Bangladesh national injured in BSF firing
A Bangladesh national was injured in firing by the Indian Border Security Force in the Kutirpar border area of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat early Saturday.
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Authorities seize 63 tolas gold at Ctg airport, detain two
Customs officials and National Security Intelligence personnel seized 63 tolas of gold ornaments at Chattogram鈥檚 Shah Amanat International Airport on Saturday.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines celebrates Security Week
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is celebrating the three-day Security Week started at its head office in Dhaka on Monday.
Govt should break market cartels to contain prices
PEOPLE, especially the poor and the segments of the population with low, fixed and limited income, continue to suffer as prices of goods remain high. Prices of vegetables, onions, potatoes and edible oil remained high in the week ending on November 29. A slight decrease in prices of coarse varieties of rice, broilers and eggs in the week has, however, failed to make any noticeable difference for...
Ensure safety, security of journalists, women rights defenders: workshop
Speakers at a workshop in Dhaka on Wednesday urged the government to ensure digital safety and security for journalists and women human rights defenders...
Experts for dubbing internet as fundamental right
Experts on Wednesday said that internet should be incorporated into Bangladesh鈥檚 constitution as a fundamental right to protect the countrymen鈥檚 freedom and ensure data security...
Kyiv, Seoul will deepen security ties over North Korea troops
South Korea and Ukraine agreed Wednesday to deepen security cooperation in response to the 鈥榯hreat鈥� posed by the deployment of North Korea troops in Russia, the presidency in Seoul announced...
Israel pounds Beirut as security cabinet to discuss ceasefire
Israel鈥檚 security cabinet was set to discuss a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, as a hail of air strikes encircled south Beirut in what state media called a 鈥榖elt of fire鈥�...
Retired security officers to manage Dhaka traffic: Jahangir
Home adviser lieutenant general Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retired) on Sunday said that retired members of various law enforcement agencies would be appointed in controlling traffic in the capital...
Bangladesh needs to boost cybersecurity skills
Bangladesh and many other countries are prone to eroding their progress in cybersecurity systems if they do not provide support for enhancing cybersecurity skills and awareness-raising initiatives...
Union Bank, FSIB sack 456 officers over S Alam Group connections
Union Bank PLC and First Security Islami Bank PLC have dismissed a total of 456 officers, allegedly appointed under the influence of controversial S Alam Group bypassing established recruitment protocols...
Most cases filed to suppress mass uprising withdrawn, Asif Nazrul says
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government law adviser Asif Nazrul said most of the cases filed to suppress the student-led mass uprising between July 1 and August 5 have been withdrawn.
FSIB withdraws 194 officials over corruption related to S Alam Group
First Security Islami Bank has taken decisive action against officials implicated in money laundering and issuing fraudulent loans to S Alam Group. The bank has withdrawn 194 officials, including 24 branch managers from its Chattogram region, in a sweeping move to address the irregularities...
Of bayonets, digital shackles and free speech
FREEDOM of speech, that most glorious of ideals, once envisioned as the beating heart of democracy, has devolved into a tragicomedy in many parts of the world. In some nations, it is a grand performance piece 鈥� hailed with great fanfare but existing only as a figment of collective imagination. Others prefer a more Kafkaesque approach...
5 Maoists killed in India
Indian security forces have killed five Maoist rebels in jungle clashes, an officer said Sunday, as security forces seek to quash the decades-long insurgency in the resource-rich central regions...
Govt to continue OMS to ensure food for all聽
The government will keep the food distribution continue under open market sale to ensure food security of all people throughout the country.
Will Trump end or escalate Biden鈥檚 wars?
WHEN Donald Trump takes office on January 20, all his campaign promises to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and almost as quickly end Israel鈥檚 war on its neighbours will be put to the test. The choices he has made for his incoming administration so far, from Marco Rubio as Secretary of State to Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor, Pete Hegseth...
Man freed after 12 years at CJ鈥檚 intervention
After spending 12 years in Kashimpur High Security Central Jail despite a High Court acquittal, Shukur Ali, a man from Bikrampur of Munshiganj, finally walked free on Monday.
UNSC sanctions two Sudan paramilitary chiefs
The UN Security Council has added two Sudanese paramilitary officers to the list of individuals sanctioned because of their actions in the fighting there, the council鈥檚 British presidency announced.
Speech offence cases to go with DSA repeal: Asif Nazrul
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Friday said that the lawsuits filed over 鈥榮peech offence鈥� would be dismissed simultaneously with the repeal of the Digital Security Act.
Govt decides to repeal CSA
The interim government on Thursday decided in principle to repeal the controversial Cyber Security Act 2023.
Man in jail for 12 years after acquittal
Shukur Ali, a man from Munshiganj, has been languishing in Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur though the High Court in 2012 acquitted him of the charges for...
CGS, CFJ recommends dropping pending cases under cybersecurity law
Cases pending under repealed provisions of Bangladesh鈥檚 Information and Communication Technology Act should be dropped, the Clooney Foundation for Justice鈥檚 TrialWatch Initiative and Centre for Governance Studies said in a report released on Saturday...
Bangladesh鈥檚 revenue authority lifts duties on rice import
The National Board of Revenue has lifted all import and regulatory duties on rice to ensure food security and control prices for the common people.
GAIN holds nutrition campaign in Dinajpur
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Department of Agricultural Extension jointly organised a nutrition campaign as part of the Diversified Resilient Agriculture for Improved Food and Nutrition Security project at Dinajpur Sadar on Thursday...
APBN files GD against AVSEC alleging vandalism at its office at Dhaka airport
The Armed Police Battalion on Tuesday filed a general diary with Airport police station against the Aviation Security (AVSEC) alleging vandalism at their office inside the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka and taking away goods.聽
ICT allows bail to NSI鈥檚 ex-DG Wahidul
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed conditional bail to former director general of National Security Intelligence Muhammad Wahidul Haque in a crime against humanity case...
Lebanon complains to UN over Israel strike on journalists
Lebanon said Monday it had submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council over an Israeli strike last week that killed three journalists in the country鈥檚 south...
India warns social media after airline bomb threats
India has warned social media platforms of 鈥榗onsequential action鈥� after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered travel chaos and terror it said threatened national security...
India hands over Rezaul鈥檚 body to Bangladesh
Indian police on Saturday handed over the body of a Bangladeshi citizen, who died inside the neighbouring country鈥檚 territory, to Bangladesh police...