Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted light to modern rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over four divisions and at one or two places over four divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country.

Dhaka Metropolitan Commissioner Habibur Rahman has warned of stern action if quota reform protesters do not follow the court order. He said this while briefing reporters at 11:30am Monday about the security measures DMP took on the holy Ashura celebration and Tazia procession at

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has ordered the freezing of the bank accounts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's former peon Jahangir Alam, his wife Kamrun Nahar and their associated institutions. Masud Biswas, head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) at Bangladesh Bank,

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (July 15), arrested 28 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina regarding anti-quota movement said until there is a resolution from the court, there is nothing the government can do. She said, “No one is saying anything in the peaceful agitation against the quota. But if there is a destructive act, the law will

A court in Chattogram has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to a man for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the playground of KPZ located at Karnaphuli police station. Sirajudullah Qutbi, a judge of the Chattogram Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal-6, delivered

A man was killed as a bus hit his bicycle in Assasuni upazila of Satkhira on Sunday (July 14). The deceased was identified as Rezaul Sana, 60, hailed from Adalotpur village of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Assasuni Police Station Biswajit Kumar Adhikari confirmed the matter.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, today (July 14) said a large proportion of incarcerated convicts are drug addicts. He said, “We all need to be aware of drugs and take stand against the dealers.” The minister made the remark at a discussion organized by the Narcotics

A case has been lodged against the anti-quota protesters on allegation of attack on journalists in the capital’s Shahbagh area.  The case statement mentioned that journalists were attacked by the protesters with the intention to murder, assault, obstruction, damage, and

Bangladesh Meteorological Department today (July 14) predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places in three divisions and at one or two places in other five divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at some

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (July 14), arrested 13 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner and Detective Branch (DB) chief Harun Or Rashid today (July 13) said intruders have been entered into the quota movement to divert it towards different direction. Referring to giving instigation among the agitating students by

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 13) said the government is taking various measures to train players of different sports to elevate them to international standard and for this, BKSPs are being built in every division. "It is most important to make the players competent by

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Saturday (July 13) arrested 24 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

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 (July 13). According to the BMD's latest

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address a media briefing on her China visit tomorrow (July 14). "The press conference will be held at the prime minister's official residence Ganabhaban here at 4pm," according to a release of her press wing. Prime Minister Sheikh

Internet connectivity in Bangladesh will experience partial disruption for 12 hours starting Saturday morning due to maintenance on the first submarine cable. Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC) confirmed this in a press release. The statement indicated that from 6:01 am to

Bronze jewellery of Gopalganj has been recognised as a Geographical Indication (GI) product.  Earlier, Rosogolla from Gopalganj received GI recognition as the first product in the district. Gopalganj Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kazi Mahbubul Alam confirmed the matter.  He

The quota reform demonstrators will announce their next course of action programme through a press conference to be held tomorrow in coordination with all public and private universities across the country.   The announcement came from a demonstration staged at Shahbagh

Anti-quota protesters brought out procession on Dhaka University campus as part of their ‘Bangla Blockade’ programme enforced against the prevailing 30 percent quota system for freedom fighters’ family members in government jobs. The students took position at the