The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Wednesday suggested closing down the private commercial banks which are now under life support and the finance ministry鈥檚 Financial Institutions Division for the division鈥檚 鈥榙ubious鈥� role in the financial sector...
A prisoner of Rajshahi Central Jail died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
A group of victims of the student-led mass uprising in July and August on Tuesday staged a sit-in in Dhaka to press home their demands including lifetime treatment facilities, rehabilitation, and employment opportunities...
The BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology hosted the Hult Prize 2025 grand final and inaugurated the two-day National Entrepreneurship Expo on the BUFT campus in Dhaka on Tuesday, said a press release...
Human Rights Watch handed over a report on the July Uprising to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday, saying that officers had told them the ousted Bangladesh dictator, Sheikh 鈥楬asina directly ordered enforced disappearances and killings.鈥�, said a press release.
Prime Bank PLC has recently signed an agreement with Assure Group, a leading conglomerate in Bangladesh, at the bank鈥檚 corporate office on Tuesday...
The Chattogram Customs House authorities on Monday announced the auction of 44 vehicles, including 24 luxury cars imported under a duty-free privilege for lawmakers during the ousted Awami League regime...
After the student-led mass uprising in July-August past year, most of the young people feel more comfortable in expressing their opinions on public platforms compared with what they felt under the past government, according to a study released on Monday...
An Indian state announced Monday it had begun implementing a common civil code to replace religious laws, stoking fear among minority Muslims of a looming nationwide rollout by the Hindu-nationalist ruling party.
Apparel and textile sector trade bodies on Monday wrote to the interim government demanding suspending the plan to increase the price of gas for the industrial sector and captive power plants...
AFTER the July uprising of students and the public, the call for educational reform has become louder, highlighting the need to rebuild a liberal, democratic and developed Bangladesh. The education sector must evolve in a way that nurtures the development of new ideas, policies, and intellectual practices. Amidst these cries for reform, one issue...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest political ally has pledged to rid the capital of 鈥榠llegal鈥� immigrants if his party wins looming elections, in a forceful appeal to his party's Hindu constituency. Interior minister Amit Shah said every unlawful migrant from neighbouring Bangladesh would be expelled from New Delhi 鈥榳ithin two years鈥� if his party succeeded in next month's provincial polls.
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Monday placed former state minister for disaster management and relief Enamur Rahman on a six-day remand in police custody in a murder case following his arrest Sunday night by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 detective branch...
The primary and mass education affairs adviser, Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, on Sunday said that all primary students would get textbooks by January...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of former director general of the Rapid Action Battalion, Harun Ur Rashid, in a case over killing people shooting聽 from...
Students from different private universities held a rally in Dhaka on Friday, demanding justice for the massacre in the July-August mass uprising.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Thursday called for an 鈥榚nd鈥� to the Islamic republic and urged human rights to be a precondition of any negotiation with Tehran as she...
The families of a number of the July-August mass uprising martyrs on Thursday demanded rehabilitation of the victims鈥� families and speedy trial of those involved in the massacre...
The historic 鈥楳ass Uprising Day鈥�, commemorating the 1969鈥檚 movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, will be observed on Friday in a befitting manner...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chattogram Stock Exchange closed lower on Thursday with major indices declining as most traded companies saw share prices falling...
United Nations high commissioner for human rights Volker T眉rk said that the UN fact-finding report on the atrocities during the July-August uprising was at final stage and would be released by mid-February...
Speakers, including academics and politicians, called for national unity among all political parties and other stakeholders for bringing democratic reforms in the country in keeping with the spirit of the War of Independence and July uprising...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order granting bail to Shakil Ahmed, former head of news at Ekattor Television, and his wife Farzana Rupa, the television鈥檚 principal correspondent, in connection with the killing of garment worker Rubel during the July-August 2024 student-led mass uprising...
The country has yet to see improvements in the overall state of law and order plummeting since Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster in a mass uprising followed by the Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government taking over on August 8 past year...
The Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation has called for regular budget allocations to implement the newly drafted SME Policy 2025 effectively, along with consistent monitoring of its progress...
Charge d鈥橝ffaires of the United States embassy to Bangladesh Tracey Ann Jacobson today expressed interest to expand cooperation for the development of the country鈥檚 private sector...
Prince Harry settled on Wednesday a hotly-disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch鈥檚 UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal鈥檚 phone and agreed to pay him 鈥榮ubstantial damages鈥�...
THE relationship between the police and the public has for long been marred by mistrust and conflict, rooted in colonial history and exacerbated by systemic abuse. The events of the student-led uprising in July-August 2024, when excessive police force, mass shooting and enforced disappearances took place, marked a low point in this strained relationship...
At least seven students, including a woman, who were involved in the July uprising, were injured in a clash reportedly with the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement members at its central office on Tuesday...
The Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released two American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.