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Metro rail operations may resume from Aug  25

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Metro rail operations are expected to resume from August 25, Road Transport and Highways Department senior secretary Ehsanul Haq said on Tuesday.  Ehsanul…

Metro rail operations may resume from Aug  25

7 Bangladesh envoys asked to return home

As part of ongoing changes in administration, Bangladesh Ambassadors…

7 Bangladesh envoys asked to return home
Firing from helicopter: Hasina charged with murder

Another murder case was filed against 16 persons, including…

Firing from helicopter: Hasina charged with murder

Tuku, Palak, Saikat arrested

Tuku, Palak, Saikat arrested

Police arrested former deputy speaker of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad Shamsul Huq Tuku, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Dhaka University (DU) Chhatra League general…

Contractual appointment of Dhaka Wasa MD Taqsem A Khan cancelled

Contractual appointment of Dhaka Wasa MD Taqsem A Khan cancelled

Dhaka Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan's contractual appointment has been cancelled.  The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry issued a notification…

Interim govt keen to work closely with China

Interim govt keen to work closely with China

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the historic relations between Bangladesh and China and said that the interim government is keen…

Judicial officials, family members asked to submit property statements within 10 days

Judicial officials, family members asked to submit property statements within 10 days

The Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs has issued a directive requiring all judicial officials and their family members to submit their wealth statements within the…




Prof Yunus urges apparel makers to aid in rebuilding post-Hasina economy

Prof Yunus urges apparel makers to aid in rebuilding post-Hasina economy

Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government, called on the country’s garment manufacturers on Wednesday to support the rebuilding of Bangladesh after 15…

Contractual appointments of NBR chairman, 9 others scrapped

Contractual appointments of NBR chairman, 9 others scrapped

The contractual appointments of National Board of Revenue Chairman Abu Hena Rahmatul Munim and nine other secretaries have been cancelled. The Ministry of Public Administration issued…

Hasina in India: A dilemma for Delhi

Hasina in India: A dilemma for Delhi

Since Bangladesh's ex-PM Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka by military helicopter and landed at an Indian air force base near New Delhi on August 5, there's been widespread speculation that…

Banks  asked to freeze accounts of Asaduzzaman, family

Banks  asked to freeze accounts of Asaduzzaman, family

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (Financial) has instructed all banks to freeze the accounts of former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, his wife and children and all the…

Farooq-e-Azam sworn in as adviser to interim govt

Farooq-e-Azam sworn in as adviser to interim govt

Freedom Fighter Farooq-e-Azam, Bir Pratik, was sworn in on Tuesday as an adviser to the interim government.  The swearing-in- ceremony was held at the Durbar Hall of the Bangabhaban…

Guterres welcomes efforts to organise elections in Bangladesh

Guterres welcomes efforts to organise elections in Bangladesh

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed efforts of Bangladesh's interim government to restore calm and organise parliamentary elections in the country, urging the inclusion…

Accounts of ex-ministers Saifuzzaman and Arafat frozen 

 

Accounts of ex-ministers Saifuzzaman and Arafat frozen  

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) instructed banks to freeze the accounts of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukmila Zaman.  The BFIU…

Chief adviser to meet minority leaders on Tuesday

Chief adviser to meet minority leaders on Tuesday

Chief Adviser of the interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, is scheduled to meet with leaders of the minority community on Tuesday, according to Religious Affairs Adviser AFM…

Dhaka to get its Metrorail back from Saturday

Dhaka to get its Metrorail back from Saturday

The Metrorail will start running again from August 17 (Saturday), bypassing the two damaged stations in Mirpur-10 and Kazipara, almost exactly a month after closing. The Advisory Council…

‘If you don’t return by Thursday, I’ll assume you’re not interested in your jobs’: Adviser Sakhawat to absent policemen

‘If you don’t return by Thursday, I’ll assume you’re not interested in your jobs’: Adviser Sakhawat to absent policemen

Police officers absent from duty have been warned by Adviser for Home Affairs Brigadier (retd) AKM Sakhawat Hossain.  Addressing the police personnel, Sakhawat Hossain said, "If…