Prime Bank, Shurjomukhi sign deal
Prime Bank PLC has recently signed a strategic agreement with Shurjomukhi Limited, said a press release...
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12kg LPG price cut by Tk 39 for July
The price of a 12kg liquefied petroleum gas cylinder has been reduced by Tk 39, bringing the new retail price down to Tk 1,364 for the month of July, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission announced on Wednesday...
Univ Teachers鈥� Network announces anniversary progs
The University Teachers鈥� Network on Wednesday announced month-long programmes to mark the first anniversary of the student-mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024...
Govt declares August 5 public holiday
Bangladesh interim government has declared August 5 a nationwide public holiday in honour of those who sacrificed their lives during the July mass uprising in 2024...
Nazrul symbol of indomitable human spirit: discussion
Speakers at a discussion titled July Uprising: The Legacy of Kazi Nazrul said that the national poet was a symbol of the indomitable human spirit...
MASS UPRISING:聽Students鈥� Federation ex-leader Shakil鈥檚 body exhumed for autopsy
The body of a former leader of the Students鈥� Federation of Bangladesh, Julfikar Ahmed Shakil, was exhumed for autopsy on Wednesday, about 11 months after he was shot to death during the student-led mass uprising in August 2024....
Indonesian influencer given 7-year Myanmar prison sentence
An Indonesian influencer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for meeting with rebels in junta-ruled Myanmar, a foreign ministry official in Jakarta said Wednesday...
Pvt sector credit growth dips below 7pc in May
Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh slowed to 6.95 per cent in May 2025, down from 7.5 per cent in April, reflecting weakening business confidence and tighter lending conditions, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Govt declares August 5 public holiday
Bangladesh interim government has declared August 5 a nationwide public holiday in honour of those who sacrificed their lives during the July uprising in 2024.
Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad to hold month-long prog for July uprising
Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad on Tuesday announced a month-long programme, marking the one-year anniversary of the July uprising that overthrew the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime...
Dhaka University Day celebrated
Dhaka University vice-chancellor Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan on Tuesday said that the historic events of the Language Movement in 1952, the mass uprising in 1969, the War of Independence in 1971, the anti-autocracy movement in 1990s and the 2024 student-mass uprising complemented each other...
Jamaat offers prayers for July victims
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday started its programme spanning over a month to mark the first anniversary of the student-led July mass uprising that overthrew the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024...
Ganosamhati begins July uprising programme
The Ganosamhati Andolan on Tuesday began their month-long programmes to mark the first anniversary of the July-August mass uprising in 2024...
56 life-term prisoners freed after serving 20yrs
The government has released 56 life term awarded prisoners upon completion of 20 years in imprisonment...
BMU marks July uprising anniv holding rally, planting tree
Bangladesh Medical University observed the anniversary of July mass uprising holding a rally and planting trees on the BMU in Dhaka on Tuesday...
No reforms yet in civil service job reservations unfortunate
REFORMS in the civil service job reservations that students sought, which sparked off protests on July 1, 2024, flared into a mass uprising later that month and toppled the Awami League government on August 5 that year, have worryingly remained unresolved 11 months inside the installation of the interim government. This is unfortunate of the interim government, which...
Yunus urges all to resist dictatorship resurgence
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged people to resist any resurgence of dictatorship in the country, emphasising that history testified that when the people wake up, no force can resist them...
National University launches July Martyr Memorial Scholarship
National University on Tuesday launched the July Martyr Memorial Scholarship, commemorating the role youths played in spearheading the July mass uprising...
ICT hears charges against Hasina
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday began the charge hearing against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two co-accused in a case of crimes against humanity committed across the country during the July鈥揂ugust 2024 mass uprising...
Chhatra Dal light candles, perform national anthem marking July uprising anniv
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal on Tuesday lit candles and performed the national anthem at the Central Shaheed Minar marking the anniversary of July mass uprising and in remembrance of its martyrs...
Recovery of laundered money demanded
Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday called on the interim government to take immediate steps to recover the huge amount of money siphoned off abroad during 15 years of the authoritarian Awami League regime which was ousted in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024...
Man jailed for 10 years for attempted child rape in Hatirjheel
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced Md Shukur Ali Sheikh, 35, to 10-year imprisonment in a case lodged over the attempted rape of a six-year-old child in the city鈥檚 Hatirjheel area in 2021...
Charges filed against former BRUR VC, 29 others
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunals on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayeed in Rangpur during the July 2024 mass uprising...
BB to review assets of 11 more banks to decide fate
Bangladesh Bank has decided to launch asset quality reviews of 11 more private commercial banks as part of its effort to uncover financial irregularities and take informed decisions about these banks鈥� future...
Large-cap scrips drive stocks down
Country鈥檚 both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange on Monday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities...
Formal charges pressed against ex-BRU VC, several others in Abu Sayeed murder case
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals, including former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, eight police personnel, and several ruling party student leaders, over the killing of university student Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 mass uprising in Rangpur.
NCP to announce July Declaration as govt fails, says Nahid
The National Citizen Party on Sunday said that it would announce the July Declaration on its own as the interim government had failed to make the promised declaration reflecting the background and spirit of the July uprising...
ICT begins charge hearing in Chankharpool killings
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal聽1 on Sunday urged the tribunal to frame charges of crimes against humanity against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven other police personnel...
Govt to keep fuel prices unchanged in July
Bangladesh interim government has decided to keep fuel prices unchanged at the consumer level in July, based on the revised pricing formula and guidelines.
Govt not to observe 鈥楴ew Bangladesh Day鈥� on Aug 8
The interim government has decided not to observe 鈥楴ew Bangladesh Day鈥� on August 8, one of the three days it had previously announced to commemorate the July uprising that toppled the Awami League government on August 5, 2024...
