Dhaka – In a reshuffle in the police administration, eight officials, including a deputy inspector general (DIG) and two additional DIGs, have been transferred and given new postings. The Home Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday.
A man was arrested along with Indian currency worth rupees 2.5 crore at Shah Amanat International Airport here on Sunday. The arrested person was identified as Mustafizur Rahman of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
LGRD Minister and Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said the trial of other accused war criminals will be completed and their sentences will be executed accordingly.
Speakers at a discussion meting in the city yesterday paid glowing tributes to South Africa’s fatherly figure Nelson Mandela for his politics of reconciliation and national unity through which he won over the reign of apartheid in his nation of…
The ‘BNS Somudra Joy’, the latest and largest vessel of the Bangladesh Navy arrived at Chittagong port on Friday. Formerly known as the United States Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, the 378-foot high endurance cutter was commissioned in Hawaii in 1972.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said the army is ready to get deployed during 10th parliament elections slated for January 5.
Panchagarh – Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) intruded into the Bangladesh territory and torched a house in Tiapara along Ghagra frontier in Sadar upazila on Sunday.
Human Rights Watch has expressed its concerns over the recent spate of pre-poll violence in Bangladesh. A statement issued Wednesday, quoting its Asia Director Brad Adams, said that leaders of Awami League and BNP should take emergency measures to avoid…
Dhaka – Visitors to Canada from several countries, including Bangladesh, will be required to provide fingerprints and a digital photograph when they apply for a visitor visa, study or work permit.
The law and order situation is improving slowly after several days of widespread violence, Land Minister Amir Hossain Amu has claimed.
Dhaka and Washington on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for mutual cooperation in the sphere of drug control between the US Drug Enforcement Administration and Bangladesh’s Home Ministry.
In the wake of two Television journalists being remanded on charge of instigating violence, journalist leaders have sought intervention of the Chief Justice (CJ) in putting an end to harassment and oppression on media workers, including journalists. In a memorandum,…
Police have seized a microbus while it was trying to flee with a pile of documents containing maps of roads and bridges in Bangladesh from the high-security Secretariat.
A day after placing them on a four-day remand, a Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to two journalists of a private television channel in a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station for inciting blockaders to explode crude bombs.
The security of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban has been beefed up in apprehension of sabotage ahead of the next general election scheduled on January 5, according to Parliament sources said.
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti Syed Moulana Rezaul Karim yesterday reiterated his call to the government not to push the country towards destruction through the organization of what he termed as one-party farcical election.
The Bangladesh Labour Party led by its chairman Dr. Mustafizur Rahman Iran brought out a lightning procession in the Segunbagicha area of the city to drum up support for the blockade called by the 18-party opposition alliance.
Security around the Election Commission office has been tightened after reports that the schedule of the parliament polls will soon be announced.
Police in a drive rescued 23 people while being trafficked to Malaysia in Khatiberhat area under Panchlaish police station of the city early Saturday.
The final results of the 33rd Bangladesh Civil Service examinations are out. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has recommended appointing 8,529 candidates in different cadres out of 15,951 aspirants who passed the final test.
Speakers at a views-sharing meeting here have asked the teachers for creating mass social awareness against the curable disease of tuberculosis that kills 70,000-people annually in Bangladesh.
The media successfully plays its vital role in establishing women rights and gender equity through empowering and flourishing women leadership by creating social awareness against repression and violence.
A daylong Focus Group Discussion (FGD) for obtaining recommendations and suggestions on the Shadow Report of United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) was held here on Saturday.
Members of the Narcotics Control Department in a drive arrested a woman in possession of three pistols, six magazines and 112 rounds of bullet from a bus in Ekdala area of Sadar upazila on Friday.
At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured as two jeeps collided head-on at Ukhia Upazila in the district early Thursday.
Agartala: The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Kolkata under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided not to issue fresh India-Bangladesh Passports (IBP) after November 30, an official said here on Wednesday.
The Narayanganj Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two persons and recovered 2,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Langalbandha area on the Dhaka- Chittagong Highway under Narayanganj Port Thana here on Monday.
‘Village Court’, the lowest tier of the country’s judicial process, needs to be effective and strengthened as it has a vital role to play in resolving the grassroots litigations.
A visually impaired man was stabbed to death by miscreants over previous enmity at Ramganj College Road in Ramganj municipality area on Saturday.
Construction of Nandail Thana Bhaban in Mymensingh has been completed in the district spending Taka two crore under the supervision of Public Works Department (PWD).