Any allegation of corruption against former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed should be thoroughly investigated, considering his past significant position within the government, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman. “It

Before his retirement in 2022, Benazir Ahmed was the highest-ranked police officer in Bangladesh. He had a long service life spanning 34 years and seven months. He started the job in 1988 with a monthly salary of Tk1,470, while he ended his career in September 2022 with a salary of

For many, the idea of relaxing in a 3,500-square-foot apartment between university classes sounds like something out of a fairy tale reserved for the offspring of wealthy tycoons in developed nations. However, this dream became a reality for Farheen Rishta Binte in 2017, with a unique

It seems that immediate past Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has got a modern-day Aladdin’s Lamp and he got whatever he wanted after rubbing the lamp. The former chief police officer of the state has amassed huge illegal wealth at home and abroad by abusing power

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said 20-year old buses, which have exceeded their economic life, should be withdrawn from Dhaka roads aiming to contain air pollution. He made the remark during a view-exchange meeting in the capital on Sunday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (March 31) sought more assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to accelerate the socio-economic development of the country's people. ADB Vice President (Sector and Themes) Fatima Yasmin called on PM at her residence in the capital.

A Chattogram court today (March 31) sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a drug trafficking case filed in 2020. Chattogram Additional Sessions Court Shariful Alam Bhuiyan passed the verdict.  Besides, the court also fined the convict Tk 10,000, in default, to serve one

The Cabinet Committee on Law and order today (March 31) recommended increasing one day of holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr to facilitate people’s journey. Liberation War Affairs Minister and also Committee President AKM Mozammel Haque said the committee has recommended a holiday for 9

A Dhaka court today (March 31) sent Md Jamal Uddin Sarkar, chairman of Tetuljhora Union Parishad (UP) of Hemayetpur, Savar, to jail after rejecting his bail appeal in Hallmark embezzlement case on March 19.   Sarker surrendered before the court of Judge M. Abul Kashem of Dhaka

A forest official died after being run over by a mini truck (dumper) at Harinmara in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday (March 31) morning. The deceased was identified as Md Sajjaduzzaman, 30, in-charge of Dochari forest beat of Ukhiya range and a resident of Munshiganj’s Gajaria and

At least two people were killed and two others injured after a private car hit a covered van on Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge highway. However, the deceased and injured could not be identified immediately.  The accident took place in Ashekpur area of the highway on Sunday

The first consignment of 1.65 thousand tonnes of onions imported from India will reach the country on Sunday (March 31) night via rail routes. State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu disclosed the matter at a meeting held at the ministry in the capital. As a result, from

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over three divisions including Dhaka and at one or two places over Mymensingh and Barishal divisions in the next 24 hours begins

A female student of Dhaka University (DU) was found dead at her residence in the varsity's residential area on Fuller Road early Sunday (March 31). Adrita Binte Mosharraf, 21, was a first-year student of the Management Department and the daughter of the department's head Prof

The metro rail operation was suspended for two hours today (March 31) as a foil paper got stuck with its electrical wires. The first train was scheduled to run at 7:10 am today, but it started after 8:45 am, according to a source from the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL).

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (March 31) arrested 17 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

The trial run of a train on Bhanga-Rupdia route began today as part of Padma Bridge Rail Link project. The stone-laden trial train left for Rupdia in Jashore from Bhanga in Faridpur at around 8:40am and reached to Rupdia Station at around 10:20 am without any trouble, officials of

Three more Myanmar forces, including a member of the army and two personnel of the Border Guard Police (BGP), have fled and taken refuge in Bangladesh amid the ongoing conflict between the ruling junta and the armed rebel group along the international border. They entered Bangladesh

As the setting sun marked the end of another day of fasting, Abida Begum remained motionless. A plate of food – puffed rice, dates and chickpeas – sat before her, untouched. “The thought of Joy, my son, in the hands of pirates takes away my hunger,” she said, tears

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested five Bangladeshi nationals from Navi Mumbai for staying in the country without valid documents, officials said on Saturday. The operation was conducted at two locations in Ghansoli by the Vikhroli unit (Mumbai) of the ATS on