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3,513 clear Railway deputy assistant engineer recruitment MCQ exam

Dhaka, July 3 -- A total of 3,513 candidates have passed the multiple choice (MCQ) exam for the recruitment of deputy assistant engineers at Bangladesh Railway (BR). The Bangladesh Public Service Com... Read More


NCP protest after explosive thrown at July Procession van

Dhaka, July 3 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has staged a protest over an alleged improvised explosive attack on a van taking part in the July Procession in Dhaka. About 50 party activists condu... Read More


Cumila family death: 'Planned at night, attacked by morning'

Dhaka, July 3 -- The attack and murder of three in a house in Cumilla's Muradnagar Upazila was premeditated, according to claims made by the victims' family. They said the incident began from a dispu... Read More


ULAB hosts book discussion with Alex Counts' 'Small Loans, Big Dreams'

Dhaka, July 3 -- The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has hosted a book discussion on "Small Loans, Big Dreams" by microfinance expert Alex Counts. Held at its Dhaka campus on Tuesday, th... Read More


Foreign currency in offshore banks now eligible as taka loan collateral

Dhaka, July 3 -- Bangladesh Bank has authorised commercial banks to accept foreign currency deposits held in Offshore Banking Units (OBUs), private foreign currency accounts, and non-resident foreign ... Read More


Government clears revised public job ordinance ignoring demands for full repeal

Dhaka, July 3 -- The Advisory Council has approved a proposal to revise the controversial Government Service (Amendement) Ordinance, 2025 discounting objections from government employees. The decisio... Read More


Five sentenced to death for murder in Shariatpur

Dhaka, July 3 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced five people to death for the murder of Delwar Hossain Sardar, a young man from Shariatpur, committed eight years ago. Judge Mohammad Halim Ullah Chowdhury... Read More


Legal action will be taken if army personnel are involved in 'disappearances': Army HQ

Dhaka, July 3 -- The Bangladesh Army has pledged to take "strict action" if any serving or former member of the army is found to have been involved in enforced disappearances during the tenure of the ... Read More


Former MP Naimur Rahman Durjoy to be questioned on 4-day remand

Dhaka, July 3 -- A Manikganj court has remanded Naimur Rahman Durjoy, former Manikganj-1 MP and ex-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team, to police custody for four days for questioning over... Read More


No need to distort crime with any label, DMP's Nazrul comments on militancy

Dhaka, July 3 -- Three days after Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali claimed there were "no militants in Bangladesh", one of his senior colleagues took a different tone,... Read More