj

A Dhaka Court today (February 7) sentenced a Peruvian citizen to life term and a Pakistani national to ten years of imprisonment in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act in 2013. Sessions Judge Sheikh Samidul Islam of Dhaka's Third Additional Metropolitan court handed down

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (February 7) said January 7, 2024, polls was free, fair and most credible in Bangladesh after 1975. She made the remark in a view exchange meeting with Gopalganj district Awami League leaders and activists at her official Ganabhaban residence. She

More 63 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have entered Bangladesh territory today and sought shelter amid the ongoing conflict between the ethnic Arakan Army and Myanmar troops along the international border. According to BGB, till yesterday out of 183 BGP members,

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (February 7) asked the country’s education authorities and others concerned to stage sport events and competitions at grassroots to explore talents and infuse sportsmanship into youths.   "Arrange all types of inter-school,