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US citizen Enayet remanded in police custody

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on Monday allowed the police to take detained Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, in custody for two days for interrogation in a case filed with Ramna police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act...

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Cluster bombs kill, wound 1,200 in Ukraine since 2022: monitor

Cluster munitions have killed or injured more than 1,200 civilians in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, a monitor said Monday, decrying ‘troubling setbacks’ in global efforts to eradicate the weapons...

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NCC tenure ends without full consensus

The extended tenure of the National Consensus Commission, formed by the interim government to formulate the July National Charter 2025 with a broader political consensus on key reforms and their implementation method, expired on...

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BB buys $353m from banks

Bangladesh Bank on Monday purchased record $353 million, highest in a single day, from banks in an attempt to halt the fall of the US dollar against the taka...

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RMG exporters seek clarity on US tariffs

Bangladesh’s readymade garment exporters have sought detailed clarification and an implementation mechanism regarding a recent United States executive order that allows a 20 per cent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods to be reduced if at least 20 per cent US-origin content or raw materials are used...

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Prime Bank Investment wins four awards

Prime Bank Investment PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has been crowned with four titles at the International Business Magazine Awards 2025...

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Rising oceans to threaten 1.5m Australians by 2050: report

Rising oceans and flooding caused by climate change will threaten the homes and livelihoods of more than a million Australians by 2050, while deaths from heat-related illness will soar, a landmark report warned Monday ahead of...

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MTB, Green Delta unite for digitisation

Mutual Trust Bank PLC, in collaboration with Green Delta Insurance PLC, has introduced digital onboarding for Non-Life Insurance through its branch network under Bancassurance...

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2 found dead in custody of RAB, PBI

Two people were found dead in the custody of the Rapid Action Battalion and the Police Bureau of Investigation in Sylhet and Moulvibazar, respectively, on Sunday and Monday.

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Sylhet DC served show-cause notice

A court served a show cause notice to Sylhet deputy commissioner Md Sarower Alam in a case asking him to submit a written reply within 15 working days of issuance of the notice...

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US national Enayet Karim Chy arrested in Dhaka

The police have arrested a Bangladeshi-origin US national at Minto Road in Dhaka for his suspicious movements and suspected conspiracy to overthrow the interim government.

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Russian drone entry poses new security challenge: Romania

Romania on Sunday strongly condemned the entry of a Russian drone into its airspace during an attack on neighbouring Ukraine, saying Moscow’s actions pose a ‘new challenge’ to Black Sea security...

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One killed as two trains derail in Russian region

Two trains in separate parts of Russia’s western Leningrad region derailed early Sunday, leaving a train driver dead and disrupting railway traffic, the region’s governor said.

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People pay last respects to Farida Parveen

People from all walks of life paid their last respects to Ekushey Padak-winning Lalon Sangeet exponent Farida Parveen at a mourning ceremony held at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Sunday...

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New round of US-China trade talks kicks off in Madrid

China and the United States kicked off the latest round of trade talks on Sunday in Madrid, where they are set to thrash out their TikTok dispute and President Donald Trump’s promised hefty tariffs...

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Tectonic shift over the fault lines

On March 1, 2001, president George W Bush, speaking at the National Defence University in Washington DC, stated that the United States and Russia ‘are not and must not be strategic adversaries.’ Yet, more than two decades later, as the 2024 US presidential elections approached, Republican nominee Donald Trump remarked during a televised interview on November...

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Festive polls in Feb if consensus reached: CA

Interim government chief adviser and National Consensus Commission chair Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged the politicians to reach consensus on the July National Charter’s execution method so that the 13th national elections, planned for...

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Russia claims another village in Ukraine

Russia on Saturday said it had captured a new village in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region, which Moscow’s forces say they reached at the beginning of July...