National,Politics
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Monday said the party is happy with the death sentence handed down to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the case over last year’s July-August mass killings, but insisted that the Awami League as a political party must also be brought to...
National,Business & Commerce,CORPORATE & BRAND
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on Monday signed land lease agreements with two fully foreign-owned companies to establish new industrial units at the BEPZA Economic Zone, marking an inflow of USD 70.66 million in the light engineering and garment accessories sectors.The inv...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the verdict delivered against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks ‘the burial of all forms of dictatorship’ in Bangladesh.“We believe that today’s verdict is not just a judgment on Sheikh Hasina’s c...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance
Bangladesh Bank is set to discontinue five types of customer-level services, including the sale of Savings Certificates (Sanchayapatra) and Prize Bonds, as part of a major move to modernise its operations and strengthen security at its main offices.The central bank’s Motijheel office will init...
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said the government will write to India again seeking Sheikh Hasina’s extradition.“If India continues to shelter this criminal, it must understand that such an act is unfriendly to Bangladesh and its people. It is deeply condemnable. A verdict has been d...
BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) verdict convicting deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others delivers justice and serves as a warning against future dictatorship.“Justice has been established today in the International Cri...
National,Business & Commerce,Infrastructure, Development,Politics
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) on Monday signed a landmark concession agreement with Netherlands-based APM Terminals BV for the development and operation of the Laldia Container Terminal in Chattogram.Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain attended the signing ceremony as the chief...
The International Crisis Group on Monday said the prospect of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ‘mounting a political comeback in Bangladesh now appears very slim’.“The political repercussions of this verdict are significant," said Crisis Group's expert on Bangladesh, Se...
National,Politics,City
Police and members of the Bangladesh Army on Monday dispersed a group of youths who attempted to storm Dhanmondi-32 residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with two bulldozers ahead of the verdict in a case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for committing crimes against humanity during the July...
National,Politics,Art& Culture
Jahangirnagar University Central Student Union (JUCSU) has nominated five representatives including Vice President (VP) and General Secretary (GS) to serve on the university’s Senate.The decision was taken during JUCSU’s third executive meeting on Sunday night, based on the consents from...
National,Country, Districts
A woman and her younger son were stabbed to death at Basantapur village in Adarsha Sadar upazila of Cumilla allegedly by her elder son on Monday.The deceased were identified as Rahela Begum, 65, wife of the late Azgar Ali, and her younger son Kamal Hossain, 35.Rahela’s elder son Billal Hossain...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday instructed the Deputy Commissioners& (DCs) to carry out their responsibilities with full honesty, impartiality and integrity in the upcoming election and referendum, stressing that the election must be both festive and peaceful.“This election (sc...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during last year’s July-August mass uprising.The three-member tribunal, headed by Ch...
National,Sports
Bangladeshi swimmer Sheikh Jamil Hasan, a third-year student of Political Science at the University of Dhaka, successfully completed the 10-kilometer open water swim at the international “Oceanman Thailand 2025” competition held in Phang Nga province, Thailand. He finished the race in ne...
National
The Supreme Court has requested the Bangladesh Army to deploy troops to bolster security around the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ahead of Monday’s scheduled verdict in cases relating to crimes against humanity involving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others.Supreme Court Sp...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Sunday instructed police personnel to open fire on anyone attempting to torch vehicles or carry out petrol bombs or crude bomb attacks in the capital.The order was issued through a wireless message in the afternoon, said a pol...
Eight like-minded political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, have announced plans to be present on the streets on Monday as the verdict in the case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and three others, accused of crimes against humanity, is delivered.Speaking at a joint press conference o...
Country, Districts
ive people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus crashed into a stationary covered-van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Battala in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Shahadat Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Kumira H...
Security has been tightened across the country, particularly in and around the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, ahead of Monday’s verdict in a high-profile case of crimes against humanity.The tribunal is set to deliver its judgement on cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Ha...
Police have arrested a man allegedly for cutting down at least 50 Bakul trees and several other species along the Dhaka–Chattogram Highway in Betlatail area of Sadar Dakshin upazila of Cumilla district.The arrestee was identified as Azmiri Hossain of Souratoli area in Sadar Dakshin upazila of ...
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