National

Nobody has right to take law into own hands: Home Adviser

TDS Desk: Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said that no one holds the right to take the law into their own hands. “If anyone

UN adopts Bangladesh co-sponsored resolution against Israeli occupation of Palestine

Int’l Desk: The United Nations General Assembly’s 10th Emergency Special Session has adopted a key resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion which declared Israel’s occupation of

Bhola gas resource 2 tcf, not 5.1tcf: Energy ministry

TDS Desk: The gas resource in Bhola is not equivalent to 5.109 trillion cubic feet (tcf) as reported earlier but 2tcf, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources clarified

Ex-DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman owns illegal assets worth 200 crores

TDS Desk: Asaduzzaman Mia, the former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been accused of abusing his power and becoming the owner of huge wealth. It has been alleged

Modi not expected to meet Yunus on UN General Assembly sidelines

TDS Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not expected to meet Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly next week, people familiar

Drive against polythene shopping bags to begin 1 Nov

TDS Desk: The environment ministry would launch a countrywide drive on 1 November against the production, storage, distribution and use of polythene as well as polypropylene shopping bags. On Wednesday,