National,Politics
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed senior journalist and former Jatiya Press Club president Shaukat Mahmood on a five-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Fahmida Khandaker Anna passed the order when he was produced before the court.On December 8, a Dha...
National,Politics,City
A road stretching from Gulshan-2 to Pragati Sarani has officially been renamed ‘Felani Avenue’ in memory of Felani Khatun, the teenage girl killed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in 2011.The announcement was first made on Tuesday by Local Government Adviser Asif Ma...
A youth-led anti-graft platform on Thursday demanded that two advisers Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan and Mahfuj Alam, who stepped down on Wednesday, disclose their assets.The platform under the banner of ‘Anti-Graft Students and People’ made the demand at a human chain formed in front of th...
National,City
What began as a routine search for a missing sum of money spiralled into a shocking double murder inside a Mohammadpur flat, a crime that investigators say was rooted in a heated altercation between a housewife and the domestic worker she had employed only three days earlier!Police have arrested the...
National,Travel & Tourism
Twenty percent of Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims must travel to Saudi Arabia via Madinah next year and 30 percent will return through the same route, according to the 2026 Hajj agreement between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia.The Religious Affairs Ministry sent a letter to all lead Hajj agencies informing t...
National,Country, Districts
Two devotees died while nine others fell sick at the Rangpur Divisional Ijtema ground in Rangpur on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Saidur Rahman of Pirganj upazila and Tara Mia of Tangail district.Maidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Pashuram Police Station, said both of the devotees died fr...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said Bangladesh is now facing two major challenges, building a strong political and economic foundation and resisting forces that are misleading people using religion.“We want to state something very clearly that the year 1971 is ou...
Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Pema Gyamtsho on Thursday said the future of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) depends on collaboration across borders, sectors, and generations, stressing that cooperation is their only realistic strategy."Mounta...
The Embassy of Algeria in Bangladesh on Thursday commemorated the ‘Demonstrations of December 11, 1960’, an important event in Algeria’s fight for independence.The ceremony was held with great honor and pride, highlighting the sacrifices made by the Algerian people in their struggl...
Bangladesh and Australia have identified new avenues for cooperation in areas such as renewable energy, skills partnership and technology sharing, blue economy, artificial intelligence, cyber security and anti–money laundering initiatives.The issues were discussed at the 6th round of Senior Of...
Just hours before the announcement of the election schedule, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (December 11, 2025) called on party leaders and activists to get ready to welcome their Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, saying he will return to the country ‘very soon&rsq...
Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed left the Secretariat around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday after being held for nearly six hours by non-cadre service staff. He was escorted out with police assistance.The mostly non-cadre service employees had confined Dr. Ahmed in his office on the fourth floor of Buil...
National,Politics,Entertainment & Glomour,Art& Culture
Highlighting the cultural interconnections between Bangladesh and India, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Wednesday recalled that Deepavali is widely celebrated across Bangladesh, often alongside Kali Puja and popularly known as Shyama Puja - Deepanita Mahotsav.These shared tra...
National
The authorities have issued an order to remit the remaining jail terms of five inmates convicted of minor offences, paving the way for their release from different prisons across the country on the occasion of Victory Day.Bangladesh celebrates the surrender of the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance
Bangladesh Bank has finalized a draft special scheme to refund Tk2.0 lakh initially, then Tk 1.0 lakh in each three months to the depositors of merged five troubled Shariah Bank.This initial amount will be paid out from the ‘Deposit Insurance Fund’. Following this, depositors whose balan...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance,CORPORATE & BRAND
Bangladesh Bank now allows capital machinery import in foreign credit without permission from the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA).Companies can now directly import necessary machinery and equipment using foreign loans with a minimum three-year term, without needing prior approval ...
National,Business & Commerce
The strong upward trend in remittance continues as Bangladesh received more than US$1.16 billion in the first nine days of December, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank.The amount marks a 22.6 percent rise from the same period last year when expatriates sent around $945 million.Officia...
National,Business & Commerce,CORPORATE & BRAND,Politics
Speakers at a discussion urged the interim government to strengthen its energy governance and accelerate exploration and infrastructure upgrades to prevent a deepening energy crisis.Speakers said this at a discussion titled ‘Powering Bangladesh Toward Energy Security’ organised by the Am...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali on Wednesday directed all police members to maintain absolute neutrality in the upcoming election and perform their duties with the highest sincerity and professionalism.He came up with the directives while addressing the monthly crim...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday called on party members to intensify their efforts to win public support in the upcoming election, saying that ensuring the victory of the ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ is essential to protect the country and promote its progress through the party&rsquo...
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