The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Wednesday (June 12) arrested 26 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted bail to Syed Ashfaqul Haque, former executive editor of The Daily Star, and his wife Tania Khondoker in a case filed over the death of a domestic worker.  The concerned lower court denied bail to couple three times previously, prompting them

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has amended the overseas travel restrictions for bank officials. In a previous circular, the BB permitted allowed bank officials to travel abroad for Hajj-Umrah, medical treatment, and other emergencies at their own expense. The central bank's latest

At least three people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a sand-laden truck and a CNG-run auto rickshaw on the Chandpur-Cumilla regional highway in Gogra area under Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur Today (June 11). One of the deceased was identified as Sobuj, 25.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today received the Local Adaptation Champions Award of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) as Bangladesh won the maiden award for its leading role in introducing local adaptation programme to face climate change impacts. GCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Jhenaidah District Awami League General Secretary Saidul Karim Mintu has been arrested by Metropolitan Detective Police (DB) in connection with the murder of MP Md. Anwarul Azim Anar. Mintu was arrested from capital’s Dhanmondi area on Tuesday (June 11) afternoon. According to

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sued former commissioner of large taxpayers' unit (LTU) of value-added tax (VAT) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Waheeda Rahman Choudhury on charge of waiving interest of Tk 152 crore to four mobile operator companies by misusing power.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Tuesday that the government never alleged that Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar was involved in smuggling. "We never said that MP Anar was involved in smuggling,” he said while talking to the journalists at an event in

The sitting of the 3rd and budget session of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) resumed at 4.03 pm today (June 11) with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The day's proceedings began with the recitation from the Holy Quran. BDST: 1702 HRS, JUNE 11, 2024 MN  

A Dhaka court sent TikToker Abdullah Al Mamun alias Prince Mamun to jail in a rape case today (June 11).  Judge Md Mamunur Rashid of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court issued the order after rejecting the 7-day remand plea of police. Earlier on Monday (June

Bangladesh Meteorological Department predicted light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers with temporary gusty wind and moderately heavy to heavy falls at different places over the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am today (June 11). According to the BMD weather bulletin,

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (June 11) handed over 18,566 more houses to the homeless and landless families as gifts before Eid across the country under the government's flagship housing programme Ashrayan-2 project, to ensure housing for all. She distributed the homes along

Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of General Staff (CGS), has been promoted to general and appointed as the new Chief of Army Staff. The Defence Ministry made the announcement on Tuesday (June 11) issuing a gazette notification. The tenure of Waker-Uz-Zaman will start from 23

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Tuesday (June 11) arrested 38 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 state CID received a primary forensic report that confirmed that body parts recovered from the septic tank of a Rajarhat complex last month and the bones recovered near Bagjola Canal in Bhangar on Sunday morning are those of humans and are male.  Akhilesh Chaturvedi, IG CID,

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to hand over 18,566 more houses to homeless and landless families across the country today (June 11) under the government’s flagship housing programme-Ashrayan-2 Prakalpa- to ensure housing for all. She will inaugurate the handing over

The Parliament today passed the supplementary budget of Tk 30643.51 crore for the fiscal 2023-24 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions for the outgoing fiscal year ending June 30. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali placed the supplementary

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from New Delhi tonight after attending the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive term. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members

Despite being the most sensitive sector for an economy, the banking sector in Bangladesh has been left uncontrolled and unprotected, said Wahiduddin Mahmud, a noted economist and former finance adviser to the caretaker government. He made the comment at a discussion on the proposed

Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, along with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and the party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the national capital on Monday. Hasina was in the national