Bangladesh

Stuff Correspondent: A total of 626 people, including members of the deposed Awami League government, took shelter in different cantonments of the country after it collapsed on August 5, according to ISPR on Sunday. Following a significant political shift when the law and order situation across the country deteriorated drastically,…

Stuff Correspondent: Interim Government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorship has destroyed every institution of the country in the effort to stay in power. The judiciary has been broken, he said while briefing diplomats stationed in Dhaka. The Chief Adviser said he…

Rafiqul Islam Azad: Bangladesh’s outstanding payments for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and fuel oil imports have surpassed $1.2 billion, amounting to approximately Tk 14,160 crore at the current exchange rate of Tk 118 per dollar. Of this total, LNG arrears up to July have reached $700 million (Tk 8,260 crore),…

Staff Correspondent: A bogie of the Dhaka-bound Padma Express train from Rajshahi derailed at Salna in Gazipur. As a result, train service between Dhaka and the northern part of the country has been suspended. The incident occurred around 8:45 pm on Friday, as confirmed by Hanif Ali, the station master…

Staff Correspondent: Interim Government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will virtually join the third “Voice of the Global South” Summit, which will be hosted by India He will join the Summit from Dhaka at 10.30-11.30am on Saturday, Chief Adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Friday night. Earlier, Indian Prime…

Staff Correspondent: Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, remarked on Friday that the Awami League is now facing the consequences of their past actions while in power and will continue to do so in the future. He made these comments morning while speaking to journalists…

Staff Correspondent: After the swearing-in of four new advisers on Friday, significant changes have been made to the responsibilities within Bangladesh’s interim government. One of the newly appointed adviser, Wahiduddin Mahmud, has been assigned to oversee the Planning and Education Ministries. Among the previously appointed advisers, Brigadier General (Retd.) M.…

Asiqur Raihan Bhuyian, Rangamati: A discussion meeting was held between the Superintendent of Police and various religious leaders in the Rangamati Police Superintendent’s office conference room yesterday.  SP of Rangamati Hill District Mir Abu Tauhid presided over the meeting. In the exchange meeting, the security of various places of worship…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) is responsible for preventing money laundering. But it could not stop it, on the contrary, the newly resigned head of BFIU, Masud Biswas, has been accused of taking bribes in various ways besides helping in money laundering. The angry officials of Bangladesh Bank…

Staff Correspondent: Police have arrested former deputy speaker of the parliament Shamsul Haque Tuku, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, and general secretary of Chhatra League’s Dhaka University unit Tanvir Hasan Saikat in a case filed at Dhaka’s Paltan Police Station. According to DMP, they were arrested from…