Business & Commerce
Due diligence is a key element for a compliant and sustainable apparel industry in Bangladesh, said speakers at the closing ceremony of Bangladesh Denim Expo.They pointed out that the brands and buyers will have to help entrepreneurs in terms of technology transfer, labor compliance, and other stand...
National,Politics
Senior Awami League leader Amir Hossain Amu, who is also a former minister, was arrested on Wednesday morning.The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested him from Dhanmondi area in the capital city of Dhaka in the morning, DB chief Rezaul Karim Mollik confirmed the matt...
National,Front Page
Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance in its primary investigation has found the involvement of DGFI, RAB, DB, CTTC, CID and general police with the enforced disappearances and it is going to interrogate the security personnel concerned from November 7.“We cannot tell you the exact n...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman said on Tuesday said his party wants state reforms that will help change the fates of the country's crores of people and ensure their rights.“Many of us now hear about reforms and many people are talking about various reforms. But...
The Press Information Department (PID) has scrapped the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards of 30 more journalists including Imdadul Haq Milon, Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul and Ahmed Zobayer.A gazette notification, signed by Md Nizamul Kabir, chief information officer of the PID under t...
The Ministry of Public Administration has issued a nine-point directive for civil servants to prevent embarrassment over any issue following the recent political changeover in Bangladesh.On October 28, Senior Secretary Md Mokhlesur Rahman sent a letter to the secretaries of all the ministries outlin...
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to dispose of a petition within 10 days seeking formation of an independent investigation commission to unearth the truth behind the carnage inside the Pilkhana BDR headquarters on February 25 and 26 in 2009.A HC division ...
The Islamic conference at Suhrawardy Udyan caused severe traffic congestion on most roads in the capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday. Dhaka city dwellers suffered immensely throughout the day due to severe traffic congestions on almost all major roads in the capital.The traffic congestion, which started...
National,Back Page
Doctors at Rangpur Medical College (RMC) observed a two-hour work stoppage, demanding the removal of the newly appointed principal, Dr Md Mahfuzar Rahman.As per the pre-announced program, the program was held on Tuesday from 8:00 to 10:00am under the banner of the anti-discrimination doctors’ ...
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday unveiled the national air quality management action plan saying the government developed it for strategic actions to tackle the sources of air pollution, improve air monitoring, and enhancing enforcement mechanisms....
Prominent Tablighi Jamaat scholars and leaders from various Islamic organisations on Tuesday announced a nine-point demand, including mandatory religious education across all educational levels, and called for a ban on the entry of Maulana Muhammad Saad Kandhalvi into Bangladesh. The leaders fu...
City
Hosne Ara Hossain, a poet and literary figure, and also mother of journalist Sumon Mahmud of Bdnews24.com; passed away on Tuesday. She was 75.She breathed her last at 5:55pm while undergoing treatment on life support at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in the capital.She left...
National
The Press Information Department (PID) has scrapped the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards of 30 more journalists, including Imdadul Haq Milon, Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul and Ahmed Zobayer.A gazette notification, signed by Md Nizamul Kabir, chief information officer of the PID under ...
Police arrested journalist Molla Jalal, former president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), in connection with a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.Shahbagh Police Station's Officer-in-charge (OC) Khaled Mansur said that Jalal was arrested from the capita...
The inquiry commission on enforced disappearances on Monday announced that it has discovered eight secret detention centres in Dhaka and its surrounding areas.At a press briefing, the commission refrained from disclosing the ownership of these sites to avoid compromising the ongoing investigation.&q...
National,Politics,City
Thousands of Muslims from across the country gathered at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital city of Dhaka on Tuesday morning to attend a rally organised by Olama Mashayekh Bangladesh.The event, which started at 9:00am, drew a significant number of madrasa students from various districts.By 9:30am, larg...
Dr Kamal Hossain, one of the framers of the constitution, on Monday said, constitutional reforms should be done after taking people's opinions into account."No individual should change it [constitution] with the stroke of a pen," he said at a discussion."If a person, even if it is...
The Election Reform Commission is taking steps to ensure the voting rights of Bangladeshi expatriates living in various countries of the world.Chief of the reform commission Dr Badiul Alam Majumder conveyed the progress to Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus at a meeting at the Chief Adviser&#...
The first phase of the 2025 Bishwa Ijtema will be held from 31 January to February 2, while the second phase of the annual gathering of Muslim devotees will take place from February 7 to 9 in 2025 on the bank of Turag River at Tongi in Gazipur. Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam C...
A total of 121 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have been discharged from a case filed over vandalising vehicles and assaulting policemen in 2018.BNP executive committee member Habibur Rashid Habib was among the 121 leaders and activists.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate...
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