The 16 gates of the Kaptai Hydroelectric Power Plant have opened this morning as the water level of Kaptai Lake is rising due to incessant rainfall and the onrush of water from upstream. The Karnafuli Hydroelectric Power Station authority opened the gates at 8:10 am. At present, the

Retired Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik underwent surgery at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. He was arrested near Sylhet’s Zakiganj border while ‘trying to flee to India’ on Friday and brought to the hospital from jail on Saturday

Police have arrested former Minister of Textiles and Jute Golam Dastagir Gazi. The law enforcement officers detained Gazi, also the Chairman of Gazi Group, on Saturday night (24 August) from a house in Shantinagar in Dhaka. However, it is still unclear under which case he was

Chief Adviser to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today urged the country's people to come forward to addressing the ongoing devastating flood.   "With the initiatives and encouragement of the youth, the country's people should jump into addressing

The 16 gates of the Kaptai Hydroelectric Power Plant will be opened by tonight as the water level of Kaptai Lake is rising due to incessant rainfall and the onrush of water from upstream. The Karnafuli Hydroelectric Power Station authority issued an urgent warning for downstream people

India’s foreign policy is facing scrutiny following allegations against Bangladesh’s interim government. The Indian foreign minister has claimed that Hindu minorities in Bangladesh are currently highly insecure, a statement strongly contested by Bangladesh’s interim

Bangadesh's interim government has vowed to investigate the cases of hundreds of dissidents abducted by security forces under the regime of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina.  France 24's special correspondents in Bangladesh Navodita Kumari, Léa Delfolie, and Khansa

The death toll reaches to 18 in seven districts of Bangladesh in the past three days due to the sudden flood. It has affected 4,938,159 people across 11 districts in the country, said Kamrul Hasan, secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief on Saturday (August

The metro rail service in Dhaka is set to resume regular operations on Sunday (Aug 25).  Md Zakaria, Additional Project Director (Electrical, Signal, and Telecommunication & Track) of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), confirmed the matter today. The trial run of

Bangladesh Meteorological Department predicted light to moderate and moderately heavy to heavy rainfall or thundershowers with temporary gusty wind at places over all eight divisions of the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am today (Aug 24). According to the BMD bulletin,

Bangladesh Railway has resumed train services on the Dhaka-Sylhet-Dhaka route following an improvement in the flood situation in the Sylhet region. Starting today, passengers will once again be able to travel by train between Dhaka and Sylhet. The Director of Public Relations at

Another person, who was shot during the last student movement at Jatrabari in the capital on August 5, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Dhaka last night. Md Hasan, 30, who worked at a storehouse in Jatrabari, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical

ASM Feroz, former chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad, was arrested in Dhaka on Friday night. The former Awami League MP from the Patuakhali-2 constituency was apprehended in the Banani area, according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. However, details of his arrest could not be known

BGB personnel detained AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, a retired judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, while fleeing the country. Local residents detained him from Zakiganj border area in Sylhet and handed him over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Later, he was

Bashundhara Group, a leading business conglomerate in the country, has stepped up to support flood victims through a student-led initiative. The group has prepared 25,000 sacks of relief materials for flood victims in coordination with the students living in the Bashundhara residential

A devastating flood caused by heavy rainfall and onrush of water from upstream killed four people in Chattogram leaving nearly five lakh people stranded.  The deceased were identified as Md Roni, 17, son of Abu Bakar, hailed from Raza Nagar union of Rangunia upazila, Microbus

Chhatra League’s Jashore unit General Secretary Tanjib Nowshad Pallab was detained by border guard personnel at Benapole border check post in Jashore on Friday  According to law enforcers Pallab was trying to go to India. He is the son of Jashore Zila Parishad Chairman

A message will be sent to India regarding advance warning before releasing water from common rivers of the two countries, said Forest and Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today (August 23). She, at the same time has called upon India to comply with the international river law,

The driver of a microbus was killed and five others were injured in a collision between his microbus and a bus in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Friday (August 23). Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Officer-in-Charge of Gopalganj Sadar Thana Md Anisur Rahman

Sylhet bureau chief of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Maksud Ahmad Maksud was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sylhet-Sunamganj highway in the early hours of Friday. Maksud's younger brother Muajjin Ahmad confirmed the matter saying that his brother and his banker friend Galib