Dhaka: The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of Armed Police Battalions Act, 2026 with a view to modernising and making the force more people-friendly, by abolishing the existing ordinance. The approval came from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prim…
Dhaka: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Monday ordered the arrest and detention of three senior journalists in connection with a crimes against humanity case related to the July uprising in 2024. The journalists involved are Shyamal Dutta, forme…
Bhola: A two-kilogram ‘Raja Hilsa’ caught in the Meghna River in Monpura upazila of Bhola district was sold for Tk 8,500 at an auction on Monday, drawing attention at the local fish landing centre. Fisherman Kiron Majhi brought the unusually large hil…
Islami bank sachetan grahak forum on monday staged a demonstration in front of the bank’s head office in motijheel:slami Bank Sachetan Grahak Forum on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the bank’s head office in Motijheel, demanding an independ…
Dhaka: At least 317 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, marking one of the highest weekly death tolls since the outbreak began, according to government data released Monday, as health workers struggle to contain the disease’s unpre…
Dhaka: Three children have died with measles-like symptoms within a 24-hour period, raising the nation’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 928 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate Gener…
Dhaka: Veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will be sworn in as the 23rd President of Bangladesh this evening. The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 7:30 pm, with Acting Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal adm…
Dhaka: Veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sworn in as the 23rd President of Bangladesh on Friday evening. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 7:30pm, with Acting Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal adminis…