UP member, woman killed聽in AL factional clash in Raipura
A former female union parishad member and a male running UP member were killed and at least 10 injured in a fierce clash between two rival groups of Awami League in Raipura upazila...
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Police should put in more efforts to arrest jailbreakers
ABOUT 700 prisoners who escaped jails during the time of turmoil around the fall of the Awami League government, toppled on August 5 in a mass uprising that resulted from student protests spanning July, still being at large is worrying. The prisons directorate at a press conference in Dhaka on December 4, highlighting the directorate鈥檚 activities...
Businessman killed at home in Dhaka
The police recovered the body of a trader from his rented house in the Posta area in the capital鈥檚 Old town early Wednesday...
Bangladesh's GDP growth rate revised down at 5.2pc in FY25聽聽聽
A meeting of the coordination council on macro-economy and resource management on Monday decided to revise down the growth rate of gross domestic product at 5.2 per cent from earlier 6.8 per cent in the current financial year.
Exports to major markets rise in July-Oct
Bangladesh鈥檚 export earnings from major markets, including the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, grew in July鈥揙ctober of the 2024鈥�25 financial year, driven by increased orders for readymade garments as global buyers shifted their focus from China...
Govt should double efforts for laundered money recovery
AN INVESTIGATIVE report by a British news agency once again shows that politicians and businesspeople linked to the deposed Awami League have laundered huge wealth off Bangladesh. The report, conducted by the Observer in collaboration with Transparency International that British newspaper Guardian published on November 30, shows that prominent Bangladeshi politicians and businesspeople own top-flight...
Politicians, businessmen from Bangladesh own 拢400m UK property: report
Prominent Bangladeshi figures, including politicians and business leaders accused of corruption, own UK properties worth approximately 拢400 million.
Unidentified teen鈥檚 body found in Mugda
Police recovered the body of an unidentified teenager from a lake in Green Model Town of Mugda area in Dhaka Wednesday night...
FY25 GDP growth likely to be 5pc聽聽
The interim government is likely to revise down the growth in gross domestic products at 5 per cent in the current financial year ending in the next June, said officials.聽聽聽
Govt appoints new press ministers in London, Delhi
The interim government has appointed press ministers to the foreign missions in New Delhi of India and London of the United Kingdom...
Starmer鈥檚 economic, foreign policy
IN THE first four months of his stint as UK prime minister, Keir Starmer has shown mixed results. His early tenure has already been tested by the August riots, a stark and unsettling episode triggered by the tragic murder of three young girls in Southport. The unrest has exposed underlying tensions 鈥� economic fragility, social divides, and the brittleness...
German GDP downgraded in new blow for struggling economy
German third-quarter growth was downgraded Friday with official data showing it expanded even more weakly than previously thought, in a new blow for Europe鈥檚 top聽economy聽as it battles multiple headwinds.
UK wants Yunus to lay out his vision about promoting national reconciliation
United Kingdom minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West on Sunday said that the United Kingdom expects chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to layout his vision for how all things will unfold as the government is committed to promoting national reconciliation...
Former Narsingdi-3 MP Shirajul Islam Mollah arrested in Dhaka
Former independent lawmaker for Narsigdi-3 constituency Shirajul Islam Mollah was arrested on Monday evening from Mohammadpur in Dhaka.
Workshop 鈥楤ridging cultures through clay鈥� begins at DU
A seven-day ceramic workshop began at the ceramics department of Dhaka University on Monday...
Yunus seeks robust KSA investment
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to invest more in Bangladesh as he sought enhanced energy and economic cooperation to boost ties between the two friendly nations...
Six dead as truck rams into auto-rickshaw
At least six people, including two women, were killed in a head-on collision between a cement-laden truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shibpur in Narsingdi on Saturday.
14 injured in clashes between two Chhatra Dal factions
At least 14 people were injured on Thursday as two factions of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, allegedly clashed over...
National Crime Agency, UK, delegation meets CTTC chief
A delegation of the national law enforcement agency of the United Kingdom, National Crime Agency on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh鈥檚 Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime chief Md Masud Karim at his office in Dhaka...
UK assures ACC of assistance in bringing back laundered money
The British delegation assured the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh of assistance in bringing back laundered money from the United Kingdom to Bangladesh...
British actress Maggie Smith dies at 89
Britain鈥檚 Maggie Smith, the double Oscar-winner who shone on stage and screen for more than seven decades, has died in a hospital in London, her sons announced Friday, prompting a flood of tributes...
Bangaldesh maestro Zainul Abedin's painting fetches Tk 8.27 crore at Sotheby鈥檚 auction
In a recent auction organised by renowned auction house Sotheby鈥檚 in London, United Kingdom, two paintings by the Bangladeshi art maestro 鈥楽hilpacharya鈥� Zainul Abedin fetched record prices, the highest for any Bangladeshi artist in history.
Interim govt health adviser for urgent healthcare reforms in Bangladesh
Bangladesh interim government health and family welfare adviser Noorjahan Begum emphasised the urgent need to reform the country鈥檚 healthcare sector.
RAB detains former industries minister Nurul Majid
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion have arrested former member of parliament and ex-minister of industries, Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, in Dhaka鈥檚 Gulshan area...
Adilur seeks UK help to recover laundered money聽
Industries adviser Adilur Rahman Khan on Monday sought cooperation from the United Kingdom to bring back money laundered from Bangladesh during the previous government...
Data tweak plagues BBS credibility
In July 2017, then planning minister Mustafa Kamal introduced the quarterly release of inflation data replacing the traditional and the best international practice of monthly update.
Remittance from KSA halves in 3 years: BB
Remittance inflow from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has halved in three years despite the country being largest overseas labour market for Bangladeshi workers...
Former Bangladesh minister鈥檚 massive fortune in UK under investigation
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry against former Awami League government鈥檚 land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury over allegations of laundering money to the...
Govt seeks UK assistance to investigate overseas assets of Hasina, allies
The interim government of Bangladesh has sought assistance from the United Kingdom to investigate the overseas wealth of allies of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as the new administration intensifies its crackdown on members of her ousted regime, according to a report by The Financial Times on Wednesday...
Rongdhonu Group director Mizanur Rahman arrested
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday arrested the Rongdhonu Group director Mizanur Rahman at Vatara in the capital.