The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) today granted the prosecution an additional one month to submit the investigation report in a case filed over the killing of Abu Sayed in Rangpur during the July-August mass uprising. The three-judge panel of ICT-1, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order, allowing a plea of the prosecution. The court also allowed the investigation agency of the tribunal to interrogate accused former sub-inspector of police Amir Hossain and former constable Sujan Chandra Roy on June 18 and former proctor of Begum Rokeya University Shariful Islam and general secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra…
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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin today said the commission will present a fair, nice and well-accepted election to the nation. He said this in a post-Eid meeting for views exchange with the commissioners and officials of the Election Commission (EC) at the Nirbachon Bhaban at Agargaon in the city. Most of the pending works related to the next general elections have progressed. Now we will give finishing touch of the work, he said. Appreciating the EC officials, the CEC said, “You were never seen to be failed whatever tasks so far you were asked to do…you have done…
A total of 20,500 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have returned home from Saudi Arabia as of Saturday following the completion of this year’s holy Hajj, held on June 5. According to official data from the Hajj office, so far, 2,924 returned to Bangladesh under government management, while 17,576 under private travel agencies management. It said, 29 Bangladeshi pilgrims have passed away in Saudi Arabia so far-25 males and 4 females. Of them, 19 died in Makkah, 9 in Madinah, and one in Arafat. No deaths have been reported in Jeddah, Mina, or Muzdalifah. The Hajj office said Biman Bangladesh Airlines has…
Jordan announced the closure of its airspace late Saturday for a second time since the start of the most intense direct confrontation between arch-foes Israel and Iran. The civil aviation authority in Jordan, which borders Israel, announced in a statement the closure until further notice of the country’s airspace, as well as the suspension of all takeoffs, landings and transit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump Saturday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers’ bodies. Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile did not mention whether Ukraine would agree to the next round of talks, only saying that “the exchanges will be completed and the parties will discuss the next step.” Putin and Trump held a call for the fifth time since the Republican took office and sought to reset relations with Moscow, in a stark pivot from the approach…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour — the country’s highest distinction — following a conviction for graft, according to a decree published Sunday. The right-wing ex-president ruled France from 2007-2012 and has been beset by legal problems since leaving office following a bruising presidential election defeat. An appeals court last year upheld his conviction for illegal attempts to secure favours from a judge and ordered him to wear an electronic ankle bracelet instead of serving a one-year jail sentence. The decision to revoke his award had since been expected, according to the rules…
The Israeli army said Sunday that a soldier had been killed in battle in Gaza one day earlier, as its war with Palestinian militant group Hamas enters its 20th month. “Noam Shemesh aged 21 from Jerusalem… fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip,” the army said in a statement. About 430 soldiers have been killed since Israel’s ground operation in Gaza began on October 27, 2023.
The World Bank’s (WB’s) Board of Executive Directors has approved US$250 million financing to bolster public sector performance in Bangladesh by fostering transparency, accountability and efficiency in key government agencies. The Strengthening Institutions for Transparency and Accountability (SITA) Project will support the ongoing reform initiatives of the Government of Bangladesh to modernize crucial public sector functions that are essential for improving data transparency, domestic revenue mobilization, public investment management, public procurement and financial oversight. The project will strengthen governance structures and capacities in five key government agencies, namely the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the National Board of Revenue, the Planning Division, the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority and the Office of…
The partnership between US Steel and Nippon Steel has reached a new phase, with an agreement on US national security guarantees, in addition to the so-called “golden share” advantage obtained by President Donald Trump’s administration. On Friday evening, Trump signed an executive order approving the partnership, bringing an end to the long-running saga over foreign ownership of a key national asset which began in December 2023, when US Steel and Nippon Steel announced plans for a $14.9 billion merger. Nippon’s acquisition of US Steel was held up by former president Joe Biden, who blocked it in his last weeks in…
(BSS) – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today said making alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods mandatory is essential to address the persistent and overwhelming backlog of cases. The ministry is taking prompt and decisive steps to implement this initiative, he said. He made this remark while presiding over a view-exchange meeting organized on the draft of the Legal Aid Act (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 at the conference room of the National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) in the capital’s Bailey Road. Asif Nazrul, also the chairman of the National Governing Board of the NLASO, said the abnormal…
