Remittance from KSA halves in 3 years: BB
Remittance inflow from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has halved in three years despite the country being largest overseas labour market for Bangladeshi workers...
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Ex-Jatrabari police OC Abul Hasan put on 7-Day Remand
A court has granted a seven-day remand for Abul Hasan, former officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station, in connection with the death of student Sakib Hasan during the recent anti-discrimination student protest in Jatrabari...
Former Bangladesh minister鈥檚 massive fortune in UK under investigation
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry against former Awami League government鈥檚 land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury over allegations of laundering money to the...
Juba League activist held for shooting at quota protesters
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested an activist of Juba League, the youth wing of Awami League, allegedly for shooting at protesting students in the capital鈥檚 Uttara during the...
RAB arrests ex-lawmaker Enamul over shooting at students, people
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested former Awami League lawmaker Engineer Md Enamul Haque from Adabar in Dhaka on Monday morning on charges of shooting at students and common people during student-led mass uprising at Baghmara in Rajshahi district on August 5.
Bring all human rights violation cases to book: dialogue
Human rights activists, professionals and leaders at a dialogue on Saturday demanded that all cases of gross human rights violations including torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings should be brought to book.
Man firing with two pistols during quota movement held in Cumilla
A man, who was seen in a video footage firing with two pistols during the quota reform movement in Boalia area of Rajshahi city on August 5, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion in Cumilla鈥檚 Daudkandi upazila on early Saturday...
RAB arrests Liton Akand from Jatrabari over attack on students
RAB-3 has arrested Liton Akand and his two associates from Jatrabari in Dhaka for their involvement in attacks on students and the public during the recent student-led mass uprising.
Ex-DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia arrested
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday night arrested former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzam脿n Mia at Mohakhali in the capital.
Five more cases filed against Hasina, aides
Five more cases 鈥� one on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, three on murder charges and one on attempt to murder charge 鈥� have been filed against...
RAB arrests fugitive condemned convict
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested a fugitive death row convict, who escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur over a month ago, at a residential hotel in Kodda area of Gazipur city...
Listed drug peddler Shahjahan detained in Dhaka
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested listed drug peddler Shahjahan Mia, nephew of former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi, in Dhaka鈥檚 Bashundhara residential area on Sunday night...
No scope of creating controversy on Liberation War, says ASM Rob
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD president and freedom fighter ASM Abdur Rab has said that there is no scope of creating controversy on the settled issues of the War of Independence...
14 pardoned Bangladeshis return from UAE
The first batch of 14 Bangladeshi migrants, who had been granted pardon by the United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, returned home Saturday...
RAB recovers abandoned weapons, ammunition in Mohammadpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-2) recovered three abandoned shotguns, 98 rounds of cartridges and a police belt on Thursday from the Beribadh area in Mohammadpur, Dhaka.
Convicted 57 Bangladeshis pardoned聽by UAE
All 57 Bangladeshis, who were earlier convicted by the UAE Federal Court for holding protest rallies in solidarity with anti-discrimination student protests in Bangladesh, have been...
RAB arrests fugitive condemned convict Emdadul
The Rapid Action Battalion on Monday arrested a fugitive death row convict of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail.
UAE president greets Yunus
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday congratulated chief advisor professor Muhammad Yunus on his assumption of the leadership of the interim government of Bangladesh...
RAB arrests ex-commerce minister Tipu Munshi
Rapid Action Battalion arrested former commerce minister Tipu Munshi in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan area in the early hours of Thursday in a murder case filed in Rangpur...
Russia, Saudi, Pak envoys call on Yunus
Envoys of Russia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan called on chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Tuesday...
UAE accepts Taliban govt ambassador
The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after...
UN launches new way to measure nations鈥� economic vulnerability
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday officially launched a new data-driven 鈥榲ulnerability鈥� index that would help small island states and developing nations gain access to low-interest financing...
2 students among 4 beaten to death
Four people, including two students, were beaten to death in two separate incidents in Jatrabari and Wari areas in the capital on Wednesday...
US lifts restrictions on Saudi weapons
The United States confirmed Monday it would resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, as concerns over human rights in the kingdom鈥檚 Yemen war give way to...
Attempt to draw Arabic calligraphy in Central Shaheed Minar area
A group of Qawmi madrassah students allegedly attempted to draw calligraphy in Arabic in the Central Shaheed Minar area in the capital on Thursday...
UAE orders trial of dozens of alleged gang members
The United Arab Emirates has ordered more than 100 alleged members of a criminal gang to stand trial, state media said Friday, following an increase in mass convictions in the Gulf state...
Fifteen stadiums, five cities in Saudi 2034 World Cup bid
Saudi Arabia, the only bidder for the 2034 World Cup, will host the 48-team tournament in fifteen stadiums across five cities, including eight in the capital, state media said on Wednesday.
Migration, politics and economics
ALTHOUGH this issue has not been discussed much, current political hostility may affect migration and its long- as well as short-term economics more than thought of now. The protests and subsequent jailing of protesting migrants in the United Arab Emirates have largely been forgotten now...
RAB arrests 304 more people over quota protests violence
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested 304 people raiding different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests...