‘Banned pol groups may target Durga Puja’
BNP Acting Secretary General and Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday warned that banned political groups operating at home and abroad were...
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147 sr. police officers sent retirement
147 senior police officers with the rank of Assistant Police Super (ASP) and above were sent into retirement following events surrounding the 2024 mass upheaval....
Efforts underway to bring Benazir back: ACC DG
Efforts are underway in coordination with relevant government agencies to bring former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed back to Bangladesh, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)...
RMG workers lift Uttara blockade
Garment workers in the capital’s Uttara area withdrew their blockade of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway after nearly two hours on Thursday, following police action to disperse...
NZ rejects 70pc of Bangladeshi student visa
New Zealand has recorded a sharp rise in student visa refusals for applicants from Bangladesh and India as immigration authorities step up scrutiny of fraudulent...
10 die as dengue toll reaches 331
Dengue claimed 10 more lives across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Thursday, October 15, while 1,943 patients were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne...
30 students, teacher killed in Peshawar tragedy
At least 31 people, including 30 students and a female teacher, were killed when a school roof collapsed in the provincial capital’s Afridi Abad area...
Ex-dy minister Abdul Hai dies
Former deputy minister, freedom fighter and adviser to late prime minister Khaleda Zia, Abdul Hai, has died at the age of 77. He died at...
4 schoolgirls rescued after TikTok ignite escape
Police have rescued four primary schoolgirls from Chunarughat in Habiganj after they went missing from Cumilla on 12 October, reportedly influenced by fantasies of an...
No decision yet on Ganges treaty renewal
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Water Resources has recommended that Bangladesh’s national interests be given priority in any decision concerning the Ganges...
Man detained over assult issue, ASI withdrawn
Police have detained a man for allegedly assaulting another person on a footpath in the capital’s Dhanmondi area, while a police officer who reportedly stood...
BD eyes Central Asian mkts, job, UN support
Bangladesh is seeking to turn its diplomatic engagement with Kyrgyzstan into economic opportunities, skilled employment for its workers and stronger international support for its priorities,...