Morning news highlights
Morning news highlights

Morning news highlights

Dear readers, good morning. We are bringing to you some of the top stories we covered last night and in the morning so that you do not miss anything important:

Fire at Rohingya camps ‘planned sabotage’: Probe committee

A Rohingya refugee boy sits on a stack of burnt materials after a fire broke out and destroyed thousands of shelters at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on 24 March, 2021
Reuters

Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on 5 March, leaving more than 12,000 people without shelter, officials said.

Avoid politically-motivated cases, arrest to increase trust: UK state minister tells Dhaka

Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The UK state minister (Indo-Pacific) of Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Anne-Marie Trevelyan on Sunday advised Dhaka to avoid politically-motivated cases and arrest ahead of the next national election in a bid to increase trust and belief among the country’s political parties.

Refrain from panic-buying as enough food stock for Ramadan: PMO

Prime Minister's Office

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Sunday urged the people to refrain from panic buying as the country has enough food stock ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.

Momen asks UK state minister to take advice if any weakness in democracy

UK's minister of state (Indo-Pacific) of Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Anne-Marie Trevelyan calls on foreign minister AK Abdul Momen at the conference rood of the foreign ministry on Sunday.

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has said the United Kingdom can take advice from Bangladesh if they have any weakness in democracy and human rights.

He has also asked the UK not to be worried over the Bangladesh next election slated to be held in December or early next year.

Eight suspects in DBBL money robbery placed on 5-day remand

Court

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed eight arrestees on a five-day remand in connection with snatching Tk 112.5 million of Dutch Bangla bank from a private security agency’s vehicle in Uttara area on Thursday