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Call for justice against AL regime’s crimes, looting, killing

11:35 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

University teachers, lawyers, judges, distinguished citizens, and journalists today urged the interim government to initiate reforms across all sectors, including amending the constitution, and to ensure justice for the crimes, genocide, looting, and torture committed by the Awami League over the past 16 years.

Advisory Council takes key decisions including scrapping contractual appointments

11:17 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

The advisory council of the interim government made several key decisions on Sunday , including the appointment of the governor and deputy governors of Bangladesh Bank and cancelling all contractual appointments in the government.

Nurun Nahar takes charge as acting BB governor

05:58 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Following the resignation of Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rauf Talukder, Deputy Governor Nurun Nahar has been appointed to take over his duties on an interim basis.

Ensuring security of ICC Women T20 WC is important: Sports adviser

05:32 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

About ICC Women's T20 World Cup (WC) scheduled to be hosted in Bangladesh from 3 to 20 October this year, Adviser to the Youth and Sports Ministry of the Interim government Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan on Sunday said that ensuring security in WC is very important.

599 police stations resume activities

05:12 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

A total of 599 police stations have resumed their operations across the country following recent attacks.

BBC Verify finds spree of misinformation about Hindus in Bangladesh

04:55 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Amidst the violence that followed Sheikh Hasina's resignation as prime mof Bangladesh, a number of fake posts were circulated on Indian media and on social media claiming that mass persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh had begun.

BB governor, BSEC chairman to be appointed soon: Salehuddin

04:23 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Adviser to the Ministries of Finance and Planning Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said new governor of the Bangladesh Bank and new chairman to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) would be appointed soon following the resignations of top brasses of the two key government entities.

Megh guards home of family blamed for destroying his own

04:13 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Mahir Sarowar Megh was five years old when he woke up to discover his parents, a prominent journalist power couple, had been stabbed to death in their family home.

Hassan wins marathon as Olympic endurance gamble pays off

03:50 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday.

42 RAB, police members killed in anti-quota movement: IGP

03:31 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

A total of 42 members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police were killed in attacks by angry mobs during the movement for quota reform in government jobs.

Rejoin by Thursday or face termination, adviser tells police

03:24 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

The interim government's adviser for home affairs, Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, announced that police personnel who will not return to work by Thursday will face termination.

Hasina, son offer conflicting accounts on resignation

03:00 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, have issued contradictory statements regarding Hasina's resignation amid the recent student uprising.

Salahuddin returns home from India after 9 years

02:44 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed returned home on Sunday from India, where he had been for nearly nine and a half years. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Delhi around 2:00 pm, said BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan.

Hasina claims compromising St Martin’s could keep her in power

01:51 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, currently in India, has accused the United States of playing a role in her removal from power due to her refusal to hand over Saint Martin’s Island, which would have allowed the US to "exert influence over the Bay of Bengal."

Two more sworn in as advisers

01:14 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

Supradeep Chakma and Bidhan Ranjan Roy have been sworn in as the advisers of the interim government led by Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at Bangabhaban around 12:45pm on on Sunday.

Syed Refaat Ahmed takes oath as CJ

01:07 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday administered the oath of office to Syed Refaat Ahmed making him the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.

Indiscriminate firing at Islami Bank, 5 officials injured

12:39 PM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

At least five officials suffered bullet injuries when miscreants opened fire during a protest in front of the head office of Islami Bank PLC in the capital on Sunday. The incident took place around 10:15am.

UGC Chairman Kazi Shahidullah quits

11:39 AM, 11 Aug 2024 Sunday

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Dr Kazi Shahidullah has resigned from his post. He submitted his resignation letter to the Ministry of Education on Sunday morning.

5 more SC judges step down

10:07 PM, 10 Aug 2024 Saturday

Five more judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court have stepped down...

Sports adviser Asif optimistic to hold Women’s T20 WC in Bangladesh

09:53 PM, 10 Aug 2024 Saturday

Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, the sports adviser to the interim government responsible for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, is optimistic to organize the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh...