Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has imposed restrictions on the sale and transfer of shares in six banks owned by S Alam Group. These restrictions apply to Mohammed Saiful Alam, his wife Farzana Parveen, his son Ahsanul Alam, and 25 other family members. The affected banks are Islami Bank, First Security Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, Global Islami Bank, Union Bank, and Bangladesh Commerce Bank. The restriction also extends to 56 companies under the S...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur announced on Tuesday that the central bank will no longer provide...
Deutsche Welle : US security agencies on Monday accused Iran of launching cyberattacks targeting the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election. “We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle,” security agencies, including the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a statement. The agencies said such activity specifically involved “cyber operations targeting presidential campaigns.” The intelligence community was confident that “the Iranians have through social engineering and other...
Al Jazeera : Australia and Indonesia have finalised a new defence pact, cementing closer ties between the countries as Prabowo Subianto prepares to take office as Indonesia’s next president in October. The details of the defence agreement, which has been in the works since February 2023, have not been announced. It is believed to include provisions for joint military drills, deployments to each country, and greater maritime cooperation in the disputed South China Sea. Prabowo, who is presently defence minister...
Staff Reporter : The High Court (HC) has directed the Election Commission to immediately register the Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) as an official political party. The order came following the final hearing of a writ petition, with the HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque delivering the ruling on Monday. The Election Commission had previously rejected the AB Party’s application for registration on July 24 of the previous year. In response, the party’s convener, AFM...
Staff Reporter :Joint General Secretary of Awami League and former Social Welfare Minister Dr. Dipu Moni has been detained. Police detained her from the city’s Baridhara area on Monday (August 19) evening. Media and Public Relations Division of DMP confirmed the matter to the media on Monday evening. A senior officer of the DB conducted the operation to arrest Dr Dipu Moni on Monday evening. He said, Dipu Moni will be taken to the DB office at Minto Road tonight...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Bank (BB) has imposed stringent lending limits on six banks owned by the controversial S. Alam Group. The central bank now requires these institutions to secure prior approval before granting any loan exceeding Tk5 crore. In a directive issued on Monday, August 19, BB stated that overdue loans or those exceeding the credit limit cannot be renewed without recovering the outstanding cash. The banks are Islami Bank Bangladesh, Social Islami Bank, First Security Islami Bank, Union...
Diplomatic Correspondent : Envoys and high representatives from international organisations have expressed their strong support for the Interim Government of Bangladesh, led by Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus. Their backing comes in recognition of the government’s efforts to ensure a democratic and inclusive future for the nation. During a diplomatic briefing held at a city hotel on Sunday, Dr Yunus engaged with representatives from various missions and organisations. The event saw the participation of at least 51 envoys from different...
Staff Reporter :Two separate murder cases were filed yesterday against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several high-ranking officials, including former ministers and law enforcement leaders, in connection with the deaths of two individuals during the recent anti-discrimination students’ movement in Dhaka. The first case was lodged by Milon Hasan, brother of the deceased Liton Hasan Lalu, alias Hasan, who was killed in Mirpur on August 4. The case accuses 148 individuals, including Sheikh Hasina, former Road Transport and Bridges...
Staff Reporter : The government has removed the mayors of 12 city corporations, including Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mayor of...
Staff Reporter : Lieutenant General (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Choudhury, the Home and Agriculture Adviser, has identified the improvement of law and order as the main challenge currently facing the Ministry of Home Affairs. Speaking to journalists on Monday at his office in the Secretariat, the Adviser stressed the urgency of tackling the issue. “Our main challenge at the Ministry of Home Affairs is law and order. The goal is to improve the situation as quickly as possible,” Jahangir Alam...
Court Correspondent : The High Court has issued a rule questioning the legality of the 15th Amendment of the constitution, which scrapped the provisions for a caretaker government. A bench led by Justice Naima Haider and Justice Shashank Shekhar Roy issued the rule on Monday after five people, including SHUJAN (Citizens for Good Governance) Editor Badiul Alam Majumdar, filed a writ petition, reports bdnews24.com The 15th Amendment was passed by Parliament on Jun 30, 2011 and was presented to the...