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Police recover body of AIUB student from her rented Bashundhara flat

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Police have recovered the hanging body of a private university student from a flat at Dhaka's Bashundhara. The victim, 27-year-old Mahmuda Akhtar Jerin, was a student of the Compute... Read More


Tense Day at Bangladesh Bank: Dramatic ousting of governor as apparel entrepreneur takes the helm

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The volatile atmosphere that has gripped Bangladesh Bank since Feb 16 -- erupting just as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) prepared to form a government following their landsli... Read More


BB Governor Mostaqur visits Finance Minister Khosru following tense appointment

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Amid the tense backdrop of his appointment, Bangladesh Bank's new Governor Mostaqur Rahman has made his first visit to the finance minister, following preliminary discussions with se... Read More


NBR gives individual taxpayers another month, until Mar 31, to file FY2026 returns

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Individual taxpayers will get another month to file returns as the National Board of Revenue has pushed the deadline to file the returns to Mar 31 for the 2025-26 financial year amid... Read More


Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 opens in Dhaka, PM proposes 'international' status

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- After weeks of uncertainty over schedule and publishers' dispute, the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 has opened at the Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman i... Read More


Masudur Rahman, sent back from Malaysia, to be grilled for suspected ties to terrorism

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A Man returned from Malaysia, Masudur Rahman, will be interrogated in police custody for two days over suspected ties to extremist groups. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana a... Read More


Dhaka court orders authorities to pursue seizure of former minister Javed's 518 UK flats

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A Dhaka court has ordered authorities to take steps to seize 518 flats in the United Kingdom owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, as part of a widening investig... Read More


PM Tarique says politicising education, research and arts undermines civilised society

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for a concerted effort to build a liberal democratic state, emphasising that politicising education, research, and the arts is never a hallma... Read More


Tk 860mn loan rescheduling by new Governor Mostaqur's garment factory under spotlight

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) restructured a defaulted loan of Tk 860 million belonging to the garment factory of the newly appointed Bangladesh Bank Governor Md Mostaqur Rahman approx... Read More


DU metro rail station closed for 2 hours on Thursday

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The Dhaka University metro rail station is going to remain closed for two hours to avoid inconvenience to passengers during the prime minister's visit to the book fair. Metro Rail P... Read More