Day: August 31, 2024

City Desk : Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands, Tareque Muhammad, presented his letter of credence to King Willem-Alexander at a formal ceremony held at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague on Wednesday. During their meeting, the king expressed his satisfaction with the growing bilateral relations between the Netherlands and Bangladesh, noting the continuous and expanding engagements between the two nations. He voiced hope that the interim government in Bangladesh would swiftly restore normalcy and complete the transition through upcoming elections, reports...

City Desk : Rights activists, researchers and victims of forced disappearance have called for preserving secret jails dubbed as “Aynaghor” and run by different law enforcement or intelligence agencies as museums as proofs of ousted government’s crimes. “So far, we have information of at least 13 such secret jails which were run by different agencies,” said researcher and rights activist Rezaur Rahman Lenin at a discussion at RC Majumdar Auditorium of Dhaka University last night, reports BSS. Lenin along with...

City Desk : A fire broke out in a police patrol vehicle while it was patrolling Dhaka’s Malibagh Flyover on Thursday night.The incident occurred around 11:20 pm due to a technical glitch in the vehicle, according to Rakibul Hasan, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defense. A firefighting unit responded to the scene and extinguished the fire by 11:42 pm, he added.No injuries were reported, he said....

City Desk : Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), the Turkish overseas aid body, has stepped in to provide emergency support in response to devastating floods in central, eastern and southeastern parts of Bangladesh. Türkiye’s state-run agency delivered a total of 3000 relief packages among the flood-hit people of Feni, Noakhali, Laksmipur and Cumilla districts as part of its humanitarian efforts, demonstrating solidarity with the affected communities, a press release said here on Friday, reports BSS. Fire Service and Civil...

City Desk : Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) President Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman has said a “comprehensive and forward-thinking security agenda” is crucial to effectively address these challenges that Bangladesh faces now. He said Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture in its political and social history and the interim government faces unique challenges in maintaining national security during this period. “Politically, as it transitions from fascism to an aspirational democratic order, the interim government must play...