National,Politics
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday released full text of its judgment that declared scrapping of the caretaker government (CG) system in the constitution as illegal.The 139-page full text of the judgment passed by the High Court Division bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury w...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday suggested omission of the practice of using a word “honourable” as label for certain office bearers like the prime minister or parliamentary speaker.“I think the very seed of autocracy is sown in this particular wor...
Country, Districts
Two students of Khulna University (KU) were released on bail Monday evening, more than five years after being detained during the Awami League regime on suspicion of terrorism.They were released from Khulna Jail as the High Court granted their bail last week. The students are Mohammad Anik, a s...
Business & Commerce
Within just eleven months of the interim government, Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves have gone up from less than US$20 billion in 2024 to over $31 billion by June, 2025, indicating that the country is now going well through an economic recovery phase.During this period, the record inflow ...
The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring some one cargo LNG and 30,000 metric tons of fertilizer to meet the growing demands for the country.The approvals came from the 26th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase in this year held on Tuesday at Ba...
National,Art& Culture,Feature,Country, Districts
BSS, JU: Rapid land use changes in the Halda River Basin, driven by population pressure and urban expansion, are posing serious threats to the region's ecosystem and local livelihoods, a new study has warned. The research, titled "Population Dynamics and Land Use Changes: A Case Study ...
Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Yao Wen on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.The Chinese envoy met the BNP leader at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan political office here at about 11:30am.BNP standing committee members Mirza Abbas, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan a...
National,Front Page
National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Monday said the political parties agree to ensure that the declaration of a state of emergency should not be used politically under any circumstances. “Political parties also agree to amend, add, subtract, change and revise...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said if the national election delays, the country will go backward, judiciary will become fragile and investment will not come.“As a result, there will be stagnation in trade and social security will be disrupted,” he told a pub...
A Cumilla court on Monday acquitted BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from three separate criminal cases.Kaimul Haque Ringku, Public Prosecutor (PP) of Cumilla District and Sessions Judge Court told journalists that those cases were lodged with Ch...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Monday fixed July 10 for passing the order on charge framing in a crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others over their alleged roles in monstrous crimes committed during the July-August mass uprising.The other...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has said that they did not make any statement regarding the timing of the national election."Justice and reformation before the national election is our sole demand," he said while talking to journalists at Parjatan Motel in Rajshahi on Mon...
National,Back Page
The government has published a gazette notification asking 100 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and son Sajib Wazed Joy to appear before the court to face trial. The gazette signed by Senior Special Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Zakir H...
The seven-day Rath Yatra at Kalibati Durga Mandir field in Rangpur Union of Dumuria Upazila was peacefully concluded Sunday evening.Leaders of Khulna district Jubodal, led by its Convener Ibadul Haque Rubayed, joined the ceremony.Rubayed, also a BNP nomination aspirant from Khulna-5 (Dumuria-Fultala...
National,Business & Commerce
Bangladesh’s June Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) recorded an expansion rate at 53.1.The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka and Policy Exchange Bangladesh (PEB), successfully released the Bangladesh Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) June report on Monday.Th...
National,Business & Commerce,Chattogram
Chattogram Dry Dock Limited (CDDL), an organization under the control of the Bangladesh Navy, took over the management of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) early Monday. To this end, a six-month management agreement is being signed between the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) and Chattogr...
National
The National Consensus Commission will resume its second-round of talks on Monday with political parties, aiming to build an agreement on major state reform initiatives proposed by the interim government.The tenth day of the second-round dialogue will begin at 10.30am at Foreign Service Academy in t...
The government has published a gazette notification asking 100 people including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and son Sajib Wazed Joy to appear before the court to face trial. The gazette signed by Senior Special Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Zakir H...
Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has strongly criticized the "unbridled and unbelievable looting" carried out under state patronage during the Awami League regime. In a post on his verified Facebook profile, Asif Mahmud, also adviser to the Ministry of LGRD, s...
Page 74 of 678, showing 20 results out of 13,549 total