Current Affairs
Khaleda Zia admitted to hospital
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital for urgent medical tests.
Law and order not at risk ahead of election: Home Adviser
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (ret.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has claimed that there is no risk of deteriorating law and order ahead of the election.
BNP leaders meet Bhutanese PM
Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have met Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, who is currently visiting Dhaka.
Sohel Taj on replacing 7th March speech with July uprising in textbooks
Former state minister for home affairs Sohel Taj has said that denying the new generation access to true history will prevent Bangladesh from having a bright future.
Stop persecution of fakirs, bauls and dissenters: Information Adviser
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuz Alam has called for an end to the persecution of fakirs, bauls and other dissenting communities.
Former OC Pradip mastermind behind Major Sinha murder: HC
The High Court has declared that former police officer Pradip Kumar Das, then officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, was the main planner behind the killing of former army officer Major (ret.) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan.
Sheikh Hasina needs more proper defence: Lawyer Z I Panna
Z I Panna, the lawyer newly appointed to represent Sheikh Hasina in a case over alleged abductions and killings, said the former prime minister needs a more proper defence.
Administration will run, arrest at our command: Jamaat leader Shahjahan
Shahjahan Chowdhury, member of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Central Executive Council and former MP, said, “The opportunity Jamaat-e-Islami has today will not come again. Forget corrupt money—bags of money will enter the country from the neighbouring country Hindustan. Weapons will also enter. If our Ameer were here, I would say elections will not be won only by people. I won’t say nationally, but in every constituency, whoever is in the administration must be brought under our authority. They must rise at our command, sit at our command, arrest at our command, file cases at our command.”
Myanmar soldiers and five BGP members detained at Ghumdhum border
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained four members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) and one member of the junta army at the Ghumdhum border in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban.
Country to be divided into red, yellow and green zones: EC secretary
Akhtar Ahmed, secretary to the Election Commission (EC) secretariat, has said the whole country will be divided into three zones — red, yellow and green, to manage law-and-order situations.