9 more NBR officials suspended, 131 transferred
In a major administrative reshuffle at the National Board of Revenue, the authorities on Monday suspended nine more tax officials and transferred 131 others to its different offices...
Bangladesh
Man demands Hasina, associates be burned like his son
The father of As Sabur, one of six protesters who were shot and then burnt to death together, testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday...
1,760 petitions relating to 83 seats filed
The Election Commission is set to begin hearings on objections and recommendations regarding the draft boundaries of parliamentary constituencies on August 24 as part of the preparations for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections...
Yet another road safety law under way
The government is going ahead with the initiative of January 2024 to enact a law to ensure road safety amid frequent fatal road accidents...
Patients suffer as intern doctors continue strike at SBMCH
Intern doctors at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital continued their work abstention for the second consecutive day on Monday, demanding workplace safety and justice for victims injured in an attack allegedly carried out by a group of protesters on medical staff at the hospital on Sunday...
My TV chairman put on 5-day remand in murder case
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday allowed the police to take private television channel My TV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi into custody for five days for interrogation in a murder case linked to the 2024 mass uprising.
Two ministries, one division get new secretaries
Bangladesh interim government on Monday appointed new secretaries to water resources ministry, social welfare ministry and the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Division.
NCP to push for Constituent Assembly election as core political agenda
The National Citizen Party has decided to push ahead with its demand for a Constituent Assembly election to draft a new constitution, declaring it the party鈥檚 official political line...
EC to unveil Bangladesh national polls roadmap this week
The senior secretary of the Election Commission, Akhtar Ahmed, on Monday said the EC will announce the action plan or roadmap of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election within this week.
Police constable arrested for leaking CMP commissioner鈥檚 walkie-talkie message
A police constable was arrested on early Monday for leaking a walkie-talkie message of Chattogram Metropolitan Police commissioner Hasib Aziz on social media...
Sylhet DC replaced amid illegal stone extraction controversy
The government on Monday withdrew Sylhet deputy commissioner Muhammad Sher Mahbub Murad amid widespread controversy over illegal stone extraction in the northeastern district.
Loan burden drives farmer to kill himself in Rajshahi
A farmer committed suicide by hanging himself in village Kharail under Mohonpur upazila in Rajshahi early Monday reportedly for failing to repay loans he had taken from different non-governmental organisations...
ICT orders arrest of Ex-IGP Javed, 4 others
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants for five people, including former inspector general of police Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the enforced disappearance and staged killing of seven youths on allegedly suspecting them as extremists in Gazipur in October 2016...
Ex-DB chief Harun among 18 cops suspended
The government suspended 18 police officers, including additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and former chief of detective branch Mohammad Harun ur Rashid as they had been absent from duty without permission from the authorities concerned...
Professor Yunus urges all to protect nature to save fish species
Chief adviser Professoressor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged all to come forward to protect nature aiming at conserving the country鈥檚 fisheries resources...