Bangladesh

UNB: Bangladesh Bank and the interim government are undertaking significant efforts to restructure the country’s banking sector, focusing on recovering both local and foreign assets embezzled by corrupt individuals.Officials have confirmed that these assets, laundered abroad, are being targeted for repatriation as part of a broader initiative to bring the…

Mahfuz Emran: According to the rules, when an officer retires or a post becomes vacant, naturally, someone eligible for the following post should be promoted. But no past government has followed that rule in terms of promotion in administration, it is still not followed. In the last two weeks, 479…

Anti-discrimination student movement A Commentator: Hundreds of people, including students, were killed in the anti-discrimination student movement. Cases are being filed all over the country including the capital Dhaka in connection with these murders. The narratives of the depositions in these cases are very similar. The names of the main…

Staff Correspondent: The death toll from the recent flood has risen to 31 with four more deaths in Cumilla, Noakhali and Feni district. Among the deceased, twelve people died in Cumilla, five in Chattogram , two in Feni, six in Noakhali, three in Cox’s Bazar and one each in Brahmanbaria,…

Mahfuja Mukul: Hasina’s government fell on August 5 due to the violent movement of the students. An interim government was formed under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus on August 8. The middle of July to the first two weeks of August were spent in agitation and reorganization. In the changed…

40,000 holiday applications in REB Mahfuja Mukul: The agitating officers and employees of 80 Palli Viddyut Samiti gave a 72-hour ultimatum to implement the two-point demand of regularizing the jobs of contractual and irregular workers by merging the Rural Electrification Board and the Palli Viddyut Samiti and implementing the two-point…

Staff Correspondent: More than 50,000 residents in Shahrashti Upazila of Chandpur have been trapped by floodwaters over the past few days as upstream flow continues to raise water levels. Over 500 families have sought refuge in various relief centres across the area. Shahrashti Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), Md. Yasir Arafat,…

Special Correspondent: Former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman are among three persons who continue to be in the protective custody of the army, it is learnt from a reliably source.The third person who remains in the Bangladesh army’s custody is said…

Staff Correspondent: Water and water all around. The courtyard of the house and the surrounding tube wells have sunk. As a result, there has been a cry for fresh water in the flood-affected areas. Relief is going to flood victims from all parts of the country; But not reaching the…

Staff Correspondent: As floodwaters from heavy rains and upstream flows from India begin to recede, dead bodies are surfacing, revealing the full extent of the disaster in Feni. Mokhammad Azizur Rahman of the Feni Al Jamiyatul Falahia Shelter Project reported that five bodies were recovered from the floodwaters over the…