Dhaka, June 24 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has scheduled Jul 2 for the formal submission of charges in the case over the killing and burning of six individuals during last year's July-A... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- A big chunk of foreign loans is being used to repay the ones that were previously taken, says Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar. "For years, we have been going through a sit... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- A Chandpur court has sentenced two people to death and another to life in prison for the strangling and drowning of a madrasa student in Chandpur's Kachua over a property dispute. T... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set Jul 1 as the date of the indictment hearing against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and fo... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- Flight operations from Dhaka to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have been suspended until further notice after those countries closed their airspace following Ira... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- Google's digital service platform Google Wallet-commonly known as "Google Pay"-has been officially launched in Bangladesh for the first time. The service is being introduced in part... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- At his offices in Putrajaya - the administrative capital he built, around an hour's drive from central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - I met my namesake, Mahathir bin Mohamad. Mahathir, Ma... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast more rain on the way under the influence of the persistent monsoon winds. Meteorologist Kazi Jebunnesa said there is like... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- With sluggish project execution and tighter fiscal controls in play, Bangladesh has seen a steep drop in foreign loan disbursements, while repayments on earlier debt have risen marke... Read More
Dhaka, June 24 -- Allegations have long been there that Hindi-speaking Indian nationals interrogated victims of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh's secret detention centres. Now, fresh claims sugg... Read More