Sunday | January 25, 2026 | Dhaka
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) sector is facing mounting pressure following the imposition of a 35 percent retaliatory tariff by the United States – a move that now threatens to destabilise...
Staff Reporter : Saima Wazed, popularly known as Putul and the daughter of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been placed on indefinite leave from her role as Regional Director of the World Health...
Staff Reporter : Amid ongoing nationwide outrage over the brutal killing of a scrap metal trader in Old Dhaka, a similar incident has occurred in the capital’s Pallabi area, where a real estate company...
Staff Reporter : BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has strongly criticised the government for its failure to prevent a rise in violent mob attacks, calling for an immediate and comprehensive crackdown. “Why is the...
Staff Reporter : The brutal daylight murder of a scrap trader outside Dhaka’s Mitford Hospital has triggered widespread public outrage, student-led protests across university campuses, and escalating political tension, with members of the opposition...
Al Jazeera : On July 16, 2024, as security forces launched a brutal crackdown on student protesters campaigning against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian government, Bangladeshi rapper Massrur Jahan Alif – popularly known...
News Desk : Assailants have beaten and hacked a trader to death in brutal fashion outside Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, allegedly over a dispute tied to illegal wire trading. The victim, Md...
UNB : Though he has categorically ruled out the possibility of an electoral alliance with their party’s long-time ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin indicates that the door remains open for talks...
Staff Reporter : Nahid Islam, Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), issued a stern warning on Friday, declaring that the people of Bangladesh would not accept a national election held without comprehensive institutional...
Staff Reporter : A Dhaka court has ordered the imprisonment of prominent economist and former Janata Bank Chairman Dr Abul Barkat in connection with a large-scale embezzlement case involving Tk 297 crore (approximately £21...
Staff Reporter : The government’s net borrowing from commercial banks fell significantly in the 2024-25 fiscal year, reaching Tk 72,372 crore-just 73% of the Tk 99,000 crore annual target set for borrowing from the...
