Staff Reporter : In a significant reshuffle within the interim government, Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hussain has been replaced by Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury as Home Adviser. The changes, announced on Friday, signal a shift in the government’s approach as it seeks to stabilize the political landscape during this transitional period. Sakhawat Hussain, who previously held the influential position of Home Adviser, has now been assigned to oversee the Ministry of Jute and Textiles. His reassignment comes amidst...
Staff Reporter :The interim government has set to include three more advisers who will be sworn in on Friday, a...
Staff Reporter :The United States has welcomed the call from Interim Government Chief Adviser, Nobel laureate economist Dr. Muhammad Yunus, for enhanced security and an end to violence for the protection of Bangladeshi citizens. In a regular briefing on Wednesday local time, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel praised the interim government’s initiatives in response to a journalist’s question regarding the security situation and human rights issues in Bangladesh. Patel stated that discussions have been held with Indian partners and other...
Staff Reporter :UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Gwyn Lewis, has announced that a UN delegation will arrive in Dhaka next...
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court on Thurday placed former Deputy Speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, former ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Dhaka University Chhatra League General Secretary Tanvir Hasan Soikat on 10-day remand each, for murdering a rickshaw puller on July 19. As the tree accused people were produced before the court last afternoon, Investigation Officer of the case and Paltan Model Thana Sub-Inspector Mohammad Yusuf pleaded for 10-day remand for each, for the sake of investigation. Dhaka’s Metropolitan...
Court Correspondent :The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the government to explain why they should not be ordered to probe the deaths of children during the mass protests through an international commission. The court fixed September 5 as the date for hearing the rule. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Bazlur Rahman came up with the rule following a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Taimur Alam Khandaker, seeking necessary directives about...
Staff Reporter :The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has requested the bank account details of S Alam, a businessman widely...
Court Correspondent : The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has started an investigation against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and nine others on charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, genocide and torture, that took place from July 15 to August 5 during the quota reform movement in government jobs. The plaintiff’s lawyer Gazi MH Tamim confirmed the information to the journalists on Thursday (August 15). He said the investigation agency launched the investigation on Wednesday night. On Wednesday, Bulbul Kabir,...
Staff Reporter :Promotions for deputy and joint secretaries to the positions of joint secretary and additional secretary could be implemented immediately amid the ongoing major reshuffle, resignations, and forced retirements in the administration and police. To address the longstanding grievances of officials who have been deprived of promotions due to political reasons over the past 16 years, the interim government has taken this decision. Sources from the Ministry of Public Administration confirmed that officials from various BCS batches currently serving...
DU Correspondant :The Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement leaders warned the Awami League to abstain from expecting to control Bangladesh with the...
Staff Reporter :The BNP announced on Thursday that it will continue to support Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus-led interim government as long as it remains committed to democracy. “The BNP has to support this interim government. It is the outcome of a mass upsurge and movement of the country’s students and the masses. We will back this government as long as it remains in favour of democracy and transferring power through democratic procedures,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said...
Agency :The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential for further spread. This now triggers a coordinated international response to an extraordinary event and the mobilization of resources, such as vaccines and diagnostic testing, to curb the spread of this infectious disease. But WHO has not declared mpox a pandemic. Rather, the measures it has triggered are designed to prevent...