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Police recover body of AIUB student from her rented Bashundhara flat

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Police have recovered the hanging body of a private university student from a flat at Dhaka's Bashundhara. The victim, 27-year-old Mahmuda Akhtar Jerin, was a student of the Compute... Read More


Tense Day at Bangladesh Bank: Dramatic ousting of governor as apparel entrepreneur takes the helm

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The volatile atmosphere that has gripped Bangladesh Bank since Feb 16 -- erupting just as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) prepared to form a government following their landsli... Read More


Barishal lawyers boycott all courts over three demands, litigants suffer

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The Barishal Bar Association has launched a total boycott of all local courts to press home three demands, including the release of its arrested president. The protest, which began ... Read More


BB Governor Mostaqur visits Finance Minister Khosru following tense appointment

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Amid the tense backdrop of his appointment, Bangladesh Bank's new Governor Mostaqur Rahman has made his first visit to the finance minister, following preliminary discussions with se... Read More


NBR gives individual taxpayers another month, until Mar 31, to file FY2026 returns

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Individual taxpayers will get another month to file returns as the National Board of Revenue has pushed the deadline to file the returns to Mar 31 for the 2025-26 financial year amid... Read More


Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 opens in Dhaka, PM proposes 'international' status

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- After weeks of uncertainty over schedule and publishers' dispute, the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 has opened at the Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman i... Read More


Masudur Rahman, sent back from Malaysia, to be grilled for suspected ties to terrorism

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A Man returned from Malaysia, Masudur Rahman, will be interrogated in police custody for two days over suspected ties to extremist groups. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana a... Read More


Justice AKM Asaduzzaman bids farewell to Appellate Division, bench strength drops to five

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice AKM Asaduzzaman has formally retired from office. As he turns 67 on Feb 28, the constitutional retirement age, the court will remain closed ... Read More


Six critically burnt in Cox's Bazar gas station explosion moved to Chattogram hospital

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Six people injured in a gas filling station explosion in Cox's Bazar have been admitted to the burn unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital. Associate Professor Dr Rafiq Uddin A... Read More


Dhaka court orders authorities to pursue seizure of former minister Javed's 518 UK flats

Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A Dhaka court has ordered authorities to take steps to seize 518 flats in the United Kingdom owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, as part of a widening investig... Read More