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Army in civil dresses never conduct such

Bangladesh Army has alerted the countrymen about searches being conducted at various public and private offices and residents alongside extortion attempts using their name. “It has been seen that some self-obsessed people in civil dresses impersonating them as members of the Bangladesh Army nowadays are carrying out searches at the government and corporate offices, family residents, shopping malls and shops and have been trying to extort people through phone calls,” an ISPR press release said. Bangladesh Army...

ISPR terms Indian newspaper report ‘motivated and misleading’

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) protested the report published in different media outlets with tiled "Army Chief faces angst by young army officers at a meeting of that day". In a rejoinder on Tuesday, ISPR said that the news published merely based on a report in the Indian Newspaper "The Week" which was motivated and misleading. It is advisable to contact ISPR for accurate presentation of any internal information related to army affairs, an ISPR press release said here today. In fact, the meeting was ...

India faces the gravest geopolitical fallout from Sheikh Hasina’s exit

In the hours before Sheikh Hasina fled Gonobhaban, her official residence in Dhaka, on 5 August, Bangladeshi security forces killed scores of protesters who had joined a huge march to the capital demanding an end to her autocratic rule. Around the same time, it has since been reported, Hasina had pressured the army chief to enforce a curfew using deadly force, which would have meant the military joining the bloodbath. The army chief refused.

Awami activist Abul still serves as ICB MD

Despite the fall of the Awami League government, Abul Hossain of Madaripur continues to serve as the Managing Director (MD) of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB). Alongside him, Biplob Kumar holds the position of personal assistant (PS) to MD, with Bivas Saha as the Head of Administration, Tapas Dhali as the Head of the Establishment Department, and Babul Chandra Debnath as the Head of the Treasury, all of whom remain in office. The MD of ICB seems indifferent to the political changes in the country. There are now rumors suggesting that he has strong connections with Jamaat. During the transition period, Babul Ch...

NBR seeks  S Alam, family’s bank accounts

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sought details of the bank accounts of industrialist Mohammad Saiful Alam, popularly known as S Alam, and his family members. In a letter issued on Wednesday, the Tax Zone-15 of the revenue board asked 91 banks and non-bank financial institutions to provide details of accounts of S Alam's wife Farzana Parvin, mother Chemon Ara Begum, and brother Abdullah Hasan. Besides, the revenue board also sought details of the bank accounts of their parents, children, sisters, other fa...

Hasina charged with murder for firing from helicopter

Another murder case was filed against 16 persons, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as a fourth grade student died in random firing from helicopter over the protesters at city's Mohammadpur on July 19. Victim's uncle Abdullah Abu Sayeed Bhuiyan filed this case in Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhuri's court today. The court accepted the statement of the plaintiff and ordered Mohammadpur Police Station to register the complaint as a first information report (FIR). The other accused in the c...
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