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UGC says local, foreign universities operating without approval must halt operations

Dhaka, March 30 -- The University Grants Commission (UGC) has ordered the immediate suspension of all academic and administrative activities at unauthorised branch campuses and study centres of both l... Read More


Trump jibes at Saudi Prince Salman before softening tone with praise

Dhaka, March 30 -- US President Donald Trump has mocked Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, often known as MBS, in blunt remarks while describing the current dynamics between Washington a... Read More


11 years on, justice remains elusive in the murder of blogger Washiqur

Dhaka, March 30 -- The family of blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu, who was hacked to death in Tejgaon's Begunbari area, is still awaiting justice for his 2015 murder. Those involved in the 11-year-old ca... Read More


Eden Mohila College plans to resume higher secondary classes after three decades

Dhaka, March 30 -- Eden Mohila College, one of the oldest educational institutions in Dhaka, is looking to resume higher secondary education after nearly three decades after it was suspended. Princip... Read More


City Sugar launches Tk 130mn bond to clear debts, boost investments

Dhaka, March 30 -- City Sugar Industries, a unit of Bangladesh's top business conglomerate City Group, has received approval to raise Tk 13 billion from the market through a bond to repay debt and inv... Read More


Former DIG Jalil Mondal arrested over 2013 Shapla Chattar 'killings'

Dhaka, March 30 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Abdul Jalil Mondal, a former deputy inspector general (DIG) and former commissioner of Chattogram Metropoli... Read More


Jamaat MP challenges road minister's 'comfortable' Eid travel claim, demands resignation

Dhaka, March 30 -- A Jamaat-e-Islami MP has questioned Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam over his claim that this year's Eid-ul-Fitr travel was "more comfortable" than before, cit... Read More


Energy minister says panic buying and hoarding, not supply gap, causing fuel queues

Dhaka, March 30 -- Seeking to quell public anxiety amid long queues at filling stations, Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku informed parliament that Bangladesh has no fuel shortage, attributing... Read More


Foreign aid dips 26% as debt servicing climbs in Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 30 -- Foreign aid disbursement to Bangladesh fell by 26 percent year-on-year during the July-February period of the current 2025-26 fiscal year, according to the Economic Relations Divisi... Read More


Journalist Shaukat Mahmood shown arrested in Shahbagh anti-terrorism case despite securing bail earlier

Dhaka, March 30 -- A Dhaka court has shown journalist Shaukat Mahmood arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Shahbagh Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana pass... Read More