The government has carried out its first cabinet reshuffle six months into its term. Shortly after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sworn in as president on Friday, three new full ministers and two state ministers took oath. One state minister was promoted to full minister. At the same time, one minister was given a different […]
Twenty-two years after the August 21 grenade attack, the case remains one of the most consequential unresolved cases in Bangladesh’s history. The attack on an Awami League rally that day in 2004 in Dhaka killed 24 people and injured nearly 300. Yet, despite years of investigations, conflicting narratives under successive governments, and death sentences for […]
ICT orders notices in newspapers directing Sheikh Hasina and six other fugitives to surrender The International Crimes Tribunal-2 today sent former Cox’s Bazar-4 MP Abdur Rahman Bodi and three retired army officials to jail after showing them arrested in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of Teknaf councillor Ekramul Haque in an alleged […]
Police have arrested an assistant sub-inspector and another man with 5,310 yaba pills in Dhaka’s Uttara. The arrestees are Md Shafiqul Islam, 43, an assistant sub-inspector at Pallabi Police Station, and Wasim, 24. Faim Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dakshinkhan Police Station, said police raided the area near Azampur kitchen market early Monday based on a […]
Bangladesh’s garment exports increased 11 percent year-on-year to $10.10 billion during the April-June quarter, the Bangladesh Bank said yesterday in its quarterly review. However, the central bank warned that the sector faces rising production costs and stiffer competition from rival exporting countries amid persistent global economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. “Going forward, export diversification, value-added […]
Nine years after the mass Rohingya exodus into Bangladesh, hopes of returning home have faded into deepening uncertainty, with repatriation stalled, violence continuing in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and a worsening humanitarian crisis pushing growing numbers of refugees towards dangerous sea journeys. More than 1.2 million Rohingya are now living in 32 camps in Ukhiya and […]
Furniture and household belongings reportedly damaged; family members express safety concerns as victim seeks impartial investigation A family in Jajira Upazila of Shariatpur has alleged that their home was attacked and vandalized on August 23, 2026, leaving furniture and other household belongings damaged and family members concerned about their safety. The allegations were made by […]
Cash, jewellery and important documents reportedly taken; family members left concerned over safety A residential property in the Rayerbagh area of Dhaka was allegedly attacked and vandalized on the night of June 21, 2026, with the occupants claiming that cash, jewellery and other valuables were taken from the house. According to the homeowner, Abul Faysal, […]
