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Cartoon exhibition celebrates downfall of Hasina regime

Satirical cartoon exhibition titled ‘Bidrupe Bidroho’ marking the fall of the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina regime is under way at the La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka at Dhanmondi in the capital...

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SMUCT hosts Zero Wastage Denim Exhibition

Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology hosted its first-ever ‘Zero Wastage Denim Exhibition’, featuring innovative garments crafted entirely from recycled denim waste...

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Three Flight Expert officials arrested, MD flees country

Three officials of Flight Expert, an e-commerce platform for booking flights and hotels and visa assistance, in the early hours of Sunday after its clients’ allegations that the company’s managing director embezzled money and fled the country...

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ACC sues ex-Gazipur mayor Jahangir over embezzling Tk 7,500cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against Gazipur City Corporation’s former mayor Md Jahangir Alam and its former chief accounts officer Golam Kibria on charges of embezzling Tk 7,500 crore and laundering the money abroad...

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Saudi Arabia executes eight people

Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the Gulf monarchy particularly over drug-related convictions...

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Garments, textile mills to remain closed on Aug 5

All the garment and textile factory units of the country would remain closed on August 5 as per the government's decision of executing a general holiday marking ‘July Uprising Day.’...

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Level crossings should all be gated, attended

THE collision between a train and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar is yet another harrowing reminder of how unsafe and unregulated level crossings are. At least four died in the accident on August 2 when the Cox’s Bazar Express, headed for Dhaka, hit the auto-rickshaw and dragged it for about a kilometre. Railway officials say that the level crossing was...

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Bangladesh govt makes online submission of tax returns mandatory

The National Board of Revenue has made online submission of income tax returns mandatory for all individual taxpayers across the country, except for senior citizens aged 65 years or above, physically incapable or taxpayers with special needs subject to submission of certificates, Bangladeshi taxpayers residing abroad and legal representatives of deceased taxpayers...

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Another accused put on 4-day remand

A Dhaka court on Saturday granted a four-day remand to expelled leader of Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad Jan e Alam Apu alias Kazi Gaurab in the much-talked-about extortion case filed with the Gulshan police...

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Current account returns to surplus after 8 years

Bangladesh’s current account balance returned to surplus in the fiscal year 2024–25 for the first time in eight years, driven by a surge in remittance inflows and export earnings, alongside sluggish import growth reflecting weak investment demand...

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SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS

An international team of four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked Saturday with the orbiting International Space Station.

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4 dead as train  bumps into auto-rickshaw at Ramu

At least four people, including three from a family, were killed as a train rammed a CNG-powered autorickshaw at a level crossing in the Rashidnagar area at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday.

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Tarique warns against rise of extremism

Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said that women should be vigilant so that extremism could not rise in the country...

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One in four people poor: poverty index

One in every four persons in the country is poor and approximately 3 crore 98 lakh individuals are suffering multidimensional poverty, according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index released on Thursday in the capital.

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Pattachitra exhibition observes Global Tiger Day

A week-long solo pattachitra exhibition of artist Nazir Hossain, observing the Global Tiger Day, is under way at the Zainul Gallery of faculty of fine art on the Dhaka University campus...

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DSE turnover hits Tk 1,000cr

Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday wrapped up the week on a high note with turnover crossing the Tk 1,000-crore mark, despite the majority of listed companies witnessing a drop in share prices...

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First export consignment sent to Europe from BSEZ

For the first time, Singer Bangladesh has commenced exports from its home appliance plant located in the Bangladesh Special Economic Zone, marking a significant milestone for the country’s economic zones...

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Remittance inflow rises by 32pc in July

Bangladeshi expatriates have sent inward US$2.36 billion in remittances in the first 30 days of July, the first month of the current fiscal year 2025-26...

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Zinnat wins gold on home debut

New York-based Bangladeshi boxer Zinnat Ferdous won gold on her home debut in the Bangladesh National Boxing Championship after beating Afra Khandakar in the women’s 52kg weight category final at the Muhammad Ali Boxing Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday.

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Tarique warns govt against missteps, democratic backslide

Acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman on Wednesday warned that any wrong decision by the interim government could put the country’s democratic journey at serious risk and open the door to the rise of fascism, extremism and radicalism...