SC stays AL-era judicial disciplinary rules
The Appellate Division on Sunday stayed its March 1, 2018 order that upheld the Bangladesh Judicial Service (Disciplinary) Rules 2017, framed during the Awami League regime...
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Body formed to investigate allegations over JS polls聽
The government has formed a five-member committee, headed by justice Shamim Hasnain, former judge of the High Court Division, to investigate the allegations raised over the last three Jatiya Sangsad elections and to make recommendations to hold fair election in the future...
17 banks post Tk 1.77 lakh crore provision shortfall
Seventeen banks reported a staggering provision shortfall of Tk聽1,77,650 crore at the end of March 2025, with six of them facing such deficits for the first time, indicating a sharp deterioration in their financial health amid a mounting crisis of non-performing loans...
Gaan Bangla TV chair Taposh freed a day after HC bail
Gaan Bangla Television chairman Kaushik Hossain Taposh was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Wednesday evening, just a day after the High Court granted him interim bail in a case linked to the July 2024 mass uprising...
Provision shortfall in banks surges to Tk 1.7 lakh crore
The provision shortfall in Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector surged to a record Tk聽1.7 lakh crore at the end of March 2025, reflecting a 61 per cent increase in just three months as banks鈥� distressed assets continued to surge alarmingly...
Shakil, Farzana return to jail after parole
Ekattor Television鈥檚 former chief news editor Shakil Ahmed and his wife, former chief reporter and anchor Farzana Rupa returned to jail on Wednesday after four-hour parole to attend the funeral of Farzana鈥檚 mother in Mymensingh...
Janata Bank holds managers鈥� confce at Faridpur
Janata Bank PLC鈥檚 Faridpur Divisional Branch Managers鈥� Conference was held on Friday...
Vision AC launches money-back offer
Vision on Wednesday launched its 鈥楳oney back guarantee offer鈥� campaign in an event in Dhaka, said a press release...
Azhar鈥檚 death sentence overturned
The Appellate Division on Tuesday overturned its 2019 judgement that had upheld the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the 1971 liberation war...
EZ products not exempted from VAT, rules AD
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that products, including edible oil, sugar, cement, and iron, manufactured in the country鈥檚 economic zones are not exempted from value-added tax, overturning a High Court verdict that had declared such taxation illegal...
SC quashes graft proceedings against Mirza Abbas
The Appellate Division on Wednesday quashed the corruption proceedings against former housing and public works minister and senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Mirza Abbas over alleged irregularities in allocating government land for a journalists鈥� cooperative society in Mirpur...
SC adjourns hearing on appeal against Tarique鈥檚 acquittal
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned until May 26 the hearing of a state petition seeking permission to appeal against a High Court verdict that had acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and...
Radical restructuring is no answer
WHILE the National Consensus Commission has dominated headlines with its efforts to forge consensus on critical constitutional issues, the ministry of finance has proposed a seismic shift in the country鈥檚 revenue sector: dismantling the National Board of Revenue and the Internal Resource Division to create two new divisions under direct ministerial control. This move...
Strategic vision or policy daydream
BRIGADIER General (Retd) HRM Rokan Uddin鈥檚 recent call for rethinking Bangladesh鈥檚 defence reforms, published in 抖阴精品, deserves recognition for reigniting a largely dormant strategic debate. His essay presents an aspirational vision for modernising Bangladesh鈥檚 armed forces in a time of shifting global power dynamics, emerging hybrid threats, and evolving...
Focused policies, plans needed to address child poverty
A PERSISTENT high rate of child poverty and a widening gap between child poverty rates between rural and urban areas and different parts of the country are concerning. A General Economics Division study, The urban-rural dichotomy: a comparative analysis of child poverty in Bangladesh, says that the national average child poverty rate is 16.49 per cent, with an...
GED against IMF-prescribed market-based exchange rate
General Economics Division member Monzur Hossain on Wednesday said that they did not support a more flexible exchange rate policy as suggested by the International Monetary Fund under its current $4.7 billion loan programme...
SC clears way for Tureen鈥檚 mother, brother to reclaim possession of Uttara houses
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday cleared all legal hurdles for Shamsun Nahar, mother of detained International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Tureen Afroz, and Shamsun Nahar鈥檚 only son, Shahnawaz Ahmed Shishir, to take...
EX-ISKCON LEADER CHINMOY鈥橲 BAIL: SC withdraws stay on HC bail
The Appellate Division鈥檚 chamber judge on Wednesday withdrew an order that stayed the High Court鈥檚 bail granted to former International Society for Krishna Consciousness leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case over alleged desecration of the national flag...
Mahmudullah loses his cool after DPL defeat
Mohammedan Sporting Club鈥檚 veteran all-rounder Mahmudullah lost his temper after his team鈥檚 defeat to Abahani Limited in the title decider match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
Abahani beat Mohammedan for third straight DPL title
Abahani Limited clinched the Dhaka Premier League title for the third straight time after thrashing arch-rivals Mohammedan by six wickets in the last match of the league at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
Hridoy banned for four matches after latest breach
Mohammedan Sporting Club captain Towhid Hridoy has been banned for four matches after being found guilty of breaching the BCB Code of Conduct during the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match against Gazi Group Cricketers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on April 26.
SC to hear state plea against Aug 21 grenade attack judgment Sunday
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is likely to hold hearing on a leave to appeal petition filed by the state against the High Court judgment that acquitted all the people convicted by the lower court in murder and the Explosives Substances Act cases filed over the 2004 grenade attack on Awami League rally at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka, on May 4.
Mohammedan keep DPL title hopes alive
Nasum Ahmed and Saif Uddin propelled Mohammedan Sporting Club to secure a thrilling four-wicket win over Gazi Group Cricketers in the ongoing Super League of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Brothers safe, Partex, Shinepukur relegated from DPL
Brothers Union retained its place in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League as they thrashed Partex Sporting Club by 113 runs in their final match of the relegation round at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Fahim appointed convenor of CCDM technical committee
Nazmul Abedeen Fahim was appointed as the convenor of the technical committee of the CCDM after the resignation of Enamul Haque following the recent events that sparked much controversy in the country鈥檚 cricket fraternity...
Soumya smashes 153, Anamul鈥檚 ton in vain
Soumya Sarkar smashed 153 off 112 balls as Legends of Rupganj crushed Agrani Bank Cricket Club by 103 runs in the ongoing Super League of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the BKSP-4 on Wednesday...
SC quashes money laundering proceedings against Professor Yunus
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped all proceedings in the money laundering case against Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and seven others, bringing an end to a contentious legal battle that had drawn national and international attention for two years...
SC full bench to hear Azhar鈥檚 petition on May 6
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set May 6 for the hearing on a petition filed by condemned war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam seeking a review of the court鈥檚 earlier decision upholding his death sentence.
Zahiduzzaman keeps Brothers alive in DPL
Zahiduzzaman Khan鈥檚 unbeaten 85 off 88 guided Brothers Union to a comfortable six-wicket win over Shinepukur Cricket Club in the Relegation League of the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.聽
Rony, Anamul tons light up DPL Super league
Rony Talukdar smashed a blistering 122 off 100 balls as Mohammedan Sporting Club beat Agrani Bank Cricket Club by seven wickets in their Super League match of the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the BKSP-3 on Sunday.