Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today said there was no security threat at the puja mandaps ahead of the Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Hindu Community.  “This time, the Durga Puja would be celebrated in a well, peaceful and unprecedented

Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md. Nahid Islam today (Oct 6) said that the interim government’s key focus is to reduce the unemployment in the country through employment generation. “The main goal of the current government is to generate employment

The third consignment of 2 lakh and 31 thousand chicken eggs were imported from India through Benapole land port on Sunday. Each of the eggs will be priced likely at Tk7.50 after adding import tariffs. An Indian truck, loaded with the eggs, entered the port's transshipment yard

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change today (Oct 6) asked the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to remove buses and minibuses over 20 years old, and trucks and covered vans over 25 years old, from the roads to combat air pollution. The authorities in a letter

A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today arrested former senior secretary of the security division of the home ministry Aminul Islam Khan from the Dhaka’s Banani area. Deputy Commissioner (Public Relations Division) of the DMP Muhammad Talebur

A Dhaka court today (October 6) placed Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on a seven-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in the capital. Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jiadur Rahman passed

A court in Dhaka today (Oct 6) imposed a travel ban on Major General (Retd) TM Jobayer, former Director General of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) and his wife Fahamina Masud. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge (Acting) Farzana Yasmin passed the order following a petition by the

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted light to moderate rain across the country with moderately heavy to heavy rainfalls in areas of Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the 24 hours from 9:00am today. "Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary

The recent floods in eastern Bangladesh caused damage estimated at Tk 14,421.46 crore. A study, conducted by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), disclosed the figure of damage. The findings were presented at a media briefing titled "Recent Flood Damage and Rehabilitation

The bodies of two brothers, who had gone missing after being swept away by flash floodwaters in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur, were recovered on Saturday from a submerged paddy field. Hatem Ali (30) and Alamgir Hossain (18), sons of the late Bashir Uddin from Abhaypur village, were

Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam has said the interim government is committed to bringing all the cohorts of the ousted fascist government to justice.     He said: “The interim government has a clear stance on bringing all the cohorts of the fascist,

At least three people lost their lives and five others injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in Keraniganj on Saturday evening (October 5). The explosion occurred around 7:30 PM at Rohitpur Boarding Market in Rohitpur Union, according to locals. Two firefighting units

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced it has awarded a feasibility study grant to Bangladesh prepared foods and cold chain services company Bonton Foods Limited (Bonton Foods) to support the deployment of a temperature-controlled logistics network of cold storage

Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today said leaders and high officials of different law enforcement agencies of the immediate past government have fled the country between August 5 and 7 last. “Security measures have been tightened at frontiers so

Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was arrested in Dhaka on Saturday (October 5). Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police apprehended him at Kalabagan this evening, DMP Additional

The Jatiyo Nagorik Committee has called upon the government to rehabilitate the families of martyrs immediately killed during the ‘Anti-discrimination Student Movement’. They made this demand from a gathering held in front of the National Museum around 11.30 am on Saturday

Additional Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Rezaul Karim Mallick today said there would be no more ‘Aynaghar’ and ‘Bhater Hotel’ in the DB rather it would be established as a place for justice and trust of the people.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today condoled the death of former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury. He said the nation has lost a distinguished public servant and a respected politician. "I pray for the departed soul. May Allah grant him a beautiful place in Jannatul

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (Oct 5) expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury. In a condolence message, he said the death of Badruddoza Chowdhury is an irreparable loss to the country's political arena. The head of

In a bid to safeguard the environment and mitigate the risk of lightning strikes, Bashundhara Shuvosangho has initiated a palm seed sowing programme in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat.  As part of the initiative, the Khetlal unit of Shuvosangho planted hundreds of palm seeds at