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Court issues travel ban against 33, including Shahriar Alam and Sayeed Khokon

Former Shilpakala Academy DG Liaquat slapped with travel ban as well
23 December 2024, 13:02 PM

Interim govt's duty is to bring back Hasina: Zonayed Saki

Zonayed Saki made this remark while talking to the journalists after attending a public dialogue at Sylhet Kendriya Muslim Library this afternoon.
23 December 2024, 12:56 PM

Five including former food minister Quamrul sued for corruption charges

Quamrul was sued for illegally amassing assets worth Tk 6.29 crore.
23 December 2024, 12:19 PM

Freeze former Chuadanga MP Solaiman and wife's bank accounts, court orders

Solaiman, former lawmaker from the Chuadanga-1 constituency, and his family members deposited Tk 8,48,36,538 at the branches in Chuadanga and Dhaka's Motijheel.
23 December 2024, 11:19 AM

EC cancels deal with BCC for NID services

The Election Commission has terminated its contract with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) for National Identification (NID) data verification services due to a breach of terms.
22 December 2024, 20:46 PM

Inquilab Mancha stages sit-in outside chief justice residence

A group of leaders and activists from Inquilab Mancha gathered in front of the National Museum in Dhaka's Shahbagh area and held a brief rally around noon.
22 December 2024, 10:43 AM

Advisory council adopts condolence motion on Hassan Ariff's death

The council of advisers today adopted a condolence motion on the death of Adviser AF Hassan Ariff
22 December 2024, 10:26 AM

Leader of Maulana Saad faction held

Police arrested Muaz bin Nur, a leader of the Tabligh Jamaat faction aligned with Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, early yesterday in connection with a case over the killing of three devotees at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi. 
20 December 2024, 19:23 PM

BUET students stage protest over death of student, demand justice

They organised a rally at the Palashi intersection around noon and pressed a six-point demand including fair trial of the accused who are responsible for the crash that resulted in Masud being killed and two other BUET students being injured.
20 December 2024, 11:03 AM

Come up with viable roadmap for Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh yesterday asked Myanmar authorities for a viable roadmap to a safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingya people within a specific time.
19 December 2024, 18:48 PM

Hasina among 58 sued at ICT over Pilkhana BDR carnage

The family members of 20 army officers who lost their lives in the 2009 BDR massacre lodged a complaint against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 57 others with the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday.
19 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Freeze 125 bank accounts of S Alam Group owner and family, court orders

Saiful Alam and the others deposited Tk 22,65,49,191 at different branches in Chattogram's Agrabad, Patiya, Jubilee Road and Dhaka's Dilkusha, Kakrail and Gulshan.
19 December 2024, 12:26 PM

ACC to probe allegation against Obaidul Quader and Salman F Rahman

Former NBR chairman Md Nazibur Rahman was among the three persons.
19 December 2024, 12:26 PM

Country may experience rain from tomorrow

The country’s coastal areas may experience rainfall in next 72 hours from tomorrow due to impact of a well-marked low in the Bay of Bengal, an official of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said today
19 December 2024, 08:37 AM

Chief Justice for ‘meaningful reforms’

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday renewed his commitment to implement meaningful reforms in the judiciary.
18 December 2024, 19:59 PM

Five die of dengue, 274 get hospitalised

At least five people died from dengue while 274 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.
18 December 2024, 19:28 PM

Hajj registration deadline extended by eight days

Due to a poor response in hajj pre-registration, the government on Tuesday extended the registration deadline for eight days, which begins today.
18 December 2024, 19:00 PM

BR to launch two trains next week

Bangladesh Railway is finally launching commercial operation of trains on Dhaka-Jashore route via the Padma Bridge next week.
18 December 2024, 15:20 PM

Indigenous food and crop fair in Dhaka city this weekend

It will take place at the Bonoful Indigenous Greenheart College in Mirpur-13.
18 December 2024, 14:43 PM

Erasing portrait of Bangabandhu: Arrest warrant issued against two JU Students Union leaders

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against two leaders of the Bangladesh Students Union's Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit in a case filed by the university administration.
18 December 2024, 14:05 PM