The interim government is in a dilemma about whether to keep the proposed undisclosed money legalisation facility or not in the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year, finance ministry officials said...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday urged the interim government to promptly inform the Election Commission of the decisions made during a recent meeting between chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and the party acting chairman Tarique Rahman in London regarding the upcoming general election, tentatively scheduled for February 2026...
Professor Md Abdus Sattar, former vice-chancellor of the Jashore University of Science and Technology, was taken into the custody of Jashore Central Jail on Monday in a graft case...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent to the relevant authorities in the United Kingdom information on properties allegedly owned by Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan鈥檚 two sons 鈥� Safiat Sobhan and Sadat Sobhan 鈥� over allegations of...
The World Bank said in a report Monday that foreign direct investment into developing economies has hit the lowest level since 2005, citing growing trade and investment barriers...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the authorities concerned to immediately form a committee to investigate the role of former chief election commissioners, election commissioners and secretaries of the election commission secretariat...
Diversity, equity and inclusion policies are facing a pushback around the world as part of a strategic shift to scapegoat vulnerable groups, the UN rights chief Volker Turk said Monday.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started an inquiry into allegations of embezzling and laundering Tk 2,000 crore against immediate past Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Generation Next Fashions Ltd chairman Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury.
WITH the passage of time, the growing concern over the degradation of our planet, particularly through global warming, continues to escalate, undermining the Earth鈥檚 ability to fulfil its full potential in serving human welfare. Since the United Nations General Assembly designated June 17 as Desertification and Drought Day in 1994, this day has served as an important...
The United Nations on Monday said it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the 鈥榙eepest funding cuts ever鈥�.
Bangladesh interim government law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said a powerful permanent commission would be formed to curb enforced disappearance in future.
Visiting delegation of United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Monday commended the significant steps taken by the interim government to address the issue of enforced disappearances...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday ordered the publication of notices in two national newspapers asking deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to appear before the tribunal within seven days.
Iran launched missiles at Israeli cities Monday after Israeli strikes deep inside the Islamic republic, raising Israel鈥檚 death toll by 11 on day four of an escalating air war.
Bayern Munich showed no mercy to amateurs Auckland City at the Club World Cup on Sunday, beating the minnows from New Zealand 10-0 in their opening game as Jamal Musiala came off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick.
The UIU ASCEND team from United International University has recently bagged 2nd place in Asia and 7th place in the World at the CanSat Competition 2025 organised by the American Astronautical Society.
The Hubei-Bangladesh Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Exchange Conference 2025 was held at the International Conference Hall of Daffodil International University at Daffodil Smart City of Savar in Dhaka on Sunday...
United Commercial Bank PLC has ushered in a transformative chapter in the country鈥檚 banking sector, says a press release.
President Donald Trump hosted the largest US military parade in decades on his 79th birthday as protesters rallied across the country to accuse him of acting like a dictator.
PROFESSOR Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 recent visit to London, marked by the distinguished honour of receiving the King Charles III Harmony Award 2025, was a moment of significance鈥攏ot only for him personally but also for the Bangladeshis and the wider global community who value peace, equity, and sustainable development. It also, perhaps unintentionally, served as...
Tottenham have signed French youngster Mathys Tel on a permanent deal from Bayern Munich after his loan spell at the Europa League winners, the two clubs said on Sunday.
At least Taka 59,77,29,050 crore toll was collected from two major longest bridges-Padma, Jamuna- in the country during the Eid holiday.
At least 100 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in Nigeria 鈥榮 north-central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said Saturday...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday granted more time to the Investigation Agency to complete its probe into the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur student Abu Sayeed and two other murder cases related to the 2024 mass uprising.
Donald Trump warned Iran on Sunday that it would experience 鈥榯he full strength鈥� of the US military if it attacks the United States, reiterating that Washington 鈥榟ad nothing to do鈥� with Israel鈥檚 strikes on Tehran鈥檚 nuclear and intelligence facilities...
Russian president Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the warring sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers鈥� bodies...
A giant orange balloon depicting Donald Trump in a diaper towered over one 鈥楴o Kings鈥� protest Saturday, as hundreds of thousands thronged streets across the United States to decry the president鈥檚 policies...
A manhunt was underway Saturday for a gunman who shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, killing one and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state's governor said were politically motivated attacks.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said the interim government had hired lawyers to try to recover any allegedly stolen funds from the UK, and the British government was 鈥榚xtremely supportive鈥� of that effort.
Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka resumed its operations after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays on Saturday.