Police have arrested four people in connection with a case filed over allegedly posting defamatory and obscene content on social media targeting the wife of the Prime Minister's Defence Adviser, retired Brigadier General AKM Shamsul Islam.
Fifty Bangladeshi nationals, including six women, returned home through the Benapole land port on Sunday night (July 5) after serving prison terms in India for illegally entering the country.
The government has sent 33 police officers of DIG and Additional DIG ranks into forced retirement. The order was issued through a notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday night, July 5.
The government has waived the value-added tax (VAT) of Tk 73 crore payable by Bangladesh Television (BTV) for purchasing the broadcast rights of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Internal Resources Division (IRD) has imposed four conditions in granting the waiver.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the 500-bed second unit of the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in the capital on August 15, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has said.
Several political parties and organisations have expressed concern over the celebration of US Independence Day at the South Plaza of the National Parliament. They have alleged that the government's policy has allowed the US to hold such an event on parliament premises, which they claim contradicts the country's sovereignty and the spirit of the Liberation War.