Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: The government has removed the mayors of 12 city corporations and appointed administrators. They will be in charge of these city corporations. A notification in this regard was issued on Monday (August 19) at noon.It said, in application of sub-section (1) of 25(a) of the Local Government (City…

Staff Correspondent: A case has been filed against 76 individuals including former home minister, former SCC mayor, former VC-Pro VC-proctor of SUST, in connection with the death of a Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) student. Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, former…

Staff Correspondent: The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested former Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Arif Khan Joy. This information was shared through a brief message from the DMP’s public relations branch. According to the DMP’s statement, Arif Khan Joy was arrested on Monday night in the Dhanmondi area…

Staff Correspondent: After 17 years, all bank accounts of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia have been activated. In this regard, a letter from the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been sent to Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday to activate…

Rooppur Nucler Power Plant Industry Desk: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family are accused of embezzling billions from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, according to recent allegations.The report claims that Hasina laundered money into offshore accounts via a company established by her niece, Tulip Siddiq’s family. The…

Special Correspondent: Six foreign suppliers of fuel are pressuring the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) for overdue payments. The amount BPC owes these companies has been increasing daily.Currently, BPC’s debt to foreign fuel suppliers stands at approximately $533 million. Some companies have reported that they have not received their payments even…

Al’s allies were only India, China and RussiaSuggestions for building new relationships Rabiul Haque: The interim government that came through the student movement is talking about protecting foreign relations based on the interests of the country. Four days after taking charge, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain talked with the…

Constructing unnecessary tunnelaggravates loan burden on nation Staff Correspondent: The ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has implemented some costly mega projects with historic high cost including the Bangabandhu Tunnel under the river Karnafuli at Chittagong. The construction cost of the tunnel was Tk 10,500 crore but the real cost of…

Pilkhana Massacre Staff Correspondent: On February 25-26, 2009, a massacre at Dhaka’s Pilkhana headquarters of the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) left 57 military officers and 17 civilians dead, including the head of the BDR, Major General Shakil Ahmed. Fifteen years later, the families of the deceased are still seeking justice…

Stuff Correspondent: The government is considering forming an independent media commission, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam said on Sunday. The adviser said this while exchanging views with journalists at his Secretariat office. “We have primarily thought about an independent media commission. We will determine its framework through discussions with…