A court has granted a five-day remand for interrogation of former army officer and former MP Lieutenant General (Retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury in a human trafficking case filed at Paltan Police Station in the capital.
The newly formed special committee of the National Parliament has held detailed discussions on 40 important ordinances issued during the interim government's tenure.
A delegation led by International Monetary Fund (IMF) Asia and Pacific Department Director Krishna Srinivasan held a meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
Import and export through Benapole-Petrapole port have resumed after seven consecutive days of Eid holidays. Trade between India and Bangladesh began on Tuesday morning, March 24.
If Bangladeshi expatriates in Iran face life-threatening risks amid the volatile situation in the Middle East, they will be brought back to the country, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed has said.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed that students aspiring to study abroad be provided with loans of up to Tk 10 lakh as bank guarantee or bank solvency support, Expatriates' Welfare State Minister Nurul Haque Nur has said.