The foundation stone of the ‘July Memorial’, commemorating the martyrs of the historic July 2024 student-people uprising, was laid today at Osmani Udyan in Dhaka. Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan formally inaugurated

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain departed Dhaka today for Kampala, Uganda, to attend the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Midterm Ministerial Review Meeting from October 14 to 16. En route, he will stop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend an event at the Bangladesh Embassy

Thai Airways’ General Sales Agent (GSA) Air Galaxy convened a colourful “Thai Commercial Conference” in Chattogram, bringing together local travel agency owners at the Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View on Sunday (October 12).  Presenting Thai Airways’ plans

Police on Sunday (Oct 12) dispersed teachers who had been staging a sit-in outside the National Press Club in Dhaka to demand increases in housing and medical allowances, restoring traffic movement in the area. According to the witnesses, the removal took place around 2:15 pm, when

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Sunday (October 12) said that the government will exclude from duty in the next general election anyone who served in the 2014, 2018 or 2024 polls.  Briefing reporters after a meeting of the core

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday (October 12) dismissed speculation about seeking a “safe exit,” saying his children are in the country and he has no reason to depart. He was speaking to reporters at the Secretariat after a

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged young people to form their own vision of the world rather than merely adapting to the status quo, calling on them to be “courageous” in turning those visions into reality, according to a government notification issued on Sunday

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 16 Bangladeshi nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at the zero point of the Taluigachha border in Satkhira following a flag meeting on Saturday (October 11).  Later that night, BGB transferred the group to Satkhira Sadar

Daytime temperatures across Bangladesh are likely to rise slightly while night-time readings hold steady, according to a government notification issued on Sunday (October 12). Meteorologist Md Tariful Newaz Kabir stated that the monsoon is weak over the North Bay and less active over

Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka for Rome to attend the flagship World Food Forum (WFF), according to a government notification issued on Sunday (October 12).  A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the chief adviser and his delegation

Bangladesh has appointed Md Ehsanul Haque, currently senior secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, as senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, according to a government notification issued on Sunday (October 12).  The appointment was made on a

Bangladesh launched its first nationwide typhoid immunisation drive on Sunday (October 12), aiming to administer a single-dose vaccine free of charge to nearly 5 crore children aged from nine months to under 15 years. The month-long campaign, which runs through November 13, is part of

In a continued nationwide anti-crime operation, police have arrested 1,683 crime suspects in the last 24 hours. According to the Police Headquarters, 1,124 of those arrested were wanted in previous cases or had pending warrants, while 559 were apprehended on various new charges.

The July National Charter signing ceremony has been rescheduled to October 17 (Friday) instead of October 15 (Wednesday) to ensure greater public participation on the weekend. The decision was made at a meeting of the National Consensus Commission held on Saturday (October 11) at the

Bangladesh Army has taken 15 officers into military custody following the issuance of arrest warrants against them in separate cases related to crimes against humanity. Major General Md Hakimuzzaman, adjutant general of the Bangladesh Army, provided the update at a press briefing held

At least three people, including a child, a woman, and the driver, were killed, and around 29 others injured in a head-on collision between a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) vehicle and a passenger bus in Patuakhali Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The accident occurred around 8am in

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has identified security as the foremost challenge facing Bangladesh’s elections, ahead of administrative, legal and technological hurdles.  He called for stronger coordination between the civil administration and law-enforcement

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today dismissed the idea that the advisers of the interim government require a “safe exit”, saying instead that it is the people who need a way out of the “destructive state structure” created by the

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka for Rome tomorrow to attend the flagship event of the World Food Forum (WFF), organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Prof Yunus and his entourage

Irregular migration to Europe fell overall even as Bangladeshi nationals remained the largest group attempting the perilous Central Mediterranean passage.  New figures show total detections across the EU down 22% year-on-year, but 8,046 people entered via the Central Mediterranean