Home ministry asks police not to deny, delay recording cases, GDs
The home ministry in a circular on Friday asked the police not to deny or delay recording cases, general diaries and first information reports as the ministry came to know about...
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Home ministry asks police not to deny, delay recording cases, GDs
Home ministry in a circular on Friday asked the police not to deny or delay recording cases, general diaries and first information reports as the ministry came to know of reports of alleged incidents from mass media and other sources.
Public Security Division forms disaster response coordination cell
In response to the ongoing floods in Bangladesh, the Public Security Division of home ministry has formed a 鈥楧isaster Management Assistance Coordination Cell鈥� to facilitate disaster response efforts.
Flash flood displaces 2 lakh, leaves million stranded
The onrush of water rising to 10 feet swept scores of villages in eastern, southeastern, and northeastern Bangladesh on Friday as deadly flash flooding continued for the fourth...
Taliban govt enacts 鈥榲ice and virtue鈥� law
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities have announced the codification of laws detailing rules of behaviour and lifestyle based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.
3.6m people affected as flash flood worsens
Thousands of people awaiting emergency rescue remained beyond electricity and mobile network coverage as a flash flood unleashed by heavy rains and an...
Populist decisions can hardly improve education governance
THE education ministry has decided not to hold the remaining Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations deferred in the changed reality that had emerged in the middle of July out of the student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations. The examinations were scheduled to begin on June 30 and end on August 21...
Dozen more cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides
Over a dozen more cases, including three on charge of genocide, were filed on Wednesday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides, taking the number of cases filed against her to 44 since the fall of her government in a student-led uprising on August 5...
Police range DIGs, metropolitan police commissioners transferred
Police ranges deputy inspector generals of all divisions and police commissioners of all metropolitan areas outside Dhaka have been transferred.
Land Cruiser abandoned in Dhanmondi traced to ex-home minister Asaduzzaman
An SUV valued at approximately Tk two crore was found abandoned in front of Baitul Aman Mosque in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, on Sunday morning, sparking widespread curiosity....
Two more murder cases filed against Sheikh Hasina, Quader
Two separate cases were filed on Monday against former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan over the killings of one Liton Hasan Lalu alias Hasan in the capital鈥檚 Mirpur area and Tarik Hossain in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area during the recent anti-discrimination students鈥� movement....
Many in hiding with聽wealth info unchecked聽
Many former lawmakers and ministers of the ousted Awami League government, who amassed wealth abnormally, have fled or are now in hideouts since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina...
Actions to be taken to save heritage wetlands: Rizwana
Adviser to the water resources and environment ministry Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday asked officials concerned to take urgent measures to prevent illegal encroachment of national heritage wetlands and rivers...
Ex-senior sec Shah Kamal on five-day remand
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Sunday placed former senior secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Shah Kamal, on five day-remand in a case filed with the Mohammadpur police station...
Hasina, Quader among 128 sued over Jaipurhat student killing
A murder case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former minister for road transport and bridges Obaidul Quader, and 126 others over the killing of a student in Jaipurhat during the student movement....
Government to build Bangladesh's 1st sports institute: Asif
With the slogan 鈥楥entre of Excellence鈥�, a sports institute is set to be built in Bangladesh for the first time by the initiative of ministry of youth and sports.
5 retired addl secretaries appointed as secretaries
Five retired additional secretaries have been brought back and appointed secretaries on a contractual basis.
Health ministry issues mpox alert in Bangladesh
The health ministry has said that Bangladesh is on high alert for mpox (previously monkeypox), an infectious disease which has spread across various countries, particularly in Central Africa.
鈥�1.4m girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return鈥�
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now...
Bangladesh ambassadors asked to return home from seven countries
Bangladesh ambassadors from the United States, Russia, Germany, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Maldives have been asked to return home leaving their current responsibilities with the respective missions abroad.
Pheu Thai party chooses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as PM candidate
Pheu Thai party in Thailand has chosen Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, as its candidate for prime minister, it announced on Thursday, a day after a court dismissed the incumbent premier in an ethics case.
All educational institutions to be reopened from Aug 18
All secondary to tertiary level educational institutions under the education ministry have been instructed to resume academic activities on Sunday.
Revamp of constitution demanded
Speakers in a discussion on Wednesday demanded a revamp of the constitution to plug loopholes preventing any dictators from rising in future...
Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces...
Appointments of NBR chairman, nine others cancelled
The contractual appointments of National Board of Revenue Chairman Abu Hena Rahmatul Munim and nine others have been cancelled.
Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces.
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina urges supporters to make public show of strength
Ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked supporters to make a public show of strength later this week, hours after a court ruled that a murder probe...
Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia to get police escort
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia is set to get a police escort once again after nearly a decade....
700 migrants cross Channel to Britain in small boats
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers...
Balance of power in administration
THE recently occurring revolution is one of the most significant events in the history of Bangladesh and South Asia. The aftereffects of the revolution have many challenging tasks for the newly formed interim government in Bangladesh. The first challenge that this government is facing is to bring about law and order in the country...