THE continuation of extrajudicial killing and custodial death during the tenure of the interim government, which was installed after a political changeover that promised meaningful changes in governance, is worrying. Right group Odhikar in its latest report, published on July 24, says that at least 29 people were extrajudicially killed between August 9, 2024 and this June 30...
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami team-mate Jordi Alba have been suspended after the duo skipped Major League Soccer's All-Star Game earlier this week, the league said Friday.
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Saturday said that the International Monetary Fund had calculated the requirement of $35 billion for restructuring the banking sector...
The Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area is situated within the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport鈥檚 approach area (runway take-off and landing), said urban planners on Friday.
Manarat International University held the graduation ceremony of the first batch of Islamic studies department at the Cordova Seminar Hall of the university鈥檚 Gulshan campus in Dhaka on Friday.
At least 29 people fell victim to extrajudicial killings from August 9, 2024, to June 30, 2025, under the interim government, with eight people encountering such killings between April and June.
Bangladesh interim government has issued the gazette notification of the Voters鈥� List (Amendment) Ordinance 2025.
The interim government has formed a six-member commission of inquiry to investigate the July 16 violence over a rally organised by the National Citizen Party in Gopalganj.
The interim government council of advisers in a meeting on Thursday scrapped the provision of using party symbols in local elections, deciding that from now on these elections would be held with individual symbols.
Nineteen irregular Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Tunisia on Thursday with the support of Bangladesh government and the International Organization for Migration...
International news agencies Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and Reuters as well as the BBC on Thursday called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, which is subject to a strict blockade...
IN A quiet courtroom in the Hague, history stirred. A legal ripple, as gentle as a sigh from the Pacific, reached the shorelines of global governance. The International Court of Justice declared, in an advisory fashion though, that one country may, indeed, sue another for climate change. The words hung heavy in the air, stirring both celebrations and scepticism. Rightly so...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday ordered preparing a list of those killed in attacks by the Bangladesh Chhatra League and other affiliated bodies of Awami League, and also by state forces on the orders of the then government in the 15 years before the July mass uprising in 2024...
The cabinet on Thursday approved a draft ordinance to majorly change the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, including a 60-day time frame for investigation and safeguards against arrest and remand.
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber refused to be drawn on whether the league planned to sanction Lionel Messi after the Inter Miami and Argentina superstar was a late withdrawal from Wednesday's All-Star game.
International Standard University鈥檚 computer science and engineering department chairperson Professor Hakikur Rahman has recently participated in a global event hosted by the United Nations World Summit on the information society...
Pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawyers on Wednesday demanded the abolition of the newly formed Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, calling it 鈥榗ontroversial鈥�, 鈥榰nconstitutional鈥� and 鈥榤otivated by the interim government鈥�...
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday set July 28 for hearing charges against Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid Bachchu and 29 others, accused in connection with a crimes against humanity case over killing of Abu Sayeed during 2024 July uprising...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interbank foreign exchange market experienced a sharp rise in transaction volumes in June, driven primarily by intensified spot market activity and sustained swap transactions...
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) issued a veiled warning Monday to Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) over its plans to launch deep-sea mining operations in international waters via US authorization...
Amnesty International on Tuesday called for a war crimes investigation into Israel鈥檚 deadly air attack on Tehran鈥檚 Evin prison during last month鈥檚 12-day war...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday called upon the anti-fascist political parties to make more visible the existing unity among them.
Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Tuesday said the education secretary Siddique Zobair has already been withdrawn.
Leaders of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Monday alleged that the interim government was not working to fulfil the people鈥檚 aspirations rather showed its interest in signing foreign deals instead of restoring fully law and order in the country...
Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it鈥檚 unclear if it is possible to restore damaged sea floor ecosystems 鈥� or how long it would take...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday directed its Investigation Agency to submit the probe report by October 15 in the 2024 July鈥揂ugust crimes against humanity case against Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader and 44 others, mostly his party colleagues and political allies...
The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why Thakurgaon airport, shut down for the last 44 years, should not be reopened in public interest and in the interest of economic development and tourism...
Lionel Messi rediscovered his scoring touch with two goals as Inter Miami bounced back from defeat to complete a 5-1 drubbing of the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer on Saturday.
Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman on Saturday alleged that no commission had been formed to reform the education sector whereas the historic July uprising began from the educational institutions...
Shah Amanat International Airport authorities have seized foreign-brand cigarettes and mobile phones worth Tk 59 lakh 95 thousand from three inbound passengers arriving in Chattogram from the United Arab Emirates鈥� Dubai...
