Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Bangladesh ADP 2025-26 sees only 17.5% implementation in first half, lowest in two decades

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Bangladesh's Annual Development Programme (ADP) has recorded its lowest mid-year implementation rate in two decades, with only 17.54 percent of allocations spent in the first six mon... Read More


Students leave Science Lab after announcing blockades at three Dhaka points

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Protesting students have cleared the Science Laboratory zone in Dhaka late Wednesday, ending hours of traffic disruption. They announced fresh blockades simultaneously at three key ... Read More


Election probe report alleges DGFI, NSI officials aided Awami League in 2014, 2018, 2024

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- An interim government-commissioned inquiry into the last three general elections has found that intelligence agencies were "deeply involved" in manipulating the outcomes of the last ... Read More


Noakhali madrasa torched after teacher 'elopes' with 12-year-old student

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- A madrasa in Noakhali's Subarnachar Upazila has been set on fire following allegations that its head teacher had fled with a 12-year-old student. The arson took place around midnigh... Read More


Bangladesh restores lottery system for IPO share allocation under revised rules

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- The lottery system for allocating shares to investors in initial public offerings has been reinstated in Bangladesh's capital market. Officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exch... Read More


Why Jamaat-Shibir dominate 'disappearances', while BNP-Chhatra Dal-Jubo Dal make up most still-missing? Commission explains

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- During the 15-year rule of the now-ousted Awami League, the largest share of victims whose political identity the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances could verify were l... Read More


ACC grills ex-commissioner Jahurul Haque over bribery, abuse of power allegations

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has questioned its former commissioner Md Jahurul Haque for nearly three hours as part of an inquiry into allegations of bribery, abuse of power ... Read More


Yunus asks Bangladesh Shipping Corporation to maintain earnings after Tk 8bn in revenue

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has called on the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) to maintain its profit momentum after the state-owned company earned nearly Tk 8 billion in the 2... Read More


Come back home if you're brave enough: home advisor to Hasina, Joy

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury says that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy should return to Bangladesh before speaking out, if they are brave eno... Read More


Denial of crimes blocks reconciliation process, Yunus tells US diplomats

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has said that a "truth and reconciliation" or national reconciliation initiative like post-apartheid South Africa is not possible in Bangladesh at this s... Read More