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Journalist Iqbal Sobhan sent to jail over July 'murder'

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A Dhaka court has sent Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, former information advisor to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and chairman of private broadcaster DBC, to jail in a case over the al... Read More


US trade reached $12.67bn last fiscal year: speaker

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Two-way trade between Bangladesh and the United States reached $12.67 billion in the 2025-26 fiscal year, Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has said. Describing the US as Banglade... Read More


The need for a strong data privacy culture

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The digital world runs on data. And it is you, me, and the people around us who spend time on digital platforms and in the process creating this modern-day oil called data. As digital... Read More


Pori Moni insults journalists, snatches reporter's phone

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Actress Pori Moni has allegedly snatched a journalist's mobile phone and verbally abused him as she left a court after securing bail in a case filed by businessman Nasir Uddin Mahmud ... Read More


Bangladeshi to die in Kuwait for killing friend

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to death in Kuwait for killing a friend following a dispute over the publication of his wife's private photographs on Facebook and the friend's re... Read More


5 to die for Manikganj triple murder

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A Manikganj court has sentenced five people to death in a triple murder case in Singair. At the same time, eight other suspects were sentenced to life in prison and seven others to va... Read More


A voter revolt puts Trump era on notice

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Donald Trump asked Americans to treat the midterm elections as a verdict on his presidency. He repeated the invitation dozens of times, urging voters to imagine that his name was on t... Read More


Mongla Port will become economic hub: PM

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Prime Minister Tarique has said modernising Mongla Port will turn it into a potential economic hub for southwestern Bangladesh, expanding trade, investment and employment opportunitie... Read More


Measles vaccine delays under probe

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The government has formed a three-member commission to investigate the interim administration's responsibility for delays, irregularities and failures in procuring and distributing me... Read More


Iran war in focus as Trump suffers midterm debacle

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Congressional elections in the middle of a president's four-year term often produce negative results for the White House. But what the voters in the United States delivered on Nov 3 w... Read More