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5 years of Abrar Fahad's killing: A mother's never-ending grief

News —7 October, 2024 17:40

It has been five years since Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and…

5 years of Abrar Fahad's killing: A mother's never-ending grief

Ex-PMO principal secretary Nazibur Rahman arrested

Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested ex-principal secretary…

Ex-PMO principal secretary Nazibur Rahman arrested
Travel ban imposed on S Alam Group owner, family members

A court here on Monday imposed travel ban on S Alam Group owner…

Travel ban imposed on S Alam Group owner, family members

Dhaka voices deep concern to Myanmar over new Rohingya influx

Dhaka voices deep concern to Myanmar over new Rohingya influx

Dhaka has expressed deep concern over the new arrivals of Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals in recent times due to armedconflicts in Myanmar particularly in Rakhine state. The…

Munni Saha's bank account details sought

Munni Saha's bank account details sought

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked for the bank account details of journalist Munni Saha. A senior BFIU official confirmed the order on Sunday, citing provisions…

Bank accounts of Bashundhara’s Sobhan, son Anvir, family frozen

Bank accounts of Bashundhara’s Sobhan, son Anvir, family frozen

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed banks to freeze the accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and his family members, as part of an ongoing…

Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku returns home after a long exile

Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku returns home after a long exile

BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Sunday returned home from London after a long exile. The BNP leader arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a…

Saber Hossain arrested

Saber Hossain arrested

Saber Hossain Chowdhury,former minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was arrested in the capital on Sunday. A team of Detective Branch arrested him from the capital's Gulshan area, said DC (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Talebur Rahman. The police official, however, did not disclose in which case he was arrested.  

Jaishankar rules out talks with Pakistan amid SAARC stalemate

Jaishankar rules out talks with Pakistan amid SAARC stalemate

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated that the Indian Subcontinent has witnessed more regional integration in the last five to six years than at any time since the…

CPD estimates Tk 14,421cr flood losses in eastern Bangladesh

CPD estimates Tk 14,421cr flood losses in eastern Bangladesh

The recent flood in eastern part of the country caused an estimated loss of around Taka 14,421.46 crore tantamount to around US$1.20 billion, a Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) study…

Travel ban imposed on ex-NSI DG, his wife

Travel ban imposed on ex-NSI DG, his wife

A Dhaka court on Sunday imposed a travel ban on former Director General of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Major General (retd) TM Jobayer, and his wife Fahamina Masud. Dhaka…

BPDB tender for grid-connected plants faces setback

BPDB tender for grid-connected plants faces setback

The state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has failed to float an open tender for setting up 10 grid-connected solar power plants in the private sector, despite a top-level…

BNP urges chief adviser to announce election roadmap

BNP urges chief adviser to announce election roadmap

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has placed a series of demands to the chief adviser including formation of a new election commission (EC) on the consensus of major political parties…

Unplanned education system causing rising unemployment: Wahiduddin Mahmud

Unplanned education system causing rising unemployment: Wahiduddin Mahmud

Wahiduddin Mahmud, adviser to the Ministry of Education, has expressed concern over the "unplanned nature" of the country's education system, saying that while universities have been…

BNP places strategic proposals targeting Hasina

BNP places strategic proposals targeting Hasina

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday placed a number of proposals before the interim government seeking urgent steps to address their concerns, including former…

Hezbollah battles troops on border as Israel pounds Lebanon

Hezbollah battles troops on border as Israel pounds Lebanon

Hezbollah said Saturday its fighters were confronting Israeli troops in Lebanon's southern border region, where the Israeli military said it struck militants from the Iran-backed movement…

CA mourns ex-president Badruddoza's death

CA mourns ex-president Badruddoza's death

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today condoled the death of former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury. He said the nation has lost a distinguished public servant and a respected…