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Jamaat activists allegedly beat BNP leader with hammer in Sirajganj

Dhaka, April 18 -- Jamaat-e-Islami activists have allegedly beaten up a BNP leader in Sirajganj in a dispute over the collection of lease money at an autorickshaw stand. The incident occurred in fron... Read More


Murshidabad violence: India rejects Bangladesh's 'virtue signalling'

Dhaka, April 18 -- India has shrugged off the call from Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to Bangladesh's chief advisor, to ensure the safety of Muslim minorities in the neighbouring country, asking aski... Read More


'Focus on your own minorities': India rebukes Bangladesh over Murshidabad violence remarks

Dhaka, April 18 -- New Delhi has shrugged off Bangladesh's calls to ensure the safety of Muslim minorities in India, asking Dhaka to "focus on protecting the rights of its minorities" instead of "virt... Read More


Khagrachhari students' abduction: Joint forces launch rescue operation

Dhaka, April 18 -- The joint forces have launched an operation to rescue five students of Chittagong University (CU) who went missing in Khagrachhari. The rescuers have been conducting a drive in Mad... Read More


Polytechnic students hold mass procession wearing 'burial shrouds' to push for 6-point demands

Dhaka, April 18 -- Polytechnic students have held a mass procession while wearing burial shrouds to push for their six-point list of demands. The students conducted the protest programme after the Ju... Read More


Police arrest Mirpur robbery suspect, two others still in hiding

Dhaka, April 18 -- Police have arrested a man in a case over allegedly robbing a man and woman by threatening them with a machete at Mirpur's Shewrapara. The law enforcers are on the hunt for two oth... Read More


Don't flip-flop on election date, BNP's Dudu tells interim government

Dhaka, April 18 -- BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has bashed the interim government for not setting a timeframe for the general election. He alleges that the polls are being delayed in order to ... Read More


India says 'developments' in Bangladesh played role in transshipment cancellation

Dhaka, April 18 -- New Delhi has suggested that some "developments" in Bangladesh played a role in its decision to revoke a transshipment facility that had allowed Bangladeshi exports to pass through ... Read More


Woman 'gang-raped' in Keraniganj on the way home from visiting husband in jail

Dhaka, April 18 -- Four men have been accused of "raping" a woman who was on her way back home after visiting her husband at the central jail in Dhaka's Keraniganj. Police have arrested two suspects i... Read More


ADP implementation slows to 15-year low in first 9 months of FY25

Dhaka, April 18 -- The implementation of the Annual Development Plan (ADP) for the first nine months of the current fiscal year has been recorded at 36.65 percent, the lowest rate in more than 15 year... Read More