Am I stupid or is this mind: Tama Mirza
Popular Dhallywood actress Tama Mirza, who is at the peak of her career with one hit movie after another and successful work on OTT platforms,...
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3 govts, one evolving Biman fleet strategy
Bangladesh has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase 11 additional aircraft, taking Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ Boeing order book to 25 aircraft and marking another...
Ishwardi’s traditional pottery industry disappearing
Ishwardi’s traditional pottery industry is as changing consumer preferences, rising costs and falling demand push potters away from their ancestral profession. Once, the pottery neighbourhoods...
Gets initial nod from Bangladesh Bank
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday issued letters of intent (LoIs) to five proposed digital banks, allowing them to begin preparations for launching fully online banking...
Court blocks Trump’s White House ban on CNN, MS, NOW, Politico
Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate CNN, MS, NOW and Politico’s access to the White House after they were...
331 rape cases recorded this year
A total of 1,919 incidents of violence against women and girl children were recorded across Bangladesh in the first eight months of this year, including...
BD shuts door on Indian hilsa imports
The import of hilsa from India through the Benapole land port has been suspended after the Department of Fisheries cancelled 103 no-objection certificates (NOCs), leaving...
3 new laws weaken rights safeguards
Three laws passed by Bangladesh’s parliament this month have reduced the National Human Rights Commission’s investigative powers, changed the mechanism for probing enforced disappearances and...
Growth outlook cut to 4pc
Bangladesh’s economic recovery is expected to remain constrained in the current fiscal year as weak public finances, persistent banking-sector problems and energy shortages continue to...
Sabotage fears grow amid crime surge
A series of cocktail bomb explosions, bus arson and other violent incidents have heightened fears of organised sabotage in Bangladesh, adding to a broader deterioration...
Measles, dengue tolls keep rising
Bangladesh’s twin measles and dengue outbreaks continue to claim lives despite nationwide vaccination and other public health measures, with the combined death toll from the...
ACC okays graft cases against Nizam, Farida Yasmin
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved separate cases against former Bangladesh Pratidin editor Naim Nizam and his wife, former reserved-seat lawmaker Farida Yasmin, over allegations...