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Bangladesh allows LPG imports on credit to ease supply crisis

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Bangladesh Bank has announced measures to ease the import of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in an effort to address a prolonged supply shortage that has disrupted household and busine... Read More


Berger Paints' 'Hariye Jai' exhibition explores imagination through immersive interior design

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Berger Paints Bangladesh has launched an immersive art and design exhibition in Dhaka that explores the relationship between interior design, imagination and mental wellbeing. The e... Read More


10 jailed for life over policeman's murder during mugging in Chattogram

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Ten men have been sentenced to life imprisonment over the killing of a police officer by a gang of muggers in Chattogram's Ambagan more than a decade ago. The verdict was delivered ... Read More


Court grants plaintiff time to review Hadi murder charges

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- The plaintiff in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi has been granted two days' time to review the chargesheet filed against the accused. The case came ... Read More


Government 'failed' to recover weapons looted in July Uprising, says BNP's Fakhrul

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has criticised the interim government for "failing" to recover weapons looted during the July Uprising, calling the delay a major lapse.... Read More


Why young voters could be the decisive force in general election

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- They marched through tear gas and bullets in July. They toppled a government in August. Now, for the first time in their lives, they are preparing for a national vote. As Bangladesh... Read More


Teknaf child wounded by gunfire from Myanmar still fighting for her life

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- There has been no improvement in the condition of 9-year-old Huzaifa Afnan, who was hit by gunfire from across the Myanmar border in Teknaf. She is still on life support in the ICU ... Read More


Former Jatiya Party leader Ranga's 'side income' dwarves official earnings

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Mashiur Rahman Ranga, former Jatiya Party secretary general and ex-minister, has disclosed that his income from "unspecified" or "other sources" vastly outweighs his professional ear... Read More


ICT opens trial of Salman F Rahman, Anisul Huq over crimes against humanity

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has indicted Salman F Rahman, an advisor to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former law minister Anisul Huq, in a case involving charg... Read More


PBI urges court to drop charges against Hasina, 112 others over July Uprising case

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- The Police Bureau of Investigation has recommended exonerating ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 112 others after failing to trace "the injured" in a case filed over the attemp... Read More