Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani has questioned whether any officials within the administration are holding back their work while waiting for December, amid growing political speculation over the possible return of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh. The issue was raised at an emergency meeting of secretaries held at the Secretariat on Thursday (12 […]

India wants former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to return to Bangladesh in much the same way as she travelled to India after leaving office in August 2024 — aboard a Bangladeshi military aircraft. New Delhi reportedly wants the Bangladesh Army to take responsibility for bringing her back, while also seeking assurances that she will […]

Nearly 200 bottles of Fairdil, a drug similar to Phensedyl, have been recovered from a concealed compartment specially constructed beneath a stone-laden lorry in Sylhet. Two people, the driver and his assistant, have been detained in connection with the incident. The estimated market value of the seized drugs is around Tk 300,000. The recovery was […]

A 42-year-old fertiliser trader was killed and his school-going daughter seriously injured after a speeding passenger bus rammed their motorcycle in Syedpur, Nilphamari, on Thursday (12 November). The accident occurred around midday at the WAPDA intersection roundabout in the town. The deceased, Ariful Islam, was a resident of Dolapara in the WAPDA Noyahat area of […]

A cocktail bomb was detonated outside Bangladesh Bank in the capital’s Motijheel area after unidentified assailants threw it from a moving battery-powered auto-rickshaw. No casualties or injuries were reported, although the incident has raised security concerns around one of the country’s most important financial institutions. The explosion took place at approximately 9.20pm on Thursday (12 […]