Menon remanded for 5 days
Staff Reporter : Workers Party President and former MP Rashed Khan Menon was remanded for five days in a murder case filed at Dhaka’s New...
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Commentary: Leveraging UNSC 1483, impose moratorium on debt repayments
Farrukh Khosru : Bangladesh’s external debt dramatically increased under the oligarchic kleptocracy of the Sheikh Hasina regime from 2009 to 2024, with the average external...
Inability to pay, not instability, behind India's power export rule amendment: Summit reviewing cross border deals between Bangladesh and India
Special Report : On August 14, 2024, Reuters, a global news agency with its headquarters in London, reported on an amendment to India’s power export...
Water, water everywhere: Thousands cry for help
Staff Reporter : The devastating deluge in the country’s northeast and eastern regions has left more than 4.5 million people stranded across 11 districts, with...
Islami Bank gets new board
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has dissolved the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh and appointed a new five-member board to oversee...
human rights violations during protests: UN delegation in Dhaka for preliminary discussions
Staff Reporter : The United Nations has begun discussions with the government regarding preliminary fact-finding into human rights violations, including killings that occurred during the...
Mayhem at NSU as Board Forces VC to Quit
Special Report :North South University (NSU), Bangladesh’s premier private educational institution, is embroiled in a fierce power struggle, following the recent forced resignation of Vice-Chancellor...
Over 30 lakh people affected by devastating floods
Staff Reporter : A devastating flood, caused by torrential rain and the opening of sluice gates in India, has severely impacted at least eight districts...
Perpetrators of violence against journos must be held accountable
Staff Reporter : The spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, has emphasised that all perpetrators involved in recent acts of violence in Bangladesh must...
Rashed Khan Menon arrested
Staff Reporter : Rashed Khan Menon, President of the Workers Party, was arrested by police from the Gulshan area of Dhaka on Thursday. The arrest...
Switzerland assures BNP of recovering laundered money
Staff Reporter : Switzerland has assured Bangladesh’s interim government of its cooperation in recovering money siphoned off to Switzerland. Reto Renggli, the Swiss Ambassador to...
Govt to import LNG through alternative legal framework
Staff Reporter : As the Speedy Increase of Power and Energy Supply (Special) Act 2010 has been suspended, the interim government is exploring alternative legal...