Mob beat 3, torch motorcycle
A mob allegedly beat three people and torched a motorcycle suspecting them to be robbers at Golabganj upazila in Sylhet early Wednesday...
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bKash wins 12 digital marketing awards
Mobile financial service provider bKash has won 12 accolades at the 鈥楧igital Marketing Award-2024,鈥� said a press release...
Blaming victims, shielding mob
THE March 3 protest at Lalmatia that Bangladesh Against Rape and Harassment held was not just a response to a single event but the culmination of growing disappointment with the government鈥檚 failure to protect women from escalating violence. The demonstrators, predominantly woman activists and concerned citizens, burnt an effigy of the home affairs adviser...
Stringent action, not redundant comment, is expected
The remark made by an adviser that mob violence and moral policing will significantly decrease once law and order is fully restored and once people are aware is a redundant remark that only states the obvious. The environment, forest and climate change adviser made the remark at a briefing on March 4 after an advisory council meeting, which discussed the recent spate...
Cabinet discusses mob attacks, harassments
The advisory council on Tuesday discussed the recent incidents of mob attacks and harassments, especially a mob attack at Mohammadpur in the capital Dhaka.
2 killed, 4 hurt in Ctg mob beating
Two men were beaten to death and four others were injured in a mob attack over alleged robbery suspicion at Satkania in Chattogram Monday evening.
Two Iranian nationals come under mob attack in Dhaka
Two Iranian nationals came under a mob attack in the Basundhara residential area in the capital Dhaka Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of being members of a dope gang.
Much more expected of govt to stop continued mob violence
CONTINUED mob violence, with no apparent sign for an early let-up, is worrying, especially because of its implications for law and order. In the latest development, a man, suspected of being a mugger, was beaten to death by a mob at Tongi in Gazipur at night on February 25. The police, who could not identify the deceased until February 26, say that they took away the...
No let-up in mob violence
Mob violence goes unabated in the country with no sign of let-up in immediate future as in latest incidents at least one man was lynched to death and three others beaten up on suspicion of being muggers in Dhaka, Gazipur and Sylhet on Tuesday night...
Transactions through MFS likely to cross Tk 25 lakh crore
Transactions through mobile financial services in Bangladesh may exceed Tk 25 lakh crore in 2025, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Tuesday...
Bangladesh Army claims operations reduce mob justice, extortion
Bangladesh Army on Monday claimed that the incidents of mob justice, extortion, theft and murder had come down across the country in the last 50 days since December 28 compared to previous two months due to its operations.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Security increased after mob attack
The police on Tuesday tightened security at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 after a mob attack on a stall at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on Monday...
Mahfuj Alam warns against mob violence
Interim government adviser Mahfuz Alam issued a stern warning on Monday, urging people to refrain from mob violence and from taking the law into their own hands.
Ban on on-campus student politics is no solution
A TASK force that the government instituted in September 2024 submitted its report, Re-strategising the Economy and Mobilising Resources for Equitable and Sustainable Development, on January 30. The task force, composed of 12 members, in the sixth chapter of the report titled 鈥楻eaping the Benefits of Demographic Dividends: Investment in...
Task force emphasises research, innovation to diversify economy
The task force report on re-strategising the Economy and Mobilising Resources for Equitable and Sustainable Development said that Bangladesh can boost its economy by using innovation and R&D to diversify, improve productivity, and add value to its products...
GP launches green service centre at Sylhet
Mobile phone operator Grameenphone has launched 鈥楪reen Grameenphone Centre鈥� in Sylhet鈥檚 Ambarkhana area, as first operator to serve their customers through an eco-friendly service centre...
Binimoy a shell firm of Sajeeb Wazed Joy: Bangladesh Bank governor
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur has claimed that Binimoy, the mobile financial services interoperability platform, was a shell company linked to Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
95 mobile phones seized at Chattogram airport
A total of 95 illegally imported mobile phones were seized on Sunday at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.聽
Father allegedly kills daughter over 鈥榤obile addiction鈥� in Habiganj
A man allegedly stabbed to death his 15-year-old daughter on Wednesday at Ghanashyampur village in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj after 鈥榝ailing to keep her away mobile phone addiction鈥�.
Sand lifters shoot at mobile court
Illegal sand lifters allegedly shot at a mobile court from a dredger extracting sand from an illegal sand quarry during a drive in the Meghna River in Raipur upazila of Narsingdi on Thursday...
BTRC issues order for internet packs with unlimited validity
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission directed mobile network operators or MNOs to introduce unlimited internet packages, both in terms of validity and volume...
Govt should walk back tax increase, resume truck sales
THE government鈥檚 having increased value-added tax and supplementary duty on more than a hundred products and services by way of two ordinances, promulgated on January 9, has rightly raised the call for the government to walk back the decision. The products and services that have become dearer include mobile talk time, internet usage, biscuit...
Consumers stage demo protesting at VAT hike on mobile, internet services
The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association during a demonstration on Sunday said that the telecommunications sector would face severe crisis with imposition of new tariffs on mobile phone calls and internet services...
EVs and green mobility
A RECENT report by the International Energy Agency brings attention to a pressing issue in the global electric vehicle market: affordability. While EVs often prove more cost-effective over their lifetimes, thanks to lower fuel and maintenance costs, the high upfront price remains a substantial barrier to widespread adoption, especially in emerging and developed markets...
Turkey keen to invest in renewable energy
Turkey has expressed keenness to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 various sectors, including renewable energy, automobile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology, logistics and construction industry...
Wider use of mobile phone faces hurdles
Telecom sector industry stakeholders said that the decision to increase the supplementary duty on mobile phone services by 3 per cent would hinder progress and widen the digital divide...
All goodies slipping by
LIFE was not like this in the past. In our childhood, we saw many things that are not known to the children of the day. Or, I should say that we did not witness in our childhood what today鈥檚 children have been experiencing. It is not the common worries of life that I am trying to say here such as parenting and the schooling of children, mobile menace or...
Nine brick kilns fined, two evicted in Feni
A mobile court in Feni has fined nine brick kilns Tk 58 lakh and evicted two others for operating without the necessary environmental clearances...
Bangladesh inches up in mobile internet ranking: Ookla
Bangladesh has advanced a notch in its global ranking for mobile internet speed performance, according to Ookla鈥檚 Speedtest Global Index.
Three brick kilns fined
A mobile court in Satkhira realised Tk 7.5 lakh as fine from the owners of three brick kilns for manufacturing bricks without approval of the department of environment and various other irregularities in Sadar upazila...