National,Politics
Students and supporters of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement ended their programmes at Zero Point intersection in the capital’s Gulistan area to counter a rally called by Awami League (AL) on Sunday afternoon at the same location to protest what they called a "misrule" in the ...
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul of the Interim Government on Sunday said that the government will request Interpol for issuing red notices to arrest and bring back fugitives allegedly involved in the ‘killings and genocide during the student protests’ of July and August,"The step will be ta...
National,Business
Hundreds of readymade garment (RMG ) workers have kept the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur blocked for over 24 hours from Saturday morning over their dues causing 20-kilometre long tailback and sufferings to people.The road blockades by the workers of TNZ Apparels Limited prolonged traffic conge...
National,World,Politics
The Economic Times, Dhaka: A complaint was filed against the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh interim government, Muhammad Yunus, and 61 others, under Article 15 of the Rome Statute at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Netherlands.Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, an Awami League leader and former Mayor of...
Hundreds of workers from at least five readymade garment (RMG) factories under the TNZ Group blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur since Saturday morning over unpaid wages on Saturday.Following the blockades, hundreds of vehicles had to remain stranded for hours causing severe sufferings t...
UNB: Police have arrested 19 ‘Awami League-backed’ union parishad members raiding a hotel during a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Cox’s Bazar district town.Being tipped off that 19 UP members would gather at Uni Resort in Kalatoli area of the district town, a team of police a...
India has urged the government of Bangladesh to 'take strong measures to ensure the safety of Hindus' in the port city of Chittogong, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.India's response comes to tensions that erupted between the Hindu community and law enforcement followin...
World,Entertainment,Science Technology
Australia's government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the proposed laws, to be tabled in parliament next week, were aimed at mitigating the "harm" social media was inflicting o...
National
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Kamal Uddin Ahmed and five members have resigned from their posts. They submitted their resignation letters to the President on Thursday.Those five NHRC members, who resigned are full-time members of the current commission Salim Reza, member. A...
The interim government has decided in principle to repeal the widely condemned Cyber Security Act (CSA), said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.The Advisory Council on Thursday at a meeting chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at his office in Dhaka's Tej...
World
Zimbabwe's government has banned "with immediate effect" police officers from using mobile phones while working.The ban is contained in a memo, ordering police officers to abandon their private communication gadgets while on duty.All officers are required to surrender their mobile phon...
Business
The 58th Board Meeting of Community Bank Bangladesh PLC. was held at the Police Headquarters on Monday, 28 October 2024. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Md. Mainul Islam, ndc, Inspector General of Police, Bangladesh and Chairman of Community Bank Bangladesh PLC. During the meeting important decisions...
Tech Post
EZVIZ hosted its much-anticipated DPP Event in Dhaka under the theme “EZVIZ is the Revolution”. Held at Hotel Intercontinental, the event brought together DPPs from divisions, districts, and upazilas across Bangladesh. The gathering underscored EZVIZ’s commitment to innovation and ...
Non-resident ambassador of Azerbaijan to Bangladesh Elchin Huseynli on Tuesday called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka.The upcoming COP-29 summit in Baku, energy, trade, business cooperation, and a planned air services agreement between two countries...
The outgoing Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh, Irma van Dueren, paid a farewell courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus this afternoon at the State Guest House Jamuna.The Chief Adviser congratulated the Dutch Ambassador on her successful completion of the tour of duty in Bangladesh, an...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in a meeting with senior government officials on Monday emphasised the importance of digitisation to fight corruption.The meeting focused on immediate actions for fast-track digital adoption.Key decisions taken in the meeting include making submission of tax vi...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today lodged a protest with the Government of Myanmar over the killing of a Bangladeshi fisherman, Mr. Usman (aged 60), hailing from Kona Para, Shah Pori Island, Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar, by the Myanmar Navy on 09 October 2024.In a diplomatic Note sent to the...
When Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus spoke about pressing the reset button, he meant making a new start from corrupt politics, which destroyed all Bangladesh's key institutions, pushed the economy to the brink of collapse and robbed the rights to vote and civil liberties of tens of ...
Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V Mantytskiy paid a farewell call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office on Wednesday.During the meeting, Mantytskiy recalled his eventful time in his more than three-year tenure as the ambassador of the Russian Federation.He update...
Experts on Tuesday stressed the need for enacting a Domestic Workers Protection Act shedding light on the actual conditions faced by child domestic workers in Dhaka.The immediate past government framed policies, but these measures failed to adequately protect children engaged as domestic workers, th...
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