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Initiative to train youths ahead of polls raises concerns

Politicians and security experts have expressed serious concerns over the interim government’s initiative to train youths in a bid to strengthen ‘national defence’ without any policy or a political consensus on such a crucial issue.

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IMF urges BB to curb lending from reserve

The International Monetary Fund has recommended limiting loans and quasi-financial activities provided to various institutions from the foreign exchange reserves.

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Israel’s internationally enabled crime

GAZA does not mark the end of the settler colonial project. It marks, I fear, its final phase. Western states, enriched by their own occupations and genocides — in India, Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America — are returning to their roots as they face a global climate crisis and the obscene levels of social inequality that they engineer and sustain...

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Decade of neglect, delay in chemical warehouse relocation

THIS is deplorable that the authorities have failed to relocate chemical warehouses from residential neighbourhoods in Dhaka even 10 years after the project was initiated. Despite repeated disasters at Nimtali, Chawkbazar and, most recently, Rupnagar, the relocation of chemical warehouses remains mired in a cycle of missed deadlines and unfulfilled pledges. The failure has...

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ICT charges Inu, Hanif

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday charged detained Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal–Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu, absconding Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three other absconding Kushtia AL leaders...

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Prime Bank signs payroll deal with SQ Lights

Prime Bank PLC, one of the leading private commercial banks in Bangladesh, renowned for its innovative and customer-centric financial solutions, signed a Payroll Agreement with SQ Lights Ltd, said a press release.

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Warming climate helps UK grow rice

Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.

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Ex-state minister Milan barred from flying abroad

Immigration authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday barred former state minister for education and Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader ANM Ehsanul Haque Milan from flying abroad...

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40 extrajudicial killings during interim govt

At least 40 people were extra-judicially killed from August 9, 2024, to September 30, 2025 under the interim government, with 11 people dying in such ways between July and September.

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UCBIL, Brain Station 23 sign issue management deal

UCB Investment Limited and Brain Station 23 PLC have recently signed an issue management agreement related to the company’s upcoming initial qualified investor offer or IQIO, said a press release...

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Govt to release full probe report of Dhaka airport fire

Bangladesh interim government commerce adviser S K Bashiruddin said on Thursday that the investigation into the recent fire at the Cargo Village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is still under way and the government will make the findings public once the probe is completed.

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Yunus to decide on referendum soon: adviser

The law adviser, Asif Nazrul, on Thursday said that the chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, would soon make a decision on the July Charter implementation and the time for the referendum.

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IMF mission begins 5th review

The International Monetary Fund mission on Wednesday began its fifth review of the IMF’s ongoing $5.5 billion loan programme to Bangladesh.

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Prime Bank posts Q3 results

Prime Bank PLC on Wednesday announced its third quarter financial results for the period ended on September 30, 2025, said a press release...

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ONE Bank achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate

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...

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Ctg port likely to get operator by December

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...

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IMF objects to unsecured lending by central bank

The International Monetary Fund has objected to Bangladesh Bank’s continued lending to crisis-hit banks against unsecured promissory notes, warning that such practices violate prudential norms and could worsen inflationary pressures...

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Putin defies Trump with second nuclear weapons test in days

Russia has successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, president Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, defying US president Donald Trump’s warnings with Moscow’s second test of a new nuclear weapons system in just a few days...