Tuesday | January 13, 2026 | Dhaka
The government has declared Savar upazila in Dhaka district a “degraded air shed” and announced that, starting September, operation of all brick kilns except ‘Tunnel Kilns’ and ‘Hybrid Hoffman Kilns’ will be restricted. The...
Australia has cancelled the visa of an Israeli lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition who has advocated against Palestinian statehood and called for Israel to annex the occupied West Bank. Simcha Rothman,...
UNB: Detectives have arrested former Awami League MP Shafiqul Islam Opu (Jhenaidah-2) from a house in Dhaka. Superintendent of Police Manjur Morshed said a Detective Branch (DB) team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested him...
NN Online: On the eve of a highly anticipated White House meeting on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven other European leaders, President Donald Trump on Sunday night...
NN Online: Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$1.26 billion (Tk 126.44 crores) remittances during the first sixteen days of August in the fiscal 2025-26, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued on...
NN Online: The government on Monday (Aug 18) suspended 18 police officers, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch chief Harun-or-Rashid, for failing to report to duty without authorisation in the aftermath of...
NN Online: The International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants against five individuals, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary, in connection with the killing of seven people during a counter-terrorism operation...
NN Online: A court here today imposed a travel ban on former Member of Parliament (MP) from Joypurhat-2 constituency Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon and his wife Mehbuba Alam over graft allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan...
NN Online: The Anti-Corruption Commission has issued a notice to Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and his wife Afroza Begum, seeking their wealth statements. In a press release issued by ACC’s Public Relations...
BSS: The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today hoped that the testimony in the crimes against humanity case against Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun would conclude by October....
In a major shake-up of the country’s banking sector, Bangladesh Bank has demonstrated its firm resolve to establish good governance, with a dozen managing directors (MDs) stepping down from their posts over the past...
UNB: Nationals from five countries were involved in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist that occurred in February of 2016, according to a senior official at the Criminal Investigation Department, the investigating agency of the...