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Dipu Moni arrested 

News —19 August, 2024 20:49

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB) arrested former Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni from the capital's Baridhara DOHS area on Monday.…


Dipu Moni arrested 

Move to purge politically favoured officials from civil administration

A nationwide drive is underway within Bangladesh's civil administration…

Move to purge politically favoured officials from civil administration
Mass removal of local government representatives

In a sweeping move, the chairmen of all 495 Upazila councils…

Mass removal of local government representatives

HC issues rule questioning validity of 15th amendment

HC issues rule questioning validity of 15th amendment

The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking why the 15th amendment of the constitution would not be declared illegal. The government has also been asked to respond to the rule within…

Shafik Rehman returns home after six years

Shafik Rehman returns home after six years

The veteran Bangladeshi journalist, political analyst, writer and former editor of the newsweekly-turned-daily ‘Jai Jai Din’ Shafik Rehman returned home from London, United…

Pakistan PM for enhancing regional cooperation

Pakistan PM for enhancing regional cooperation

Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said he looks forward to working closely with Bangladesh Interim government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the coming…

Hasina sued for ‘mass killing’ at Shapla Chattar

Hasina sued for ‘mass killing’ at Shapla Chattar

A case was filed against Awami League President and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others on charge of indiscriminate firing on a rally of Hefazat-e-Islam at Motijheel's…

Hasina sued for attack on Khaleda’s convoy

Hasina sued for attack on Khaleda’s convoy

A complaint (first information report) has been filed with Tejgaon Police Station against 113 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over an alleged attack on…

Hasina, Joy and Tulip embezzle $5 billion from Rooppur project

Hasina, Joy and Tulip embezzle $5 billion from Rooppur project

The ambitious Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), envisioned to address Bangladesh's escalating electricity demand, has now become mired in allegations of massive corruption involving…

Some 626 different citizens took shelter at cantonment: ISPR

Some 626 different citizens took shelter at cantonment: ISPR

A total of 626 citizens including political leaders, judges, police officers, officials of the civil administration and different public universities took shelter in the cantonments…

Students recover weapons from BCL-controlled dormitories

Students recover weapons from BCL-controlled dormitories

Students from the Anti-Discrimination Movement recovered a large number of locally-made weapons from dormitories controlled by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Dhaka Teachers'…

Hasina's dictatorship destroys state organs

Hasina's dictatorship destroys state organs

Interim Government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorship has destroyed every institution of the country in the effort…

No foreign mission staff inside cantonment: ISPR

No foreign mission staff inside cantonment: ISPR

No personnel from foreign missions are currently staying inside the army cantonments, according to a press release of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). At the Indian High Commission's…

India ‘over-invested in Hasina and under-invested in Bangladesh’

India ‘over-invested in Hasina and under-invested in Bangladesh’

When Agontuk*, a 21-year-old architecture student in Dhaka, first saw the social media posts of attacks against Bangladesh’s Hindu minority community, his immediate response…

A beast in uniform: ex-major general Ziaul Ahsan's dark legacy

A beast in uniform: ex-major general Ziaul Ahsan's dark legacy

Major General Ziaul Ahsan, who served as a Major at the time, took command of the intelligence wing of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on August 27, 2010. Under his leadership, the…

Ex-water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen detained

Ex-water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen detained

Former water resources minister and ex-MP from Thakurgaon-1 (Sadar Upazila) constituency, Ramesh Chandra Sen, has been detained and taken into custody by the Detective Branch (DB)…

BDR carnage victim families call for inquiry commision

BDR carnage victim families call for inquiry commision

On February 25-26, 2009, a massacre at Dhaka’s Pilkhana headquarters of the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) left 57 military officers and 17 civilians dead, including the head of…