DIMFF celebrates 12yrs of innovation
The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival marked its 12th year with a reunion gala in Dhaka鈥檚 Dhanmondi on Saturday.
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Mob, silence and rule of law
IN A country where electricity flickers, the price of essentials keeps flirting with the absurd and the news cycle changes faster than the weather, who really has the luxury of waiting for courtrooms, lawyers and the ponderous machinery of law? Yes, it is Bangladesh, where mob lynching appears to have emerged as the fastest-growing sector of our informal justice system...
N Ireland police slam 鈥榟ate-fuelled mob rule鈥� after more unrest
Police in Northern Ireland on Wednesday condemned 鈥榙isgraceful鈥� scenes of violence on a town鈥檚 streets after a second night of rioting targeting foreigners in which 17 officers were injured...
AMTOB welcomes budget
The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators in Bangladesh welcomed the proposed national budget for the financial year 2025-26, which was placed by the interim government on Monday...
Woman harassed for protesting at her photos taken without permission
A woman faced harrasment on Tuesday when she protested against her photos taken without permission on Green Road in the capital.
MFS used for money laundering, bribery: TIB
The use of the Mobile Financial Services is increasing for money laundering, bribery, online gambling, cryptocurrency transactions and even terror financing and other illegal purposes, a Transparency International Bangladesh study has suggested...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police adopts zero tolerance against mob violence
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has adopted a 鈥榸ero-tolerance鈥� policy against mob violence in the capital, said deputy commissioner of Ramna Division Masud Alam on Wednesday...
bKash offers discount, cashback for Eid
Mobile financial services provider bKash is offering discount and cashback offers of up to Tk 6,000 on online and in-store shopping on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, said a press release...
Govt to form independent board to run Nagad
The interim government on Sunday decided to form an independent board to run mobile financial service provider Nagad following mounting concerns over alleged irregularities, unauthorised control and institutional overreach in the MFS provider, officials said.
Changes in educational design
INSTRUCTIONAL design and technology is an emerging field that improves educational learning outcomes through the systematic design, development, implementation and evaluation of instructional processes and resources. It integrates educational theories, technological tools and instructional practices to create effective learning environments. Because of massive...
Nagad daily transaction reaches Tk聽100cr
Daily transactions of Nagad, a leading mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, have increased by around Tk 100 crore on average, following the Postal Department taking on the responsibility to oversee its operations...
Govt to act if internet prices stay high: Taiyeb
The government would take necessary measures if mobile operators fail to reduce internet prices, said Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant on posts, telecommunications and ICT affairs to the chief adviser, on Thursday...
Civil surgeons demand authority to operate mobile courts
Civil surgeons on Monday demanded that they should be given the authority to operate mobile courts against fake doctors and middlemen in the health sector...
Imam dies in custody after mob beating over rape allegation
An imam of a mosque in Gazipur鈥檚 Pubail area died in jail custody early Monday, hours after he was beaten by an angry mob on Sunday allegedly for raping several boys...
Mobile operators can now receive roaming bills in taka
The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday allowed mobile operators to collect payments in the local currency taka for roaming services used by resident Bangladeshi travelers...
Samsung tops the list of global smartphone shipments
Samsung has secured top spot among the smartphone manufacturers, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker...
Police returns 251 missing mobile phones to legal owners
Tejgaon Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police recovered 251 mobile phones of different brands which were lost, stolen and robbed at different times and returned those to their legal owners.
Two killed in mob beating in city
Two people were killed in a mob beating in the Sylheti Bazar area of Kamrangirchar in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
Teenage girl found dead in Sylhet
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide after being resisted from using mobile phone by her mother in Sylhet on Sunday...
BB raises transaction limits for MFS users
The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday raised transaction limits for mobile financial services such as bKash, Rocket and Nagad, allowing customers to conduct larger transactions and maintain higher account balances...
One dies as mob beats 3 suspected muggers
At least one man was killed and two others were seriously injured after a mob beat three suspected muggers at Swarighat in the capital鈥檚 Chawk Bazar area early Friday.
Local mobile phone output drops in Feb
The production of mobile phones in Bangladesh saw a significant decline in February, dropping to 13.88 lakh units from that of 18.19 lakh units in January, marking a drop of 4.31 lakh units, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
77 lakh SIMs get deactivated amid political change
The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh decreased by 77 lakh from July 2024 to January 2025, while the number of mobile internet users declined by 1.1 crore during this period, according to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
Mob justice is no justice
THE term 鈥榤ob justice鈥� has recently been widely discussed. It refers to a situation when a chaotic mob ignores the law or the judicial system, uses force and takes the law into its own hands to try the accused. It refers to the punishment of a person by an angry or chaotic mob without the intervention of the legal system or the law enforcement agencies. The recent...
Rebuilding security with community-driven approach
Since the downfall of the former autocratic regime on August 5, 2024, law and order in Bangladesh have been in a state of decline, marked by increasing instability. In the months that followed, mob violence, extortion, and the rise of unruly factions became prevalent. The police force, once aligned with the...
Govt to get tough with mob attacks: Mahfuj Alam
Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Sunday said that the interim government had decided that from now on it would get tough with all kinds of mob attacks in the country.
Youth jailed in Habiganj for stalking schoolgirl
A mobile court sentenced a youth to six months鈥� imprisonment on charge of stalking a schoolgirl at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj on Saturday noon.
Police look into 3 men鈥檚 presence in all Towhidi Janata movements
At least three recent incidents in which a mob that called itself 鈥楾owhidi janata鈥� and exerted pressure on law enforcement agencies to release detainees and held protests in front of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star newspapers appear to have been coordinated acts.
119 killed in mob beating in seven months
At least 119 people were killed in 144 mob beating incidents across the country in the past seven months...
Case filed, 2 arrested over mob attack on two Iranians
A case was filed with the Vatara police station on Wednesday following a mob attack on two Iranians in the Basundhara residential area in the capital Dhaka in the previous day...