The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Begum Khaleda Zia, was acquitted in five defamation cases lodged against her in various charges on Tuesday. Begum Zia’s lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukder confirmed the
Eighteen former ministers and eight former members of parliament were banned from travelling abroad until further notice by a metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka, as per two separate applications made
The death toll in the ongoing flood across Bangladesh reached 67 as eight more deaths were recorded on Monday. The highest, 26, number of people died in Feni. Among the
A health official said a polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday, while an aid worker said a large-scale rollout would begin on Sunday, coinciding with a “humanitarian pause”
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday confirmed that Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this month, but his stay would
A Dhaka court on Sunday imposed a travel ban on ten people including former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan and daughter Safia Tasnim Khan, responding
Joint drives to recover illegal firearms will begin from September 4, said home adviser lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. The home ministry issued a press release in this
Dhaka Medical College Hospital neurosurgery department physician Abdul Ahad at a media briefing on Sunday afternoon declared complete shutdown of healthcare service at all hospitals across the country. He said
The High Court on Sunday summarily rejected a writ petition seeking to cancel the registration of the Awami League as a political party. The petition alleged the party’s involvement in
Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday appointed additional commissioner Rezaul Karim Mallick as the new DMP detective branch chief. DMP issued an office order on the day signed by its commissioner