The government has distributed responsibilities between the two state ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a circular in this regard after the approval of the Prime Minister on Sunday.
Sohel Rana, a judge of Dhaka's Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal No. 7, has been accused of beating his own driver, Md Ali Hossain Bachchu, after calling him into his chamber. The driver claims the judge punched him in the eye and slapped him over the ear during an argument over a time entry in the car's logbook.
Law enforcement agencies have stepped up security in the diplomatic zones of Gulshan and Baridhara in the capital after receiving reports of email threats to several foreign embassies in Dhaka.
Daily transactions through Bangla QR have surged rapidly following the introduction of the 'One Nation, One QR' system, crossing Tk 110.38 crore on average over the past week. During the same period, the daily average number of transactions rose to nearly 303,000, according to a press release issued on Sunday.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is likely to visit the United States on September 21 to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Following his participation at the UN session in New York, he is also scheduled to visit San Francisco.
Mohammad Shamim Kaiser, State Minister for Religious Affairs, has said he will make the utmost effort to ensure that people of all religions and opinions can speak freely from their respective positions. He made the remark while exchanging views with journalists in the meeting room of the Ministry of Religious Affairs at the Secretariat around noon on Sunday (August 23).