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Ex-MP Fazle Karim detained while fleeing to India
10:58 AM, 12 Sep 2024 ThursdayFormer Chattogram-6 MP ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury has been detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) while attempting to flee to India illegally via the Akhaura border in Brahmanbaria.
Khaleda admitted to hospital for health check-up
10:05 AM, 12 Sep 2024 ThursdayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to the Evercare Hospital in the capital for a routine health check-up in the early hours of Thursday.
Death toll from storms in Vietnam rises to 197
09:34 AM, 12 Sep 2024 ThursdayThe number of people killed after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam bringing flash floods and landslides has risen to 197, the government said Thursday.
Ctg shipyard blast: Death toll rises to 3 as another victim dies
09:11 AM, 12 Sep 2024 ThursdayThe death toll from a fire following an explosion at a ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda upazila, Chattogram, has risen to three, as another victim died on Wednesday night.
Former DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman arrested
08:13 AM, 12 Sep 2024 ThursdayFormer Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Asaduzzaman Mia has been arrested. Rapid Action Battalion arrested him from Mohakhali flyover area in the capital on Wednesday night. Several cases have already been filed against him, RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Lt Col Muneem Ferdous confirmed Jago News.
Govt committed to presenting outline of democratic Bangladesh: Yunus
09:42 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said his government is committed to presenting an outline of democratic Bangladesh for the future generation...
Yunus seeks people's cooperation to carry out reforms
08:55 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged the people to cooperate with the interim government to accomplish reforms, announcing formation of six commissions to carry out the job. "We want reforms. It is our sincere request - please don't go to the spectators' gallery...
Ministry forms committee to resolve labor unrest
08:10 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayThe government has formed a ‘Labour related complaints Monitoring Committee’ to resolve the labour dispute for improvement of the country’s labour situation...
US delegation to feature Bangladesh's financial stability: state department
07:39 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayThe upcoming United States, US, high level delegation will focus on Washington's support to Bangladesh's economic growth, financial stability and development needs, said its state department...
No evidence of question paper leak in PSC exams
06:41 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayThe probe body formed by the Public Service Commission, PSC, has not found any evidence of question paper leak in a few recruitment tests, including BCS, held under the commission...
2 more murder cases filed against Hasina
05:33 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdaySeparate cases have been filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the killing of autorickshaw driver Salam Babu and Selim Ali Sheikh in capital’s Uttara and Mirpur areas respectively during the recent anti-discrimination student movement...
Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on 4-day remand
05:02 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayA Dhaka court has placed Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, energy and mineral resources adviser to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on a four-day remand in a case over the murder of a youth in Dhaka's Badda during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement...
Khaled Mahmud Sujon resigns from BCB
04:24 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayBangladesh Cricket Board Director Khaled Mahmud Sujon resigned from his post on Wednesday morning. Sujon, former captain of the national cricket team, stepped down from the board of directors of BCB around 11:00am, people close to him confirmed...
Govt forms taskforce for just, sustainable, dynamic economy
04:02 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayThe government has formed a 12-member taskforce to reframe the development strategies to attain anti-discriminatory sustainable development...
Hanoi river level hits 20-year high as SE Asia typhoon toll nears 200
03:44 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayResidents of Vietnam's capital waded through waist-deep water Wednesday as river levels hit a 20-year high and the toll from the area's strongest typhoon in decades rose to at least 179, with neighbouring nations also enduring deadly flooding and landslides...
22 garment factories in Ashulia shut indefinitely
02:57 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayThe authorities have announced the indefinite closure of 22 garment factories in Savar’s Ashulia due to labor unrest. Additionally, general holidays have been declared for eight other factories. However, production continues in the remaining factories.
Chief Adviser to address nation this evening
01:54 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayProfessor Dr Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser to the interim government, will address the nation at 7:30pm Wednesday. The Chief Adviser's press wing confirmed the matter. This will be his second address to the nation since his appointment as Chief Adviser to the interim government.
Appointments of 8 new DCs cancelled
01:30 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayThe appointments of eight out of the 59 newly appointed deputy commissioners have been cancelled. Mokhlesur Rahman, Senior Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, confirmed the decision while speaking to reporters at the Secretariat on Wednesday.
Afghanistan-NZ Test faces complete washout after third day lost
12:35 PM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayThe third day of the only Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand was called off because of rain on Wednesday, with the match in danger of being washed out without a ball being bowled.
Harris takes fight to Trump in fiery presidential debate
11:50 AM, 11 Sep 2024 WednesdayKamala Harris went on the offensive against Donald Trump in a fiery televised debate Tuesday, getting under her rival's skin as they battled for a breakthrough in an agonizingly close election.