Motaher removed as Prisons IG
Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Mohammad Motaher Hossain has been withdrawn from his post and returned to the Bangladesh Army. The Ministry of...
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No legal bar to presidential poll
Attorney General Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal on Wednesday said there is no legal impediment to holding the presidential election as scheduled on Thursday. Speaking...
Dengue death toll rises to 76
Two more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s dengue death toll this year to 76. According to...
US seeks dignified exit, Israel has no future
Iran’s parliament speaker said Wednesday that U.S. forces are seeking a “dignified exit” from the region, and that the Israeli regime “no longer has a...
Info Commission to be formed nearly after 2 yrs
An independent Information Commission will be formed within a month, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said on Wednesday. He made the remarks while...
BFIU orders banks to flag linked accounts
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed banks and other reporting agencies to immediately provide details of accounts linked to any account ordered to...
Excelerate runs out of LNG
Bangladesh’s LNG shortage has intensified after the Excelerate-operated floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Moheshkhali ran out of imported LNG and stopped supplying the...
Dipu Moni granted one-day parole
Former Social Welfare and Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, who is currently in jail, has been granted one-day parole on humanitarian grounds following the death...
ACC leadership faces constitutional scrutiny
The appointment of retired High Court judge Justice AKM Asaduzzaman as chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has triggered questions over its constitutional validity and...
Measles outbreak puts focus on breastfeeding
A lack of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life was recorded among 82 per cent of children who died after contracting measles,...
India sticks to bilateral framework
India has called for water-related issues with Bangladesh to be handled through existing bilateral mechanisms, including the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC), as Dhaka looks beyond...