Public fury grows over daylight Mitford murder
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,...
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Reshaping politics in Bangladesh
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...
Businessman killed in brutal attack outside Mitford Hospital
News Desk : Assailants have beaten and hacked a trader to death in brutal fashion outside Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, allegedly over a...
No scope for electoral alliance with Jamaat
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...
No elections without reform Warns NCP
Staff Reporter : Nahid Islam, Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), issued a stern warning on Friday, declaring that the people of Bangladesh would...
Ex-chair Dr Barkat sent to jail
Staff Reporter : A Dhaka court has ordered the imprisonment of prominent economist and former Janata Bank Chairman Dr Abul Barkat in connection with a...
Govt bank borrowing falls as foreign loans surge
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...
New rules to boost bond market liquidity
Staff Reporter : In a significant move to modernise public debt management and deepen the secondary bond market, the Finance Division has introduced a comprehensive...
Eighth year on, no Rohingya repatriation yet
Diplomatic Correspondent : The Rohingya refugee crisis continues to deepen, with nearly 150,000 more Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh over the past 18 months, adding to...
Dhaka awaits US response as tariff talks wrap up
Staff Reporter : The third and final day of the Bangladesh-U.S. three-day tariff negotiations concluded on today in Washington, DC, with Dhaka expressing optimism about...