The government has fixed the minimum price of potatoes at Tk22 per kilogram at cold storage gates. The Ministry of Agriculture disclosed the decision in a notification on Wednesday (August 27). It said farmers have been incurring losses as the recent selling price of potatoes does

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday (August 28) began recording testimony in the war crimes case filed over the killing of Begum Rokeya University (BRUR) student Abu Sayeed during the July uprising. The testimony is being heard by the judicial panel led by tribunal chairman

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Thursday (August 28) forecast storms with wind speeds of up to 60 kilometres per hour over six regions of the country. Met office also advised river ports in those areas to hoist cautionary signal number one. Meteorologist AKM Nazmul Haque

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have pushed in three Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, along with 13 Rohingyas through the Kumarshail border in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar. Following the push-in, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained

Describing data as the fuel of the future, Professor Dr BM Mainul Hossain, Director of the Institute of Information Technology at Dhaka University (IITDU), said that if data remains in the hands of Amazon, Facebook or Google, its control will no longer be in our hands.  He said

Members of Narayanganj police arrested a Rohingya woman named Hasina from the regional passport office area while attempting to obtain a passport. The woman was held on Wednesday (August 27) afternoon and later handed over to Fatullah police station. Shariful Islam,

Mohiuddin Roni, chief coordinator of the movement demanding reforms in the health sector including Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, has alleged that deputy commissioners and police commissioners loyal to Sheikh Hasina have been sent to Barishal. He made the allegation on

Additional Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has been appointed as the new chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The appointment was made on Wednesday (August 27) through an order signed by DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali. Md Shafiqul Islam

The Election Commission (EC) has described as unfortunate the clash between BNP leader Rumin Farhana and activists of the National Citizens’ Party (NCP) during a hearing on parliamentary constituency boundaries, saying police have been asked to take necessary action. EC Secretary

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin will meet US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Tracy Ann Jacobson on Thursday (August 28). The CEC’s office confirmed the development on Wednesday (August 27). According to officials Jacobson is scheduled to meet the CEC

A Naogaon court has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the 2019 murder of Bhajan Debnath Sajal, a local auto-rickshaw driver.  Besides, each convict has been fined Tk 5,000, with a further six months of rigorous imprisonment in default of payment. Judge Md Kaysarul

Police in Dhaka on Wednesday (August 27) halted a protest march by students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), who had broken through barricades at Shahbagh en route to the office of the Chief Adviser at Jamuna.  In an attempt to disperse the

The Election Commission of Bangladesh has formally approved the roadmap for the country’s 13th parliamentary election, with an official announcement expected within days. Election Commissioner Abdur Rahman confirmed the development on Wednesday (August 27), saying, “The

Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained nine individuals and seized 460,000 Yaba tablets from a fishing trawler in the estuary of the Bakkhali River near the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar. The operation, conducted on the night of Tuesday (August 26), also led

Bangladesh and South Korea have agreed to expand their bilateral relations and explore the possibility of forming a strategic partnership. The decision came during the fourth round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held in Seoul on Tuesday. The Bangladesh delegation was led by

More than 700 inmates who escaped during and after the July–August mass uprising remain untraced, including convicts on death row and militants. The disclosure was made by Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Mohammad Motaher Hossain on Tuesday at a press

Residents have demanded that Kamrangirchar police station, including wards 55, 56 and 57 under its jurisdiction, remain within Dhaka-2 constituency. They raised the demand on Tuesday following a hearing on parliamentary constituencies at the Election Commission in the capital.

BNP has suspended valiant freedom fighter Advocate Fazlur Rahman from all party posts for three months after receiving his reply to a show-cause notice unsatisfactory. Fazlur Rahman is also BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Adviser. A reliable party source confirmed the matter on

A Chattogram court has sentenced two people to death and another to life imprisonment in the case over the murder of Mahfuzur Rahman in the city’s EPZ area. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday afternoon by Chattogram’s Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge

Twenty-five newly appointed additional judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court has been sworn in on Tuesday afternoon (August 26). Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath this afternoon in the Supreme Court's Judges’ Lounge.  The