Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today said all involved in the brutal murder of a scrap metal trader Sohag in the capital’s Mitford area will be brought to justice. “We will bring all the culprits to book involved in the killing,” he said after visiting the Dhaka Police Lines, Range Reserve Force and Traffic and Driving School in the mail barrack of Old Dhaka. The Home Adviser said the incident is really a matter of great sorrow and five persons involved in the killing have already been arrested. Two of them were apprehended by the Rapid…
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The Election Commission (EC) is moving forward with full swing preparations to hold the 13th parliamentary elections on time. To this end, the commission has started pre-election preparatory work to take the upcoming parliamentary elections to an acceptable level. Meanwhile, the commission in its eighth meeting on Thursday took several important decisions to speed up necessary preparations ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election. Observing the last 15 days activities of the commission, a clear impression has been created among the general officers and employees of the commission and the general public that the commission is taking preparations to create a…
Bangladesh and Malaysia have agreed to work together in investigating recent allegations of militancy involving several Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Malaysia. The understanding was reached during a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato’ Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, said a foreign ministry’s press release here this evening. Expressing concern over the arrests, Foreign Adviser Hossain reiterated Bangladesh’s firm stance against terrorism and extremism and sought Malaysia’s cooperation in conducting an in-depth investigation through…
Commerce Advisor Sk Bashir Uddin met US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer at his office in Washington DC on Thursday at 11 am local time. The two dignitaries discussed issues of mutual interest with particular focus on Bangladesh-US trade, commerce, and the ongoing tariff negotiations, according to a message received here today. Both sides reiterate their commitments to work together for shared benefits. The second day of the second round of three-day tariff talks between Bangladesh and the United States ended on Thursday in Washington, DC. The talks were comprehensive, touching upon almost all the key aspects of the trade…
A farm worker died on Friday after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California that resulted in arrests of 200 undocumented migrants and clashes with protestors. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, condemned attacks by the demonstrators on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other members of law enforcement and said “these slimeballs” should be arrested. Trump’s remarks on X came a day after a chaotic raid on a cannabis plantation in Ventura County some 56 miles (90 kilometers) from Los Angeles that left one farm worker critically injured. The United Farm…
Bangladesh and the United States agreed on some more issues on the third and final day of the second round of trade talks held in Washington DC on Friday. However, some issues still remain unresolved. Both sides have decided to continue inter-ministerial discussions. Then, representatives of the two countries will sit in discussion again. The talks can be held virtually and in presence. It is expected that the time and date of the talks will be decided very soon, according to a message received here today. The Bangladesh Commerce Adviser, the Commerce Secretary and Additional Secretary will return home today…
The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations- 2025 were published today with pass rate of 68.45 percent. The Secondary and Higher Secondary boards of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Cumilla, Jashore, Chattogram, Barishal, Sylhet, Dinajpur and Mymensigh, Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and Bangladesh Technical Education Board simultaneously published the results. Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Controllers’ Committee chief and Dhaka Education Board chairman Prof Dr Khandoker Ehsanul Kabir announced the results at a press conference at the seminar room of Dhaka Education Board here. He said the pass rate of SSC and equivalent examinations -2025 is 68.45 percent, while 1,39,032 students achieved…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT) has framed charges against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun for crimes against humanity during last year’s July-August uprising. A three-member ICT bench, headed by the tribunal’s Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order today after rejecting a defence plea to dismiss the charges. The other two members of the tribunal that issued the order are Justice Md Shofiul Alam Mahmood and Judge Md Mohitul Haq Enam Chowdhury. With today’s order, the formal trial against Sheikh Hasina and…
UNESCO Representative to Bangladesh Sue Vize today met with Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam at his office at secretariat here. During the meeting, the adviser said that the government has already taken several initiatives to reform the media, said a press release here. Mahfuj said it has been decided to form a taskforce to reform the circulation audit system of newspapers. In addition, work is underway to formulate an ordinance related to the protection of journalistic rights, he added. He said the ordinance will be issued shortly. The adviser also hoped that it would be possible to implement…
The Texas flash floods death toll rose to 119 on Wednesday, as worries grew that the figure could more than double with over 160 people still reported missing. Workers in central Texas continued to comb through piles of muddy debris from the July 4 floods as Governor Greg Abbott ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff over the tragedy. Officials in Kerr County, the epicenter of the flooding, on Wednesday confirmed 161 people were known to be missing in the county. Part of a Hill Country region in central Texas known as “Flash Flood Alley,” Kerr County suffered the most…
