The condition of the eight-year-old rape victim from Magura has further deteriorated after she suffered two cardiac arrests this morning, according to a member of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) medical board overseeing her treatment.  The child remains on life support in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at CMH, Dhaka, as doctors continue to […]

The government is reassessing Bangladesh’s scheduled graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in light of global and domestic economic challenges, newly appointed Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant for the Ministry of Finance Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury said today. Speaking at a press briefing after meeting with Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed at the Ministry of Finance, Anisuzzaman […]

The health condition of the eight-year-old girl from Magura, who was the victim of rape, has deteriorated further, with doctors reporting that her brain has become unresponsive.  According to a member of the medical board overseeing her treatment, the child’s Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score – which assesses level of consciousness after a brain injury […]

The government has reversed its 2016 decision to cancel the Swadhinata Padak (Independence Day Award) posthumously given to former President Ziaur Rahman in 2003.  The decision comes as the Supreme Court did not mandate the revocation of the award, acknowledging Ziaur Rahman’s significant contributions to the 1971 Liberation War. Alongside this reinstatement, the government has […]

National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Chairman Prof. AKM Reazul Hassan has refuted allegations linking writer and researcher Rakhal Raha to the procurement of paper for printing textbooks.  Raha, a member of this year’s textbook revision committee, had no involvement in the financial or logistical aspects of the process, he added. Speaking at a press […]

The interim government is set to introduce a special law aimed at expediting the recovery of laundered money in the shortest possible time. The law is expected to be formulated within a week, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam. Speaking at a press conference today at the Foreign Service Academy, Shafiqul Alam made […]

Around 450 irregular and undocumented Bangladeshi migrants stranded in Libya are set to return home on three chartered flights this month, arranged by the Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). According to a Facebook post by the embassy yesterday, the first repatriation flight will depart from Tripoli on March 12, […]

Dr. M Aminul Islam, a special assistant to Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus, has resigned from his position. He submitted his resignation to the Cabinet Division on Monday afternoon. Dr. Aminul was appointed in late November last year as one of three special assistants to the chief adviser, holding the rank of state minister. He […]

The Bangladesh Army has responded to recent remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, made during an interview with BBC HARDtalk. In a statement issued today by the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), the army said any concerns the UN rights body had were conveyed to the previous government, not the […]