France on Monday signaled its willingness to work with Bangladesh on civil defence preparedness in the wake of the recent Dhaka earthquake. The interest was conveyed when French Ambassador Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet paid a courtesy call on Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam
Following a series of recent tremors, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has said the government will form a taskforce on earthquake preparedness. He held an emergency meeting with experts and relevant officials on Monday. According to a statement from the Chief Advisor’s Office, the government w
BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s daughter Zaima Rahman has officially spoken “for the first time” at a party meeting. She participated in a virtual meeting of leaders and activists living abroad on Sunday, a clip of which later went viral on social media. The meeting
A total of 35 former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel were released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur on Monday evening in connection with the BDR mutiny case. Relatives of the accused received them at the main gate of the prison. Earlier, on Thursday, 53 others had been granted bail by a s
BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, undergoing treatment under intensive medical supervision at Evercare Hospital in the capital, on Monday urged the people of the country to pray for her speedy recovery. “Since her admission to Evercare Hospital on Sunday night, the BNP C
