RMG in peril amid turmoil
Special Report : Bangladesh’s ultra-low margin garment sector, comprising of 80% of the nation’s exports, is currently navigating a complex web of challenges, ranging from...
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Bangladeshi teenage girl killed by BSF
Staff Reporter : In a tragic incident at the Kulaura border in Moulvibazar, a Bangladeshi teenage girl was shot dead by the Indian Border Security...
Int’l govts urged to freeze laundered BD assets
Staff Reporter : Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), alongside four other anti-corruption agencies, has called for the immediate freezing of illicit assets held by Bangladeshi individuals...
HRW calls EU to urge Bangladesh to disband RAB
Staff Reporter : The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the European Union (EU) to encourage Bangladeshi authorities to disband the Rapid Action Battalion...
Former MP Anwar Hossain Manju released after brief questioning by DB
Staff Reporter : Anwar Hossain Manju, the former Member of Parliament (MP) from Pirojpur-2 and a former Minister of Water Resources, has been released after...
India no safe refuge for AL men
Special Report : The recent discovery of the semi-decomposed body of Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, a prominent leader of the Awami League party, in Meghalaya...
Return Tk30,000cr siphoned from labour market
Reza Mahmud : Experts emphasised that it is high time to return about Tk 30,000 crore of siphoned money which was illegally amassed from migrated...
Govt lifts ban on Jamaat, Shibir
NN Online Report: The interim government on Wednesday lifted the ban on Jamaat-e- Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. “It (lifting of the...
Life expectancy in Bangladesh drops by 4.8 years due to air pollution
NN Online Report: Bangladesh is the world’s most polluted country and fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident’s life expectancy by 4.8...
Dr Yunus bats for revival of SAARC
Staff Reporter : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called for the revival of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to enhance economic...
Jamaat to build just society in Bangladesh
In an exclusive conversation with The New Nation, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, the Ameer (President) of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, offers his perspective on...
173 reported missing at Gazi Tyre factory fire
Staff Reporter : At least 173 people have been reported missing following a fire that broke out at the Gazi Tyre Factory in the Rupganj...