Flood turns dry food pricey Errant cos fined for hiking
Staff Reporter : The prices of essential relief items, particularly flattened rice (chira), puffed rice (muri), jaggery, biscuits, and other dry foods, have seen a...
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Return Islamic banks to founders: Speakers
Staff Reporter : Speakers at a recent discussion have called on the government to return Shariah-based Islamic banks to their original founders, emphasising the need...
Flood death toll rises to 18
Staff Reporter : The death toll has risen to 18 as the country faces one of the most devastating floods in its history, exacerbated by...
Ex-MP Sadek held over attack on ex-US envoy Bernicat
Staff Reporter : Md Sadek Khan, the former Member of Parliament for Dhaka-13, has been arrested in the Nakhalpara area of Dhaka, according to officials...
Politicisation of Metro vandalism backfires
Special Report :Dhaka Metro Rail is set to resume operations today, following significant disruptions caused by the vandalism of several stations, allegedly by groups associated...
Cancel secret deals with India Rizvi urges Yunus
Staff Reporter : In a recent address, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi urged the interim government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus...
From bed of roses to bed of banana leaves
Abu Jakir : In a dramatic twist of fate, former Appellate Division Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, once a prominent and controversial figure in Bangladesh’s...
US senator to arrive in Dhaka to meet Yunus
Staff Reporter : US Senate Dick Durbin is expected to visit Bangladesh on August 26 to have meeting with the Chief Advisor to the interim...
PILKHANA TRAGEDY: Not a mutiny, but a planned killing, say convicted soldiers
Staff Reporter : The tragic events at Pilkhana in 2009, widely referred to as the “BDR Mutiny,” were not an act of revolt but rather...
Hasina faces 49 cases 40 for murder
Staff Reporter : Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina now faces a staggering 49 legal cases, including 40 murder charges, as legal battles mount against the...
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...
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...