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Hasina, Aziz sued over ex-BDR official’s death in custody
08:38 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayChawkbazar Police Station in Dhaka has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against 13 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed, over the death of a civilian officer of the then Bangladesh Rifles...
Eid advance train ticket sale begins March 14
08:06 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayThe sale of advance train tickets will begin on March 14 and will continue till March 20 on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr...
New ‘hotline’ for rape and torture complaints
08:00 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayThe Home Ministry will soon launch a toll-free, 24-hour hotline to report rape and torture complaints, while a dedicated cell under the Law Ministry will monitor rape cases, announced Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul.
Govt employees to get salary, Eid bonus on March 23
07:11 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayAll civil servants working in the government, semi-government and autonomous bodies and members of the armed forces will receive their salaries for the month of March along with Eid-ul-Fitr bonus on March 23...
Over extraction of groundwater posing risk to environment: Yunus
05:46 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today expressed dissatisfaction over the stalling of the two surface water projects for long 10 years and said over extraction of groundwater is putting the country's environment at grave risk...
Fraction of rapes reported, reality far more horrifying: Jamaat
05:15 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayJamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Parwar expressed alarm over the escalating incidents of rape and violence against women and children, stating that “no place—buses, trains, launches, offices, homes, schools, colleges, or madrasas—is safe anymore.”
53 injured July warriors get Tk 1 lakh each
05:08 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayFifty-three people who sustained injuries during the July-August student-led mass uprising last year have been given financial assistance of Tk 1 lakh each...
Bangladesh Bank warns against MLM schemes
04:52 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayBangladesh Bank has cautioned the public against multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes, highlighting their hallmarks—unrealistically high profits and referral-based commissions—as traits of pyramid or Ponzi schemes that often lead to significant financial losses for investors.
Home ministry scraps protection directives for VIPs
04:38 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayThe government has cancelled the ‘Protection Directive 2025,’ which outlined special security measures for important and prominent individuals, following a High Court order.
Ex-DAG Rupa barred from leaving country
04:27 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayA Dhaka court on Sunday imposed a travel ban on former Deputy Attorney General, DAG, Jannatul Ferdousi Rupa over graft allegations...
Amendment fixes deadline: Rape trials to face 90-day limit
04:22 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayThe Women and Child Abuse Prevention Act is being amended to expedite rape case proceedings, mandating investigations within 15 days and trials within 90 days, announced Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul.
HC asks to complete Magura child rape trial by 180 days
03:43 PM, 09 Mar 2025 SundayThe High Court has directed the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal to complete the trial over the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Magura by 180 days. The bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury passed the order after a hearing in this regard on Sunday, March 9...