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Agricultural diploma students stage demo at Khamarbari

The students started the programme titled "Agri Blockade" at Khamarbari in the Farmgate area at 9:00am.
21 April 2025, 07:11 AM

MoU signed as 10 railway hospitals set to open doors to public

Currently, the railways officials and staff are receiving treatment from these hospitals.
21 April 2025, 05:29 AM

‘Freeze 70 accounts of Nasrul Hamid’

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 70 bank accounts of Nasrul Hamid, former state minister for power and energy, in a case filed over acquiring Tk 36.37 crore illegally.
20 April 2025, 20:30 PM

Legality of SC judge appointment ordinance: HC starts hearing on petition

The High Court today started hearing on a writ petition that challenged legality of four sections of Supreme Court Judge Appointment Ordinance, 2025.
20 April 2025, 15:07 PM

China to provide 1 billion RMB grant for economic, technical cooperation

The grant will be disbursed through separate agreements for various future projects.
20 April 2025, 15:07 PM

EC extends deadline for new party registration to June 22

On March 10, the EC started the process to register the new political parties.
20 April 2025, 14:34 PM

HC rules on petition seeking orders for women's autopsies to be done by women

The health secretary and the director general of health services have been made respondents to the rule.
20 April 2025, 10:43 AM

Murder case filed over Primeasia University student's death

20-30 unnamed people were made accused in the case.
20 April 2025, 10:18 AM

Act fast before ‘brief’ 90-day tariff pause ends

Calling the US’s 90-day tariff pause a brief window of opportunity, a visiting American delegation yesterday urged Dhaka to take concrete steps to address Washington’s trade concerns within this period.
18 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Polytechnic students to stage demo after Juma prayers

Students of all polytechnic institutes across the country will stage a protest march after Juma prayers today.
18 April 2025, 05:29 AM

ACC files case against ex-land minister, wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, his wife and former United Commercial Bank chairperson Rukmila Zaman, and 21 others for allegedly securing a loan of Tk 20 crore through fraudulent means using shell companies.
17 April 2025, 18:37 PM

Govt may have a ‘hidden agenda’

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday questioned why reforms are being considered instead of elections, expressing concern that the interim government might be working with a "hidden agenda".
17 April 2025, 18:01 PM

'Bangladesh A-Am Janata Party' launched by Destiny MD

The party was formally introduced at an event held at a hotel in Dhaka's Banani today.
17 April 2025, 10:38 AM

Arav Khan, wife among 8 jailed for life

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced eight people, including Robiul Islam alias Arav Khan, to life imprisonment for the murder of Inspector Mamun Imran Khan of the Special Branch in 2018.
17 April 2025, 10:28 AM

AL leader Murad arrested

He is accused in several cases filed over killing several students during the mass uprising last year.
17 April 2025, 06:55 AM

Bangladesh-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks begin

This is the first such diplomatic engagement in 15 years
17 April 2025, 06:00 AM

Pakistan foreign secy in Dhaka

Pakistan Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a two-day visit to attend the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC), the first such diplomatic engagement in 15 years, as Dhaka and Islamabad seek to normalise relations.
16 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case

Abdul Malek, a former driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), and his wife Nargis Begum were yesterday sentenced to five and three years of imprisonment respectively, in a case filed over amassing wealth worth Tk 1.10 crore illegally.
16 April 2025, 18:00 PM

ACC to seek international assistance to bring back Tulip

The case involves allegations of fraudulent activities related to land allocation, and Tulip has been named as accused.
16 April 2025, 11:07 AM

Fakhrul to meet US deputy assistant secretary Nicole Chulick this afternoon

The meeting is expected to take place around 4:30pm.
16 April 2025, 07:27 AM