Islamic University students on Wednesday staged a demonstration on the campus in Kushtia, following the circulation of an audio clip in which a professor made derogatory remarks about a female student鈥檚 clothing...
AT LEAST six people were injured as leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed with the activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at Maheshpur in Jhenaidah Tuesday evening...
Temporary and daily wage workers of Rajshahi City Corporation staged demonstrations on Wednesday demanding a raise in their wages...
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi on Wednesday premiered a street play titled 鈥楲al Shahar鈥� at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to mark the organisation鈥檚 57th founding anniversary...
The International Monetary Fund mission on Wednesday began its fifth review of the IMF鈥檚 ongoing $5.5 billion loan programme to Bangladesh.
The authorities of City University and Daffodil International University on Wednesday filed separate cases with Savar police station accusing students of each other over the Sunday鈥檚 clash over a trivial matter.
The police on Tuesday night arrested a former leader of band student body Bangladesh Chhatra League with firearms and ammunition in Chattogram city鈥檚 Agrabad area.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday approved two separate charge sheets against 13 people, including former National Bank Limited directors Ron Haque Sikder and Rick Haque Sikder, in two cases filed on charges of money laundering and corruption.
Kaspersky鈥檚 Global Research and Analysis Team or GReAT has uncovered evidence linking HackingTeam successor, Memento Labs, to a new wave of cyber-espionage attacks, said a press release...
ONE Bank PLC has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate by France-based certification authority Bureau Veritas (Bangladesh) Pvt Limited for fulfilling the requirements of the ISO 27001:2022 standard, said a press release...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern and criticised the government for approving the draft Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 in principle by excluding key strategic recommendations from the ACC Reform Commission.
Dhaka Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh will organise 鈥楢ccounting Day Run 2025鈥� on November 7 at Hatirjheel in the capital to celebrate International Accounting Day...
Shipping adviser retired Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain said on Wednesday that the interim government was going to appoint an operator to the Chattogram port, but not giving the port itself to anyone...
Controversial S Alam Group took Tk聽10,629 crore in loans from a branch of Janata Bank in Chattogram, and the entire amount has now defaulted...
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its seven other allies on Wednesday warned that the holding of the general election might become difficult as the National Consensus Commission submitted its report without mentioning the time for referendum on the July Charter.
The International Monetary Fund has objected to Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 continued lending to crisis-hit banks against unsecured promissory notes, warning that such practices violate prudential norms and could worsen inflationary pressures...
Reform initiatives and policy formulation in the banking sector should be sustainable, practical and gradual, said Abdul Hai Sarker, chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB)...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday accused the National Consensus Commission of deceiving the people and political parties by completely ignoring the notes of dissent in its final recommendations for implementing the July Charter.
The ministry of youth and sports rewarded the Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team with Tk 50 lakh for their maiden qualification in the AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup final-stage, which is scheduled to be held in Australia in March 2026...
A Russian strike on a children鈥檚 hospital in southern Ukraine wounded at least nine people, including four children, authorities said Wednesday, while president Volodymyr Zelensky called it a 鈥榙eliberate鈥� attack that shows Moscow does not want peace...
THE road map to implement 48 constitution-related reform proposals contained in the July national charter 2025, which the national consensus commission submitted to the interim government on October 28, appears to have stripped the very essence of 鈥榗onsensus鈥� as it disregards all notes of dissent expressed by different political parties and imposes the...
Metro rail services were temporarily suspended on the Motijheel-Agargaon section of the capital鈥檚 Line-6 on Wednesday night due to jerking at the Farmgate point.
CLOSE your eyes and think about Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban, or any other Hill Tracts area. What do you see? Most Bangali Bangladeshis I know, those from the plains that is, would visualise lush, unspoiled nature, small and 鈥榟armonious鈥� communities of indigenous people living 鈥榮imple鈥�, primitive lives, and most prominently, adibashi women who will intrigue...
MY KNOWLEDGE of the people鈥檚 movements and uprisings that have taken place across the Bangladesh is very limited. The histories prior to the Hatikheda uprising of 170 years ago remain blurry to me. Yet I do know the story of Amrita Devi of Rajasthan from 1730 鈥� who sacrificed her life to save trees 鈥� the spirit that later inspired the Chipko movement. However,...
The Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, on Wednesday expressed Beijing鈥檚 sincere hope for Bangladesh to hold a peaceful and successful general election, maintaining social stability and improving the livelihoods of its people.
The chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, on Tuesday expressed fears that both internal and external forces might attempt to disrupt the forthcoming national election and cautioned that sudden attacks could occur. He said that there are challenges, but they must be overcome.
A 26-year-old woman and her child were found dead at a house at Bibirhat in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram district on Wednesday...
Bangladesh interim government shipping adviser retired Brigadier General M Shakhawat Hussain on Wednesday said that the interim government was taking steps to appoint an operator for the Chattogram Port by December, clarifying that the port itself would not be handed over to anyone.
A three-day 鈥楩irst Charukola Animation Festival 2025鈥� began at the faculty of fine art of Dhaka University on Tuesday.
Top military official Pak Jong Chon oversaw the test and said 鈥榠mportant successes鈥� were being achieved in developing the North鈥檚 鈥榥uclear forces鈥� as a war deterrent, according to KCNA...
