Fear, anger mount over brutal crimes
Growing concern over violence against women and children has intensified amid what analysts describe as a worsening law and order situation across the country, with...
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Iran joins online frenzy over ‘Trump’ buffalo
Iran on Friday (22 May) injected a note of diplomatic humour into social media discourse by referencing a viral video of a Bangladeshi albino buffalo...
BB rolls out stimulus to reopen industries
Bangladesh Bank has announced a Tk60,000 crore stimulus package aimed at reviving closed factories, supporting businesses and accelerating economic activity across the country. The package...
JRC meeting ends amid silence
The 90th meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) on the landmark Ganges Water Sharing Treaty to be expired this year concluded in Kolkata...
BGB blocks BSF attempts to install posts
Fresh tensions have emerged along the Bangladesh-India frontier after the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) prevented India’s Border Security Force (BSF) from installing posts near sensitive...
Death toll rises to 90
At least 90 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coalmine in northern China’s Shanxi province, in the country’s worst mining disaster...
Experts flag slow reforms, law and order failures
Policy analysts, legal experts and business leaders have raised pointed concerns about the pace of institutional reform, deteriorating law and order, economic fragility and mounting...
PM declares ‘Nazrul Year’ for 2026-27
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that the period from 25 May 2026 to 25 May 2027 will be observed as “Nazrul Year”, in honour...
Millions leave capital early to escape Eid chaos
They come with bulging travel bags and sleeping children in arms, with umbrellas tucked under elbows and food packets swinging from tired hands. At Kamalapur...
Hidden property income to face tax
The government is preparing a new mechanism to bring previously undisclosed income from land, apartment, and commercial property transactions into the formal tax system, according...
Industry divided on asset repatriation proposal
The government’s proposal to revive a legal protection scheme for repatriated laundered funds, with incentives to channel the money into priority sectors such as productive...