Sunday | February 01, 2026 | Dhaka
Staff Reporter : Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah informed foreign diplomats that the Election Commission is preparing for the upcoming general election, assuming it will be held in December. “We...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has dropped two places in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2024, ranking 151st out of 180 countries, compared to 149th in 2023. The country scored 23 out of...
Staff Reporter : “Many doubted whether Bangladesh would survive, but the people have shown that a promising new Bangladesh has begun,” stated Professor Dr. Ali Riaz, Chief of the Interim Government’s Constitutional Reform Commission....
Staff Reporter US Charge d’Affaires Jacobson underscored the importance of free, fair, and inclusive elections for the formation of a new government. She inquired about the recently launched “Operation Devil Hunt” by the country’s...
Staff reporter : Canada has reiterated its commitment to advocating for the repatriation of the Rohingya population to Myanmar through international forums, aiming to increase global pressure to resolve the crisis. The country has...
Staff Reporter : A Dhaka court has ordered the issuance of an arrest warrant through Interpol for former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed as first such actions against the deposed autocrat Hasina’s...
Staff Reporter : Amid the ongoing nationwide crackdown, law enforcement authorities have arrested 343 individuals as part of a special operation codenamed ‘Operation Devil Hunt’. Additionally, 1,521 people were apprehended in the past 24...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s per capita income has dropped to $2,738 in the fiscal year 2023-24, based on the final calculations by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). This represents a $46 decrease from...
Staff Reporter : The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has expressed concerns over Bangladesh Bank’s decision to maintain a contractionary monetary policy for the second half of the 2024-25 fiscal year, keeping...
Muhid Hasan : Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday unveiled its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the January-July period (H2) of the 2024-25 financial year, announcing that the policy rate (repo rate) will remain at...
Staff Reporter : The UN Human Rights Office is set to unveil its fact-finding report on the massacre that occurred during the July-August mass upsurge against the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s despotic government,...
Staff Reporter : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday stated that the government has assured them preparations are underway to hold national elections by December this year. Following a meeting with...