A Naogaon court has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the 2019 murder of Bhajan Debnath Sajal, a local auto-rickshaw driver.  Besides, each convict has been fined Tk 5,000, with a further six months of rigorous imprisonment in default of payment. Judge Md Kaysarul

Police in Dhaka on Wednesday (August 27) halted a protest march by students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), who had broken through barricades at Shahbagh en route to the office of the Chief Adviser at Jamuna.  In an attempt to disperse the

The Election Commission of Bangladesh has formally approved the roadmap for the country’s 13th parliamentary election, with an official announcement expected within days. Election Commissioner Abdur Rahman confirmed the development on Wednesday (August 27), saying, “The

Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained nine individuals and seized 460,000 Yaba tablets from a fishing trawler in the estuary of the Bakkhali River near the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar. The operation, conducted on the night of Tuesday (August 26), also led

Bangladesh and South Korea have agreed to expand their bilateral relations and explore the possibility of forming a strategic partnership. The decision came during the fourth round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held in Seoul on Tuesday. The Bangladesh delegation was led by

More than 700 inmates who escaped during and after the July–August mass uprising remain untraced, including convicts on death row and militants. The disclosure was made by Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Mohammad Motaher Hossain on Tuesday at a press

Residents have demanded that Kamrangirchar police station, including wards 55, 56 and 57 under its jurisdiction, remain within Dhaka-2 constituency. They raised the demand on Tuesday following a hearing on parliamentary constituencies at the Election Commission in the capital.

BNP has suspended valiant freedom fighter Advocate Fazlur Rahman from all party posts for three months after receiving his reply to a show-cause notice unsatisfactory. Fazlur Rahman is also BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Adviser. A reliable party source confirmed the matter on

A Chattogram court has sentenced two people to death and another to life imprisonment in the case over the murder of Mahfuzur Rahman in the city’s EPZ area. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday afternoon by Chattogram’s Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge

Twenty-five newly appointed additional judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court has been sworn in on Tuesday afternoon (August 26). Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath this afternoon in the Supreme Court's Judges’ Lounge.  The

The government has decided to rename Bangladesh Jail as ‘Correction Service Bangladesh’, Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Md Motaher Hossain said on Tuesday. While speaking at a press conference at the prison headquarters, he highlighted the activities

Heavy rainfall is expected in three divisions of Bangladesh, while other regions may experience light to moderate showers, according to a weather forecast issued on Tuesday (August 26). Meteorologist Khandaker Hafizur Rahman said a low-pressure area has developed over coastal West

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) formally handed over five Bangladeshi nationals to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at the Zero Point of the Taluigachha border in Satkhira Sadar upazila on Monday (August 25). The repatriation was carried out through a flag meeting between the

The Rampal Thermal Power Plant has quietly contributed to Bangladesh’s economy by contributing over 10.5 billion units of electricity to the national grid.  At present, the plant supplies 7 to 8 percent of the country’s total electricity to the grid. According to

Authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have detained a foreign national allegedly attempting to smuggle over 8.5 kilograms of cocaine into the country.  The narcotics, with an estimated street value of around Tk130 crore (approximately USD 11 million), were

The return of millions of cubic feet of looted white stones has begun in earnest in the Sylhet region following an ultimatum issued by the newly appointed Deputy Commissioner (DC), Md Sarwar Alam.  The initiative comes from rampant illegal extraction from the once-pristine

Twenty-five newly appointed additional judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court will be sworn in on Tuesday afternoon (August 26). The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 1:30 pm in the Supreme Court's Judges’ Lounge, with Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed

Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, has called on the international community to take more decisive action to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis.  Speaking at a stakeholder dialogue in Cox’s Bazar, he unveiled a seven-point

Bangladesh’s Meteorological Department has issued an advisory instructing fishing boats and trawlers to refrain from venturing into deep sea areas until further notice, due to the possibility of a low-pressure system developing over the northern Bay of Bengal. The directive was

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Religious Affairs has urged the public not to make any financial transactions for Hajj or Umrah through unauthorised agents, cautioning against deceptive online advertisements circulating on social media. In a recent public notice, the ministry stated