A pro-BNP transport workers’ leader was shot dead by unidentified criminals in Khulna city on Wednesday night.

A writ petition was filed yesterday with the High Court challenging the legality of the government’s decision to remove Ahsan H Mansur from the post of Bangladesh Bank governor and appoint Md Mostaqur Rahman in his place.

A case was filed yesterday in connection with the killing of a female teacher of Islamic University in Kushtia.

Nearly six months after a wave of unprecedented youth-led protests and the deaths of 77 people forced Nepal’s then prime minister to quit, people began voting yesterday in a general election that will choose a new parliament in the Himalayan nation.

Victims of grave human rights violations and their families yesterday urged the government to retain the enhanced powers granted to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), warning that any move to dilute the new ordinance would render the rights body “toothless” once again.

The Farmers’ Card will be launched on a pre-pilot basis by April 14 this year, with around 25,000 farmers in nine upazilas of eight districts set to get the benefit.

Jamaat-e-Islami does not oppose the reciprocal trade agreement with the US at this moment, arguing that certain aspects of the deal are important for Bangladesh and thus should continue.

US and Israel pounded Iran and Lebanon yesterday as President Donald Trump encouraged Kurdish opposition groups to go on the offensive against Tehran, potentially opening a dangerous new front in the widening war that may draw in more countries.

Bangladesh yesterday secured two LNG cargoes from the international spot market after failing to attract bidders for two consecutive days, although at more than double the normal rate.

Fifteen individuals, including late BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and late Milestone College teacher Maherin Chowdhury, and five institutions have been selected for this year’s Swadhinata Padak, the country’s highest state honour.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday urged the BNP-led government to place anti-corruption and good governance at the top of its reform agenda, saying visible control and prevention of corruption is a precondition for delivering its wider pledges.

The government has extended the upcoming Eid‑ul‑Fitr holidays by a day to include March 18.

Experts and politicians have raised alarm over the fact that women made up only around four percent of the candidates in the 13th national election.

Many local landowners feel they are not being compensated fairly

76 percent of the work had been completed by the deadline, say BWDB officials

Many travellers from 21 districts will use the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway, widely known as the gateway to the north.

Eight Fire Service units currently working to control fire

EC publishes party-wise vote counts

Suspension by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan disrupts international flight operations

Deceased was organising secretary of Debiganj upazila AL

There is a difference between facing an established champion and confronting a wounded giant hungry to reclaim lost ground.

Md Ahsan Ullah, adviser to the Bangladesh Bank governor, has resigned from his post, citing discomfort following an incident of a “mobocratic nature” at the central bank headquarters.

The United States and Canada detected two Russian military aircraft near the US state of Alaska on Wednesday, the joint US-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said.

Rising food and service costs are eroding household purchasing power, particularly for lower-income groups whose consumption baskets are more heavily weighted toward essentials, according to the latest monthly economic update by the General Economics Division (GED).

At least 10 people were killed and 476 injured in 104 incidents of post-election violence across the country between February 13 and 28, according to rights organisation Odhikar.

China has expressed its anger over Israeli-US strikes on Iran but, despite hits to its oil imports, will not risk its interests by confronting Washington and helping its long-standing partner, analysts say.

Authorities have shut five of the country’s six urea fertiliser factories as a precaution amid fears of gas supply disruptions caused by the widening war in the Middle East and Iran’s closure of the Hormuz Strait, a key global energy route.

Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded that Syeda Rizwana Hasan, a former adviser to the interim government, and Khalilur Rahman, former security adviser who currently serves as the country’s foreign minister, be questioned and put on trial over allegations of “election engineering”.

Depositors of five merged Islamic banks staged a demonstration in front of the headquarters of Bangladesh Bank yesterday, demanding the return of their deposits and the cancellation of a proposed “haircut” on their funds.

A haunting message scrawled on the wall of a secret detention cell has revealed the grim reality of enforced disappearances, a survivor told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

China set its annual growth target at 4.5-5 percent on Thursday, its lowest figure in decades but at the centre of plans to tackle sluggish consumption and a flagging property market.

The government has decided to place 133 ordinances -- issued during the tenure of the interim government -- before Parliament.

Southeast Bank PLC has launched the country’s first-ever “Visa Student Credit Card” at a ceremony held at Sheraton Dhaka on Wednesday.

Over 10 lakh cases are currently pending in the country’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals, with over 10,000 rape cases remaining unresolved for more than five years.

Gold prices edged higher on Thursday as ‌the widening Middle East conflict drove investors towards the safe-haven asset, while a rebound in the dollar limited gains.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam yesterday reiterated that it’s not “extortion” if registered associations for transport owners and workers collect funds for organisational welfare.

United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) recently organised a “Hajj Agency Conference” at a hotel in Chattogram to strengthen partnerships with Hajj agencies and ensure improved and seamless services for pilgrims.

Professional women in Bangladesh often face interruptions in their careers, either voluntarily or involuntarily. Around 75 percent of them leave the workforce mainly due to family responsibilities and motherhood, according to an applicants’ survey conducted by BRAC.

Eastern Bank, in collaboration with Visa, yesterday launched the “EBL Visa Infinite Debit Card”, a premium-tier debit card designed for the priority segment of its retail portfolio.

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday stayed the High Court orders that on February 26 granted ad-interim bail to Selina Hayat Ivy, former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation, in five cases, including four over murder, filed in connection with the July uprising.

Prime Bank PLC has recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with Nishat Linen, a lifestyle brand, to offer discount benefits to Prime Bank Neera customers.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday fixed April 9 for delivering the verdict in the crimes against humanity case over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed during the July 2024 uprising in Rangpur.

A US judge on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to stop assessing global tariffs on imports where customs payments have not been finalized, a move some experts view as a step towards broader refunds.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to senior journalist Anis Alamgir in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

` Numbers rarely lie, even when Trump is in the room. But they do have a habit of whispering truths our profession would rather not discuss over coffee. Bangladesh’s latest audit statistics are doing exactly that.

Ukraine said yesterday that a Russian drone strike hit a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk late on Wednesday, wounding several crew members.

Donald Trump is waking up to the fact that cutting off the world’s largest oil and gas shipping route has dire consequences. That’s clear from his scramble to restart flows through the Strait of Hormuz ​by offering insurance for tankers and dispatching US Navy escorts. The idea evokes the late-1980s “Tanker War”, when Washington protected oil shipments during the Iran-Iraq ‌War. But this time a quick fix is unlikely.

Trump administration officials told lawmakers during a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill Tuesday that Iran’s Shahed attack drones represent a major challenge and US air defences will not be able to intercept them all, according to a source in the briefing.

The weeks before Eid-ul-Fitr, the country’s largest religious festival, are traditionally a ripe time for the clothing business. However, loom producers are facing a marked decline in sales this year, owing mainly to two factors -- little presence of foreign buyers and a lack of local wholesale trade.

Recycled images, video game footage passed off as missile strikes, and AI-generated combat visuals: the US-Israeli assault on Iran has unleashed a torrent of online disinformation that analysts are calling a war of narratives.

Banks can now rent office space for branches and other business centres without prior approval from the central bank, provided the rent remains within a maximum limit.

Turkey’s defence ministry yesterday said it was “closely” following the actions of Kurdish militant groups over concerns they are being drawn into the war, reportedly by US-led efforts to destabilise Iran.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has ordered income tax officials to use import data directly when calculating tax liabilities, a move aimed at curbing evasion and easing the refund burden on businesses.