The interim government has sought an explanation from the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dhanmondi Police Station regarding the arrest of rickshaw-puller Md Azizur Rahman from Dhanmondi 32 in the capital. The government has questioned the basis on which he was arrested as a suspect in a case. Simultaneously, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is investigating whether there […]

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has said that those who are certain to face a crushing defeat in an election are the very ones who do not want the election to take place. He made this remark on Sunday (17 August) at a discussion meeting organised by the Jonotar Odhikar Party at the Abdus Salam […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed that the portrait of President Md Shahabuddin be removed from all Bangladeshi diplomatic missions, consulates, and the offices and residences of diplomats stationed abroad. On Saturday (16 August), this directive was communicated via telephone to several ambassadors and high commissioners based in different regions. Sources from various foreign […]

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the Adviser on Environment, Forest and Climate Change as well as Water Resources, has commented that there was either complicity or silence on the part of the local administration in the large-scale looting of valuable white mineral stones from the renowned tourist destination, Bholaganj, in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet. She made this […]