(BSS) – Nine more prosecution witnesses (PW) today gave depositions in three graft cases for allocating three plots in Purbachal area to ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Sheikh Rehana’s daughters Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq and son Rdwan Mujib Siddiq and several others. Judge of the Special Judge Court-4 of Dhaka Md Rabiul Alam recorded the depositions and fixed October 6 for recording the depositions of other prosecution witnesses of the cases. Of the prosecution witnesses, four gave depositions in connection with a case filed against 17 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.…
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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), acting through the court system, has successfully seized US$81 million in connection with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist case. The funds were confiscated from the Philippines’ RCBC Bank, said a press release here today. This seizure, facilitated by a court order, directly relates to the ongoing case concerning the theft of BB’s reserves. In February 2016, cybercriminals infiltrated Bangladesh Bank’s systems and issued 35 fraudulent SWIFT payment instructions to the US Federal Reserve Bank in New York, attempting to siphon off $1 billion from the country’s foreign reserves. While most transactions were blocked, $101…
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said today that the government will ensure the distribution of all school textbooks by January of the next year. “Orders for printing textbooks for certain classes have already been placed. Authorities are now reviewing the list of recipient institutions to ensure that no school has received multiple allocations or been involved in irregular practices in the past,” he said. He told reporters after the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) and the Advisers Council Committee on Economic Affairs (ACCEA) meetings at Cabinet Division in the city. Replying a query, Salehuddin said that the government…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said today that the choice of adopting the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system or maintaining the existing method must be made by the political parties themselves. “The government should preferably speak less on the matter of the electoral system,” he told the presentation of survey results conducted by the research organization ‘Innovation’ at the Daily Star conference room in the city. Addressing the findings of the electoral survey, Shafiqul Alam said that the statistics presented demonstrate that the public has trust in the government. He highlighted the high level of public…
by staff correspondent : Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain today said that the government is formulating a National Port Strategy to chart out the long-term growth of the country’s land, river, and seaports. The Shipping Adviser made this remark while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on ‘Customs and Port Management: Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward’ held today at the Chittagong Port Authority Auditorium in Chattogram. The workshop was organized by the Support to Sustainable Graduation Project (SSGP) of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) in collaboration with the Chittagong Port…
The United States has lauded Bangladesh’s Interim Government for moving to make all procurements for natural resource extraction fully open and transparent, suspending all previous or ongoing direct negotiations led by the former government. The observation came in the “2025 Fiscal Transparency Report” released by the US Department of State, which reviewed Bangladesh’s fiscal management during the period of political transition. The report highlighted that following the July change in governance, the non-political Interim Government generally followed the budgetary recommendations of its predecessor but initiated significant reforms aimed at strengthening fiscal transparency. It said that while the previous government made…
Thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in Manila to express their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Rage over the so-called ghost infrastructure projects has been mounting in the Southeast Asian country since President Ferdinand Marcos put them centre stage in a July state of the nation address that followed weeks of deadly flooding. On Monday, Marcos said he did not blame people for protesting “one bit” while calling for demonstrations to remain peaceful. The army has been placed on “red alert” as a precaution. “There were times I personally…
The White House on Saturday issued a major clarification to its new H-1B visa policy announced a day earlier, saying a $100,000 fee will be a “one-time” payment imposed on new applicants. “This is a one-time fee that applies only to the petition. It ONLY applies to new visas, not renewals or current visa holders,” a White House official said on condition of anonymity. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Friday that the fee would be annual, while the text of the executive order left many current visa-holders confused about whether it applied to them.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened Venezuela with “incalculable” consequences if it refuses to take back migrants it has “forced into the United States,” as tensions soar with Caracas. “We want Venezuela to immediately accept all of the prisoners, and people from mental institutions… forced into the United States of America,” Trump said. “Thousands of people have been badly hurt, and even killed, by these ‘Monsters’.” The president added, in all-caps: “Get them the hell out of our country, right now, or the price you pay will be incalculable!” Venezuela on Friday accused the United States of waging an…
US President Donald Trump and top officials in his administration will lead tributes to Charlie Kirk on Sunday at a stadium gathering in Arizona, after the influential conservative activist was gunned down last week. Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck on September 10 while speaking at a Utah university as part of his popular public debate series. Authorities arrested a suspect after a 33-hour manhunt, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty in the case. The killing of the young conservative leader, founder of the Turning Point USA right-wing youth action campaign, has further deepened acrimonious political divisions in…
