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Home adviser orders to surrender looted arms within 7 days
11:05 AM, 12 Aug 2024 MondayThe interim government's adviser for home affairs, Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, has ordered those who have looted arms to surrender them at police stations within seven days.
New Chief Justice pays homage to Liberation War martyrs
09:50 AM, 12 Aug 2024 Mondayhe newly appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Syed Refaat Ahmed, paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar around 7am on Monday.
Shakib named in Bangladesh Test squad for Pakistan series
08:59 AM, 12 Aug 2024 MondayEnding all speculations, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the Test squad for the two-match Test series against Pakistan, keeping star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in the team.
Yunus, 13 others acquitted in graft case
08:28 AM, 12 Aug 2024 MondayA Dhaka court on Sunday acquitted Chief Adviser of the interim government and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, and 13 others in a case filed for allegedly embezzling around Taka 26 crore from Grameen Telecom Workers' profit participation fund.
Metro rail to resume operation from August 17
08:12 AM, 12 Aug 2024 MondayThe metro rail will resume operation from August 17, except at the two stations that were vandalised during quota reform movement last month.
Call for justice against AL regime’s crimes, looting, killing
11:35 PM, 11 Aug 2024 SundayUniversity 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 SundayThe 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 SundayFollowing 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 SundayAbout 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 SundayA 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 SundayAmidst 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 SundayAdviser 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 SundayMahir 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 SundaySifan 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 SundayA 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 SundayThe 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 SundayFormer 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 SundayBNP 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 SundayFormer 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 SundaySupradeep 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.