A Dhaka court on Wednesday (July 23) granted a two-day remand for former Janata Bank Chairman Professor Abul Barakat in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over an alleged Tk297 crore loan fraud. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain

The Ministry of Home Affairs has requested the Election Commission (EC) to install CCTV cameras at vulnerable polling centres during the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Elections.  The ministry has also urged the EC to take the necessary steps to implement this measure. Md

There are currently no plans to send the burn victims of the Uttara plane crash abroad for treatment, the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery acting director Professor Md Nasir Uddin said on Wednesday. A total of 44 burn victims are currently admitted to hospital, with eight

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, while other regions may experience light to moderate showers. According to a bulletin issued on Wednesday (July 23), the monsoon trough stretches across

Six people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a microbus and a truck in Baraigram, Natore on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred around 9:30 am in front of the Tormuj Pump area on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in the Airmari locality of the upazila.

Milestone School and College has formed a six-member committee to assess casualties from Monday’s tragic Air Force fighter jet crash at its Uttara campus. The committee, led by Principal Mohammad Ziaul Alam, was formed on Wednesday (July 23) to identify and document the names and

A man who murdered his wife in front of their infant son has been jailed for life. Kulsuma Akter, 27, had been living in a refuge in Bradford when she was fatally stabbed by her husband, Habibur Masum, as she pushed their seven-month-old baby in a pram through the city centre in April

Bangladesh Army has launched an investigation into an untoward incident involving soldiers and civilians during rescue operations following the Air Force jet crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara area. A statement in this regard was issued by the Inter-Services

Students staged a protest in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday (22 July), demanding justice over the recent Air Force training aircraft crash at Milestone School and College, as well as reforms in the education sector and the resignation of key government advisers.

The death toll from Monday’s Bangladesh Air Force plane crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara has climbed to 31, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) at 2:15pm Tuesday. Among the deceased, 16 died at Combined

Protesting students at Milestone School and College in Dhaka rejected government assurances on Tuesday (July 22), chanting slogans of “false, false” and throwing shoes and plastic bottles at security personnel. The unrest erupted around 12:45 pm, when Law Adviser Dr Asif

National Consensus Commission has preliminary decided that one person should not simultaneously hold the positions of Prime Minister, party chief, and Leader of the House. The decision was announced on Tuesday (July 22) during the 17th day of the second phase of dialogue with political

Catherine West, the United Kingdom’s Minister for the Indo-Pacific, and Sarah Cooke, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, have expressed deep condolences following the Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crash in Dhaka on Sunday. In an official message, Minister Catherine West

A Dhaka court on Tuesday remanded former additional superintendent of Police Abdullah Hil Kafi and former Detective Branch Inspector Arafat Hossain for two days each in the murder case of BNP activist Mamun Khandaker, who was shot during last year’s July–August mass uprising

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers in various parts of the country over the next 24 hours starting from Tuesday morning. According to a Met office bulletin, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions may see

Dhaka ranked 32nd among cities with the worst air quality on Tuesday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 66 at 10am, classifying its air as ‘moderate’ and posing a light health threat. The AQI showed improvement compared to Monday’s reading of 145,

A one-day state mourning is being observed today (July 22) across Bangladesh following the tragic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft at Milestone School and College in Uttara, Dhaka, which claimed 27 lives. National flags are being flown at half-mast at all government,

The death toll from Monday’s Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash at Milestone College in Dhaka’s Uttara has climbed to 27. Professor Md Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser for the Health Ministry, confirmed the update during a press briefing at the

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep sorrow over the deadly crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training jet at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara area, which left at least 19 people dead, most of them students. In a condolence message on Monday evening

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed deep condolences over the tragic loss of lives in the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara area. In a message posted on X (formerly Twitter), the Prime Minister wrote,