Month: June 2025

Desk Report, Tribunal’s trial process needs some more reforms: Toby Cadman Toby Cadman, Special Advisor to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, believes that the changes that have been made in the trial process of the International Crimes Tribunal have played a role in raising the standard of justice to an international level. However, he said that some more amendments need to be made in the trial process of the Tribunal. He is working closely with the Chief Prosecutor on this. Tribunal’s trial process needs some more reforms:…

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Desk Report, ASI suspended for beating up ‘July fighter’ in Sylhet An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the police has been accused of beating a ‘July fighter’ registered in Sylhet. Islam Uddin, who was injured in the beating, is undergoing treatment at the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. The incident took place in the Lamabazar area of ​​Sylhet city early on Saturday. ASI suspended for beating up ‘July fighter’ in Sylhet Accused ASI Jasim Uddin was working at the Lamabazar police outpost in Sylhet. He has been temporarily suspended after…

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Desk Report, Former Additional IGP Iqbal Bahar arrested Former Additional Inspector General of Police (Additional IGP) Md. Iqbal Bahar has been arrested by the Intelligence Department (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was arrested from a house in the Bailey Road area of ​​the capital on Friday evening. He was last arrested as Additional IGP of Rajarbagh Telecom in the capital. DMP Joint Commissioner (DB) Nasirul Islam confirmed the matter to Prothom Alo. He told Prothom Alo that Iqbal Bahar is now in DB custody. Former Additional IGP…

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Desk Report, 1,556 arrested in 24-hour raid across the country Police have arrested a total of 1,556 people in 24 hours (from last Thursday night to 12 am last Friday) in various parts of the country. 1,556 arrested in 24-hour raid across the country This information was given in a text message sent by the Police Headquarters on Saturday. The text message said that 1,029 of the arrested accused are accused of arrest warrants and cases. In addition, 527 people have been arrested in various incidents. Five Chinese rifle cartridges,…

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Desk Report, Tribunal’s trial process needs some more reforms: Toby Cadman Toby Cadman, Special Advisor to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, believes that the changes made in the trial process of the International Crimes Tribunal have played a role in raising the standard of justice to a more international level. However, he said that some more amendments need to be made in the trial process of the Tribunal. He is working closely with the Chief Prosecutor on this. Tribunal’s trial process needs some more reforms: Toby Cadman…

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Desk Report, BNP forms committee to commemorate first anniversary of July Uprising BNP has formed a 58-member committee to celebrate the first anniversary of the July-August 24 mass uprising, mourning and victory. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been appointed as the convener of the committee and Dhaka University Marketing Department Professor Morshed Hasan Khan has been appointed as the member secretary. BNP forms committee to commemorate first anniversary of July Uprising This decision was made at a meeting at the BNP central office in Nayapaltan in…

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Desk Report, Bankers’ hospital construction initiative stalled, money left in banks At the request of the Bankers Club of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bank took the initiative to build a hospital in the country with the financing of banks. A foundation was formed for this. 68 crore taka was deposited in it. But after the change of government in August last year, this initiative to build a hospital for bankers has stalled. Bankers’ hospital construction initiative stalled, money left in banks According to bankers and related sources, the chief executives of all…

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Desk Report, Improvement in foreign trade balance driven by commodity exports and expatriate income The foreign trade balance (BOP), an important indicator of the country’s economy, has improved on the back of good growth in exports and expatriate income. Improvement in foreign trade balance driven by commodity exports and expatriate income According to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank, the BOP deficit has decreased to $660 million in the first 10 months of the 2024-25 fiscal year, i.e., July-April. A month before that, this deficit was $1.07 billion. And at…

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Desk Report, ICT product exports to reach $5 billion in next five years: Faiz Ahmed Tayyab Faiz Ahmed Tayyab, Special Assistant to the Principal Advisor on Posts, Telecommunications ICT product and Information Technology, has said that the country’s exports of information and communication technology (ICT) products will increase to 5 billion or 5 billion US dollars by 2030. He said, “We will present the draft of the Personal Data Protection Law for discussion in the Advisory Council by July 15. As a result, there will be no obstacle to Bangladesh’s…

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