On December 12 last year, shortly after Friday prayers, Usman Hadi, who was in a rickshaw on Calvert Road, Purana Paltan, Dhaka, was shot by assailants. After shooting him in the head the attackers fled on a motorcycle. Seriously injured Osman Hadi was sent to Singapore for treatment, where he died six days later. Although […]
Journalist Anees Alamgir, who was released on bail from jail in a case registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act, criticized the previous interim government and said, “Not only was injustice done to me, but I was also oppressed. You ask me to criticize you and when I do so, you send me to jail. This is […]
The notification said that the appointed administrator will exercise the powers and perform the responsibilities of the Municipal Corporation Mayor in accordance with sub-section (3) of Section 25A of the Local Government (Municipal Corporation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2024. Along with this, the government has appointed administrators in 11 municipal corporations across the country. However, in Chittagong […]
The monthly allowance under the scheme has been fixed as follows: Taka 5,000 for the Imam, Taka 3,000 for the Muezzin and Taka 2,000 for the Khadem, meaning each mosque will get a total of Taka 10,000 per month. For other religious institutions, the structure of the allowance will be Taka 5,000 for temple priest, […]
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Mashud said at an event at Nirbachan Bhawan on March 1 that various local government elections will be held throughout the year after Eid. However, they are waiting for the first session of Parliament to decide whether the elections will be held on party symbols or on a non-partisan basis. Awami […]
At around 2 o’clock in the night the truck reached Shah Ali Market of Mirpur-1. The driver said he usually had to pay Tk 100 as extortion money there, although no such payment is required at present. After unloading 50 sacks of cucumbers and 100 sacks of potatoes there, the truck went towards Caravan Market. […]
But perhaps the biggest threat to travel is the war in the Middle East. “If this war continues into April, it will be the main talking point in the Trump-Xi meeting,” Benjamin Ho, an assistant professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, told AFP. China has condemned the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which […]
Mohammad Shahabuddin is the 22nd President of Bangladesh. With a few exceptions, most of his predecessors have failed to project a distinct personality or independent image. Notable exceptions include Justice Abu Saeed Chaudhry, Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed and Professor Badruddoza Chaudhry, who did not function merely as tools of the ruling party. The second President of […]
The command said the accident was under investigation, adding that “the loss of the aircraft was not caused by hostile fire or friendly fire.” Iran’s military said in an earlier statement on state TV that the plane was shot down by a missile from an allied group in Iraq, killing all its crew. The Islamic […]
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) has opposed the adoption of a condolence motion in the first meeting of the 13th Parliament in the name of war criminals who were given death sentence for crimes against humanity in 1971. The party called it a grave betrayal of the sacrifices of 30 lakh martyrs of the […]
In the first phase, this initiative will be implemented in 54 districts across the country. On the same day, the Minister, Advisor, Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad, Minister of State, Whips and Members of Parliament will simultaneously inaugurate the program in the remaining 53 districts. The BNP-led government has launched a program to dredge and […]