October 9, 2024

Newly-appointed HC judges take oath

The newly appointed 23 additional judges of the High Court Division were sworn in this morning.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to the judges at the Supreme Court (SC) Judges’ Lounge at 11 am as SC Registrar General Aziz Ahmed …

BFIU asks banks to freeze accounts of Union Bank MD Mokammel

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU)

has asked banks to freeze the accounts of ABM Mokammel Hoque Chowdhury,

managing director of Union Bank, and his wife.

The anti-money laundering agency sent the directive on Tuesday to all banks

a…

Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to global disarmament at UNGA

Bangladesh has called for decisive collective action against nuclear threats while advocating for the peaceful use of nuclear energy for agriculture, healthcare, and power generation.

The call was made by Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin while spe…

Russian ambassador pays farewell call on foreign affairs adviser

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy today paid a farewell courtesy call on the foreign affairs adviser Md. Touhid Hossain at the foreign ministry here.

During the meeting, key areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countrie…

HC gets 23 additional judges

The government has appointed 23 additional judges at the High Court (HC) on Tuesday, raising the number of judges at the HC division to 101.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin made the appointment for two years in line with Article 98 of the Constitutio…

Navy detains two dacoits with firearms in Cox’s Bazar

As part of ongoing drive against the illegal firearms and criminals, the members of the Bangladesh Navy today detained two dacoits with local and foreign weapons by conducting raids at different areas of Kutubdia upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

‘The Navy pe…

Chief Adviser seeks Spanish cooperation in economic recovery

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged Spain to increase trade and investment in Bangladesh to help in economic recovery after years of plundering during the ousted autocratic regime.

He made the request when Spanish Ambassador to Bangla…

ICT to be reconstituted in a week: Law Adviser

Law Adviser Professor Dr Asif Nazrul today said that the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will be reconstituted by next week and the tribunal would be able to start its work in full scale within a month.

‘We hope that the full scale judicial proc…