ENFORCED disappearances are a grave rights violation in which state agents or affiliated groups secretly abduct, detain or arrest individuals while deliberately conceal their fate or whereabouts, thereby removing them from legal protection and exposing them to torture, extrajudicial killing or indefinite detention without trial. Often used as a tool of repression in...
THE judicial system remains rampantly infested with irregularities, bribery and harassment despite a call of the chief justice for ensuring judicial accountability and rooting out corruption. Accounts of lawyers, as 抖阴精品 reported on June 15, suggest that every stage of case procedures, from filing petitions to obtaining signed orders, is mired in such problems. The chief...
Gennaro Gattuso was named Italy's new coach on Sunday and will be tasked with helping the Azzurri qualify for the 2026 World Cup after replacing Luciano Spalletti.
The interim government is set to amend the Legal Aid Services Act 2000 this month to create the post of special mediator, to be filled by retired district judges or specially trained lawyers...
The election board of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association announced the list of its eight office-bearers for 2025-27 tenure on Saturday...
Google on Friday began letting people turn online searches into conversations, with generative artificial intelligence providing spoken summaries of query results...
PUBLIC transport remains unsafe and the government has so far kept the sector off its reform platter. The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh reports that at least 614 people died and 1,196 became injured in 597 road accidents in May. April was equally deadly, with the death of at least 583 people and injuries to 1,202 in 567 accidents. The highest 33.5 per cent of...
NRBC Bank has recently hosted a workshop to raise awareness about financial literacy and financial inclusion activities among marginalised people, said a press release...
THE challenge of addressing extreme poverty is both urgent and complex. While Bangladesh has made significant strides in poverty reduction since the 1990s, recent economic headwinds, including persistent inflation, global commodity price fluctuations, and post-pandemic recovery pressures, have exposed vulnerabilities of millions living just above or below...
Deposits in 10 well-performing private commercial banks surged by Tk 32,000 crore in the three months ending in March 2025, as depositors moved their funds away from financially weak institutions amid growing fears of collapse, persistent fund shortages, and distrust in bank management...
French authorities have announced plans to ban social media for under-15s and the sale of knives to minors after the murder of a teaching assistant by a 14-year-old boy plunged the country into shock...
More than 91 lakh animals were sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha in Bangladesh in 2025 as cattle and goats account for the largest number, according to the Department of Livestock Services.
The 鈥榰nchecked expansion鈥� of social media platforms is driving an unprecedented global mental health crisis in kids and teens, a children鈥檚 NGO said Wednesday, calling for urgent coordinated action worldwide.
Waste of the sacrificial animals had yet not been removed from several areas and roads in Dhaka city till Tuesday afternoon, the third day after Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims...
Bangladesh鈥檚 chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Tuesday called for united global efforts to strengthen judicial independence and uphold human rights, especially during critical times for Bangladesh.
Team Group managing director and former senior vice-president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association Abdullah Hil Rakib died at the age of 54 in an accident in Canada while boating in a lake...
The interim government appears to continue commercialising the country鈥檚 power and energy sector on the prescriptions of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, following the footsteps of successive governments, alleged the Consumers Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday...
The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators in Bangladesh welcomed the proposed national budget for the financial year 2025-26, which was placed by the interim government on Monday...
EID comes every time with some concern for the authorities to attend to. It is mostly the safety of people when they leave the capital city for outlying areas before Eid and when they get back to the city after Eid. So many people travelling at a time burdens the transport network and the system, with traffic accidents taking place, causing fatalities and injuries. The burden...
Two hundred thirty-five citizens, including academics, researchers, journalists and activists on Tuesday demanded a judicial investigation into the recent deaths of two Bawm people, Sang Mawi and Tleng Bawm...
The concentration of political power in a narrow group of the elite become more than a governance issue. It has raised concern about financial integrity, accountability and democratic resilience. The issue today is how unchecked political domination erodes transparency, weakens institutions and facilitates widespread corruption, effectively transforming political control...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Monday called on journalists to stand as active partners in the ongoing judicial reform efforts, emphasising the need for continued media engagement to raise public awareness and support for ensuring full independence of the judiciary.
The interim government proposed to allocate Tk 1,16,731 crore in the social security sector for the financial year 2025-26, reducing the sector鈥檚 allocation by almost 15 per cent.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association welcomed the Tk聽7.9 lakh crore national budget for FY 2025鈥�26, acknowledging its focus on inclusive and sustainable development amid a post-political transition landscape...
In a reshuffle in judiciary, the government has transferred 252 lower court judges.
Rights body Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh has demanded reduction in public transport fares as fuel oil prices have dropped...
The Chinese Enterprises Association in Bangladesh (CEAB) and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at enhancing bilateral cooperation in the textile and apparel sector...
Social Islami Bank PLC and Grand Palace Hotel Dhaka on Wednesday signed an agreement, said a press release.
A week-long photography exhibition titled Ruposhi Bangla began at the National Press Club in the capital on Wednesday.
BANGLADESH has registered a surge in suspicious financial transactions and activities during the tenure of the interim government, installed after the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024, which suggests that it has not done enough to contain money laundering. The most recent annual report of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit says that suspicious...