Maiden meeting of new cabinet begins
The maiden meeting of the new cabinet led by prime minister Sheikh Hasina began at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka on Monday.
Nazmul Huda gets bail in graft case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to former minister Nazmul Huda in a graft case.
HC order on encroachment on Karnaphuli goes unheeded
Powerful quarters with support from government officials continue to encroach on the Karnaphuli flouting the High Court division’s order requiring removal of all illegal structures on the river on which the country’s premier seaport is located.
Bangladesh foreign minister for expediting Rohingya repatriation
The government has asked the visiting UN special rapporteur on human rights Yanghee Lee to engage with several countries that maintain good bilateral relations with Myanmar for solutions to the Rohingya crisis.
DUCSU polls schedule likely by next week
The schedule for the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students Union is likely to be announced by the next week after a gap of over 28 years since 1990.
Erdogan greets Hasina
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has congratulated prime minister Sheikh Hasina on her re-appointment as the prime minister of Bangladesh.
Cases to be filed over Bangladesh Bank stolen reserve by Jan
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday said that Bangladesh Bank will file cases in New York by January for recovering remaining Bangladesh’s stolen reserve ahead of the deadline of February 3.
Coaching centres to remain shut during SSC exams
The education ministry has decided to keep coaching centres across Bangladesh for a month from January 27 to prevent leak of question papers during the Secondary School Certificate examinations.
Another woman raped at home in Noakhali
A 29-year-old mother of three children was raped at her home in Kabirhat, Noakhali by a local Awami League man and his associates early Saturday as her husband has been in jail custody since December 23 in a fabricated case, called ‘Gayebi Mamla’ lodged with Kabirhat police station. On Saturday afternoon,
Trump offers 'compromise' to end government shutdown
US president Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal on Saturday in a bid to end a 29-day partial government shutdown, including temporary protections for ‘Dreamers’ and other immigrants, but Democrats immediately dismissed it.
