A legal notice has been issued seeking the list of individuals pardoned by the president from January 1991 to July 2024. Supreme Court Lawyer Barrister Md Omar Faruk sent the legal notice on Sunday. Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, secretary of the Ministry of Law, Cabinet

A murder case has been filed over the death of Md. Abdur Rahim, a former Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and a veteran freedom fighter, who died in prison. Abdur Rahim was an accused in the case related to the 2009 mutiny at the BDR headquarters in

Security forces from India and Bangladesh had a tense confrontation this week over the construction of a fence supposedly meant to keep cattle from straying over their shared border, officials said on Saturday. Relations between both countries are fragile after the August 5 overthrow

River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of deadly floods but 300,000 people are still in emergency shelters requiring aid, disaster officials said Sunday. The heavy floods, which killed at least 18 people in Bangladesh, have added to the challenges of a new

Metro rail operations resumed on Sunday morning more than one month after its suspension due to violence amid quota reform movement. "Operations resumed at 7:10am from Uttara end and everything is okay so far," MAN Siddique, the managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company

The 16 gates of the Kaptai Hydroelectric Power Plant have opened this morning as the water level of Kaptai Lake is rising due to incessant rainfall and the onrush of water from upstream. The Karnafuli Hydroelectric Power Station authority opened the gates at 8:10 am. At present, the

Retired Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik underwent surgery at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. He was arrested near Sylhet’s Zakiganj border while ‘trying to flee to India’ on Friday and brought to the hospital from jail on Saturday

Police have arrested former Minister of Textiles and Jute Golam Dastagir Gazi. The law enforcement officers detained Gazi, also the Chairman of Gazi Group, on Saturday night (24 August) from a house in Shantinagar in Dhaka. However, it is still unclear under which case he was

Chief Adviser to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today urged the country's people to come forward to addressing the ongoing devastating flood.   "With the initiatives and encouragement of the youth, the country's people should jump into addressing

The 16 gates of the Kaptai Hydroelectric Power Plant will be opened by tonight as the water level of Kaptai Lake is rising due to incessant rainfall and the onrush of water from upstream. The Karnafuli Hydroelectric Power Station authority issued an urgent warning for downstream people

India’s foreign policy is facing scrutiny following allegations against Bangladesh’s interim government. The Indian foreign minister has claimed that Hindu minorities in Bangladesh are currently highly insecure, a statement strongly contested by Bangladesh’s interim

Bangadesh's interim government has vowed to investigate the cases of hundreds of dissidents abducted by security forces under the regime of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina.  France 24's special correspondents in Bangladesh Navodita Kumari, Léa Delfolie, and Khansa

The death toll reaches to 18 in seven districts of Bangladesh in the past three days due to the sudden flood. It has affected 4,938,159 people across 11 districts in the country, said Kamrul Hasan, secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief on Saturday (August

The metro rail service in Dhaka is set to resume regular operations on Sunday (Aug 25).  Md Zakaria, Additional Project Director (Electrical, Signal, and Telecommunication & Track) of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), confirmed the matter today. The trial run of

Bangladesh Meteorological Department predicted light to moderate and moderately heavy to heavy rainfall or thundershowers with temporary gusty wind at places over all eight divisions of the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am today (Aug 24). According to the BMD bulletin,

Bangladesh Railway has resumed train services on the Dhaka-Sylhet-Dhaka route following an improvement in the flood situation in the Sylhet region. Starting today, passengers will once again be able to travel by train between Dhaka and Sylhet. The Director of Public Relations at

Another person, who was shot during the last student movement at Jatrabari in the capital on August 5, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Dhaka last night. Md Hasan, 30, who worked at a storehouse in Jatrabari, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical

ASM Feroz, former chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad, was arrested in Dhaka on Friday night. The former Awami League MP from the Patuakhali-2 constituency was apprehended in the Banani area, according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. However, details of his arrest could not be known

BGB personnel detained AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, a retired judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, while fleeing the country. Local residents detained him from Zakiganj border area in Sylhet and handed him over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Later, he was

Bashundhara Group, a leading business conglomerate in the country, has stepped up to support flood victims through a student-led initiative. The group has prepared 25,000 sacks of relief materials for flood victims in coordination with the students living in the Bashundhara residential