Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be 鈥榤ore aggressive鈥� in slashing government spending...
The Narayanganj City Corporation, which governs Siddhirganj, sadar and Bandar, is responsible for nearly two million residents across 27 wards within a 72.43-square kilometre area. Managing civic services for such a large and densely populated city is a formidable challenge that requires strategic planning and efficient execution. While various developmental...
An intellectual and cultural organisation titled July Sangram Parishad was launched on Saturday to uphold the spirit of July uprising.
The four-member Bangladesh boys' team departed for Bahrain on Saturday to take part in the Under-14 division of the ITF World Junior Tennis Competition, which begins today in Isa Town.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has ordered the firing of all remaining US attorneys nominated by his predecessor Joe Biden...
THE clash between the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and the Students Against Discrimination, which led the July-August uprising that toppled the Awami League government, at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on February 18 is shocking. The clash, which reportedly broke out over an altercation...
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 court on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Niko corruption case...
A car driver was injured when an intercity train hit his vehicle at a railway level crossing in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet Tuesday noon...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday extended the deadline to April 20 for submitting investigation reports against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others over the allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising...
THE much-awaited fact-finding report of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, on the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh has been seen as instrumental in resolving many debates related to accountability and justice for the human rights violations from July 1 to August 15, 2024. Though all human rights violations may not...
A group of people injured in the July-August mass uprising blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Monday, demanding the removal of Category C, which was created by the government for their treatment.
Gazipur Zila Parishad on Sunday distributed a cheque of Tk 1 lakh each to the families of 9 martyrs in the July-August mass uprising in the district...
Bangladesh Army on Monday claimed that the incidents of mob justice, extortion, theft and murder had come down across the country in the last 50 days since December 28 compared to previous two months due to its operations.
Those killed in July movement will be recognised as July Martyrs while the injured victims will be known as July Warriors...
Women who actively participated in the July movement on Sunday demanded that Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League be banned, accusing them of committing mass killings during the uprising.
The Judicial Reform Commission, in its full report, has recommended amendments, modifications, and additions to 32 articles of the constitution to enhance the judiciary鈥檚 institutional, financial, and functional independence.
The Bangladesh Bank has eased loan rescheduling policy for raw-jute exporters for the next two years.
Police in Mauritius on Sunday arrested the island's former prime minister Pravind Jugnauth in a money-laundering probe and seized stacks of cash in raids on fellow suspects' homes, officials said.
The Judiciary Reforms Commission has suggested the government to appoint retired judges to dispose of under trial cases pilled in district courts, official sources said on Saturday.
An Argentine court has issued arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar鈥檚 military junta and former officials, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, over alleged 鈥榞enocide and crimes against humanity鈥� targeting the Rohingya minority group.
The United Nations Human Rights Office in a fact-finding report has stated that it did not find any genuine efforts by the Sheikh Hasina government to investigate any of the serious violations and abuses committed by the state鈥檚 security forces...
The four-member Bangladesh tennis team left for Bahrain on Saturday to take part in the ITF World Junior (Under-14) Tennis Tournament, scheduled to begin in Isa Town today.
The special judge court-4 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed February 19 to deliver the judgement of Niko graft case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and seven others...
The United Nations Human Rights Office in its fact-finding report on rights abuses related to July-August protests in Bangladesh has called for suspending officials, including those at the command and leadership level...
The reform commissions, recently formed by the interim government, have recommended measures to curb extrajudicial detention, enforced disappearances, and torture and cruelty in police custody, identifying these crimes as...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over law adviser Asif Nazrul鈥檚 Tuesday statement in which he hoped that the ICT would deliver verdicts in three or four cases of the killings during the July-August mass uprising by October...
The Bangladesh interim government has welcomed the fact-finding report of the UN human rights office on the July-August protests.
THE unresolved murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in Dhaka on February 11, 2012, is one of the many cases that have created a public perception that the legal system was working to protect partisan interests of the deposed Awami League regime. As the investigation agency failed to submit the...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday sent assistant superintendent of police Javed Iqbal to jail in a case filed over crimes committed during the July-August uprising.
Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...