DMP Commissioner for enhancing service delivery, building public trust
DMP Commissioner for enhancing service delivery, building public trust

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjad Ali has directed the officers-in-charge (OCs) of all police stations to improve the police forces image by delivering quality services to the public. Speaking at a views exchange meeting at the DMP Headquarters with the OCs of 50...

CEC, 4 ECs sworn in
CEC, 4 ECs sworn in

Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin and four Election Commissioners (ECs) Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, Abdur Rahmanel Masud, Begum Tahmida Ahmad and Brigadier General (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah today (Sunday) took oath at the Supreme Court, reports BSS. Chief...

New EC to be sworn in Sunday afternoon
New EC to be sworn in Sunday afternoon

The newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and four election commissioners are set to take their oath on Sunday. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed will administer the oath at 1:30 pm in the Judges Lounge of the Supreme Court. Retired Secretary AMM Nasir Uddin has been appointed as the...

New DMP Commissioner Sazzad Ali takes charge
New DMP Commissioner Sazzad Ali takes charge

Sheikh Md Sazzad Ali officially assumed the role of the 38th commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) this Thursday morning. The information was shared via a brief message from the Police Headquarters. He has been appointed on a contractual basis for a two-year term. Prior to this,...

New Canadian High Commissioner submits credentials to President
New Canadian High Commissioner submits credentials to President

On Wednesday, President Mohammed Shahabuddin called on the international community, including Canada, to take robust actions to address the ongoing Rohingya crisis. The President made this appeal during a meeting with Ajit Singh, the newly appointed High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh, who...

Dozens of bushfires rage across Victoria, destroying homes and livestock
Dozens of bushfires rage across Victoria, destroying homes and livestock

Dozens of bushfires continued to burn across Australias Victoria state on Sunday, with authorities reporting significant damage, including the destruction of at least one home. The fires, fueled by strong winds and soaring temperatures, were sparked on Saturday, and by Sunday, authorities had...

Health Adviser leaves NITOR amid outrage
Health Adviser leaves NITOR amid outrage

Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Wednesday was forced to leave the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) while visiting victims of Julys mass uprising amid outrage, reports UNB. She was accompanied by British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook. The...

Call to expand scholarship opportunities for Bangladeshis in the UK
Call to expand scholarship opportunities for Bangladeshis in the UK

Foreign Secretary Md. Jasim Uddin has urged the UK government to increase the number of scholarships available to Bangladeshi students and to speed up the visa processing for those awaiting admission to universities across the country. British High Commissioner Sarah Cook held a meeting with...

Australian High Commissioner calls on CHT affairs Adviser
Australian High Commissioner calls on CHT affairs Adviser

Australian High Commissioner Nardia Simpson with two accompanied delegations made a courtesy call on the CHT affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma in his office on Wednesday. In their discussion, they highlighted on the existing relations between Bangladesh and Australian High Commission and...

Rajshahi gets first female DC
Rajshahi gets first female DC

Rajshahi district got a female Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate for the first time in its 254-year history since 1769, reports BSS. Afia Akhter joined Rajshahi as 127th DC on Sunday. Prior to her new assignment, she was zonal Settlement Officer in Chattogram. On 16 December 1769,...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk visits Dhaka Tuesday
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk visits Dhaka Tuesday

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk arrives in Dhaka on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Bangladesh, where he will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and civil society representatives, among others. During his visit, the High Commissioner is due to meet with the...