Staff Reporter: Former president of the National Press Club and the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), senior journalist Shawkat Mahmud, was detained on Sunday from in front of his residence in the capital....
Staff Reporter: A complaint has been filed in a Dhaka court against Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir, Jamaat-e-Islami’s nominated candidate for the Sunamganj-2 constituency and a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court, alleging that he...
Staff Reporter: Barrister Asaduzzaman Fuad, General Secretary of the AB Party, was allegedly harassed by local BNP activists in his home constituency of Babuganj, Barishal, on Sunday. Fuad has blamed members of the BNP...
Staff Reporter: The government is considering offering subsidies to potato farmers who suffered losses in last year’s production cycle, Agriculture Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Sunday. “Potato growers have faced major setbacks...
Diplomatic Correspondent: The Interim Government is keen to strengthen ties with Azerbaijan in multiple areas including trade, energy and economic relations between the two friendly countries. Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus came up with...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh must diversify export destinations and strengthen its domestic market to expand the footprint of SME products globally, Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan said on Sunday. Speaking as the chief guest at...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh’s inflation edged higher in November, despite a full year of aggressive monetary tightening, as point-to-point inflation rose to 8.29 percent amid renewed pressure from food prices and persistently elevated costs in...
Staff Reporter: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman has said there is still no conclusive data to determine whether corruption in the country has risen or declined compared to previous years. “There is...
Staff Reporter: Traders have cut edible oil prices following objections from the commerce ministry, the Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association said in a notice on Sunday. The association said the revised...
News Desk: The High Court has ordered the disposal of an application filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged corruption and money laundering by a subsidiary of the Noman Group. The bench of...
Reuters: US President Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was “really close” and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to...
