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'Are handcuffs fit for a brave freedom fighter?' asks Kamal Majumder at hearing

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder, who is facing charges in a murder case linked to the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, raised his handcuffed hands befor... Read More


Bangladesh enjoys 23.60 percent remittance increase in seven months

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Despite negative trends in most economic indicators, remittance inflows have once again brought positive news. In the first seven months of the current fiscal year, expatriates have ... Read More


Not everything possible now, says Advisor Nahid on Titumir protests

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Nahid Islam, information and broadcasting advisor to the interim government, has urged the students protesting for the upgrading of Government Titumir College to a university to be pa... Read More


Ex-secretary Muhibul, question paper leak scamster Abed Ali shown arrested in ACC case

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Md Muhibul Haque, former senior secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, and Abed Ali Jibon, a former chauffeur to the Public Service Commission chairman infamously in... Read More


Bangla Academy removes '1952 poster' made with a 1971 photograph

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The poster reading "The Spirit of '52 is the inspiration of '24", featuring a 1971 photograph taken at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, has been removed following criticism. The p... Read More


Titumir students block road in front of college

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Students from Government Titumir College have once again blocked the road in front of the institution to demand that it be converted into a university. They blocked off the road with... Read More


Voter list update: Door-to-door data collection ends Monday

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The Election Commission's door-to-door data collection drive to update the voter list is set to conclude on Monday. The next stage-capturing photographs, fingerprints, and iris scans... Read More


Day and night temperatures likely to increase in February

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department, or BMD, sees days and nights getting warmer in February. They are likely to be hotter than normal, the Met Office said in its forecast for t... Read More


Beximco's halted production triggers raw material sales to cope with losses

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Beximco Limited, stuck at the floor price in the stock market, has posted losses for the past six months, nearly matching last year's figures. Between July and December, the company ... Read More


Titumir College students return to road outside campus from Mohakhali

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The protesting students of Government Titumir College have "rejected" the education advisor's statement over the demand to upgrade the institution into a university. In protest again... Read More