The government has no information as to how many coups d’etat or mutinies had taken place in the army from 1975 to 1981 and how many officials were killed in the incidents. Minister for Road Transport and Bridge Obaidul Quader…
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High officials’ fake FF certificates report to be probed
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Tuesday said the government will investigate reports published in the media that 16 high officials, including secretaries, have had fake freedom fighter certificates, and take necessary steps if the allegations prove true.…
Dhaka disapproves risk of terrorist activities has markedly increased
Government functionaries in Bangladesh do not agree with the findings of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) that there has been a substantial rise in risk of terrorist activities in the country. UK-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)…
Assam: Journalism in the midst of insurgency
By Nava Thakuria The working journalists, more particularly the reporters covering insurgency related incidents, always face a two-edged sword. Often they face brickbats (reader threats) from both the insurgents turned terrorists and also the authority in power that implements counter-insurgency…
PM hands over national standard to 3 units of EBR
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the members of East Bengal Regiment (EBR) of Bangladesh Army to play their strong role with professionalism and efficiency in building the nation along side protecting national security and integrity. The Prime Minister…
BGB deployed in capital, outlying districts
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the capital as well as different parts of the country since Tuesday evening, ahead of the 48-hour hartal to be enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Wednesday. Members oftThe paramilitary force…
US Pacific-BAF ‘Exercise Pacific Angel’ Jun 1
The US Pacific and Bangladesh air forces will jointly provide humanitarian help in an exercise in northern Bangladesh from June 1. The Bangladesh Army, Sri Lanka Air Force, Indian Air Force and different government and non-government organisations will also participate…
Dhaka not to contest for UNSC membership
Bangladesh may not contest election the UN Security Council as Japan want to be a member of the UN body this time the US Global Post reported quoting the Japanese Kyodo news service. The news has been sourced to a…
Police – RAB hitch surfaces
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has sharply reacted to a news published on the police’s website about withdrawal of several members of the crime-bursting agency from duty. The news published on Monday morning on ‘DMP News’, operated by Dhaka Metropolitan Police,…
Legality of duty-free car import by MPs challenged
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday challenging the legality of duty-free import of cars by parliament members. Lawyer Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ petition with the HC in the morning. The HC bench of…
Narayanganj-5 by-poll June 26
The Election Commission has decided to hold bypoll at Narayanganj-5 parliamentary constituency on Jun 26. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed announced the schedule of the bypoll on Monday. The seat fell vacant after the death of Jatiya Party MP…
Absolute executive power creates scope for abuse: TIB
Absolute power of the executive organ of Bangladesh creates scope for abuse and prompts to take executive decisions on partisan basis, according to a study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). The study reveals that the Prime Minister being the…
President for communal harmony to promote prosperity
President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday called for consolidating the country’s communal harmony to promote peace and prosperity. “Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony. I expect that countrymen irrespective of religions and opinions will play proper role in national development…
Writs challenge charge-framing against Khaleda in graft cases
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday filed two write petitions with the High Court challenging the legality of charge-framing against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Khaleda’s counsel Mohammad Asaduzzaman filed the writ on…
New CO posted to RAB-11
A new army officer has been named to command RAB-11 after a massive overhaul of the Narayanganj police force. Lt Col Anwar Latif Khan has assumed charge of his new responsibility on Friday, said RAB’s Assistant Director (Media) Sadira Khatun.…
Ganasanghati demand for ending extrajudicial killings
Speakers at a sit-in programme in the city on Wednesday demanded stopping extrajudicial killings and fair investigation into and trial of every incident of secret killings. They also observed the whole country, including Narayanganj, has turned into a death valley…
Sheikh Rehana getting a govt house in Gulshan
The government is allocating a ‘reluctant’ Sheikh Rehana a house on one and a half Bighas of land in Dhaka’s upscale Gulshan for her being the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The formalities to allot House no. 10 on…
196 candidates contest in 13 upazilas: EC
The Election Commission said Sunday 196 candidates will contest in the election of 13 upazila parishads on May 19.
Political crisis key barrier to poverty eradication, seminar told
Speakers at a dialogue here on Wednesday said political crisis, corruption and lack of good governance are the key barriers to elimination of poverty and inequalities from the country. Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP) in association with Global Call to Action…
EC’s coordination meeting on voter list updating May 4
The Election Commission will hold a coordination meeting with the government agencies concerned on May 4 to discuss the countrywide voter list updating exercise that will begin on May 15.
Cattle trader shot by BSF, dies in Kurigram
A Bangladeshi cattle trader who was shot by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Balatari border point in Fulbari upazila early Friday died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Sunday. The victim, Shamsul Haque, 25, son of Kesmat…
Status of junior army officers upgraded
The government has officially upgraded the status of the post of Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Bangladesh Army to first class (non-cadre) from second class. The status of the post of sergeant was upgraded to second class from third class,…
‘Zia first called himself president’: KM Shafiullah
Ziaur Rahman had claimed himself to be the president of Bangladesh while reading out the declaration of independence on Mar27, 1971, but that was corrected afterwards, one of the sector commanders of the Liberation War has said. KM Shafiullah made…
PM suffers from sinus pain
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been suffering from a nagging sinus pain which is forcing her to cut short her schedule programmes. She did not attend any programme on the occasion of Mujibnagar Day on Thursday. She left early from…
ASP Masud withdrawn amid Birdem physicians’ demand
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) ABM Masud Hossain of Dhaka was withdrawn on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in Sunday night’s Birdem incident. Masud has been attached to the Police Headquarters amid a strong demand of the Birdem physicians, said…
How RAW held ISI agent in BD – BNP: Knew from newspapers – Minister
BNP on Wednesday sought an explanation from the government over the report of an Indian daily that India’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has arrested a Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI agent from a Bangladesh airport. “A report…
CEC joins office after 43-day vacation
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad joined office on Tuesday after 43 days of stay in the United States. He returned home on Monday. Rakibuddin along with his wife went to the USA on March 3 amid the countrywide staggered…
City traffic arrngement for New Year festival
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have imposed traffic restrictions from 5am to 9pm in some parts of the capital on Monday in view of the Bengali New Year — Pahela Baishakh – celebrations. Vehicles will not be allowed on the…
Khaleda-Hasina’s New Year by cards
Bangladesh’s leading ladies just seem to wish each other well by cards on occasions such as the Bangla New Year. That provides some relief to the otherwise tense confrontation that divides the country sharply and often leads to much madness…
8 foreigners held while fishing illegally in BD territory
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained eight foreign nationals and their two Bangladeshi watchmen from the Karnaphuli Bridge ghat here on Thursday night for illegally fishing in the Bangladesh waters.