Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC) Secretary, Md Jahangir Alam, indicated on Sunday that the decision to cancel upazila elections in affected areas will hinge on the extent of damage caused by Cyclone Remal. He made these remarks while speaking to journalists at Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon, the capital. “We are closely monitoring the situation at the field level. The cyclone has not yet made landfall. Decisions will be taken once it hits the country,” said the EC secretary...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh is severely underutilizing its potential for Asian regional trade, as less than 5 percent of its total exports are directed towards India and China. Despite the fact that global exports to China and India amount to around $4,050 billion annually, Bangladesh’s exports to these countries were only $2.64 billion in 2022, according to a recent study led by Atiur Rahman, former governor of Bangladesh Bank. Rahman’s study, titled “Post-LDC Graduation: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward,”...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate assets which former IGP Benazir Ahmed and...
Staff Reporter : A three-member team from the Dhaka Detective Branch (DB), led by its Additional Commissioner Harun-Or-Rashid, has arrived...
Staff Reporter : Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal has lashed the West Bengal-Khepupara coast near the southwest of Mongla, according to...
Staff Reporter : Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to ensure accountability for high-level abuses of power and release a corruption whitepaper. This call comes in response to recent exposures of significant power abuses, including the killing of a ruling party MP, U.S. visa sanctions against a former army chief, and a court order to seize the bank accounts and assets of a retired Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police chief. TIB emphasized that these actions are crucial...
Staff Reporter : Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali announced on Sunday that the Bangladeshi Army would pursue action against former army chief General Aziz Ahmed, even after his retirement. The minister made this remark regarding taking action against loan defaulters while speaking to journalists at the Secretariat this Sunday afternoon, mentioning the matter of taking action against the former army chief in the course of the conversation. Minister Ali emphasised the government’s commitment to addressing loan defaults, regardless of...
Court Correspondent : Grameen Bank has submitted an allegation to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against founder of the bank Dr Muhammad Yunus for his alleged involvement in graft and irregularities during his tenure at the bank. A report of a high-level review committee of Bank and Financial Institute Division under the Finance Ministry and a comprehensive audit report (1983 to 2023) of an audit firm enlisted by Bangladesh Bank found several evidences of massive corruption in providing loan, credit waiver...
Staff Reporter : Thousands of people have been digging the ground for gold in Ranishankail Upazila of Thakurgaon. Men and...
Staff Reporter : Anwarul Azim Anar, Member of Parliament for Jhenaidah-4, has been killed after two previous failed attempts, according to Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, Additional Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Addressing a press conference at the Minto Road DB office in the capital on Saturday afternoon, DB Chief Harun-or-Rashid disclosed, “The killers had attempted twice before finally succeeding in the third round. However, the specific motive behind the murder remains unclear yet.” He went on...
AFP : Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, despite an order from the UN’s top court for it to “immediately halt” its military offensive in the southern city. At the same time, renewed efforts are getting underway in Paris aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war sparked by Palestinian group Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 resistance campaign on Israel. In a case brought by South Africa alleging the Israeli military operation amounts to “genocide,” the International Court...
Staff Reporter : In a joint statement released on Friday, eight countries, including the United States and the European Union, expressed deep concern over the escalating conflict in Myanmar and the increasing harm to civilians. The statement highlighted the worsening human rights and humanitarian crisis across the country. The signatories—Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States—urged for an immediate address of the ongoing conflict. Since the February...