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Teacher detained over alleged rape of student in Kushtia madrasah

Kushtia, July 22 -- Police on Tuesday detained a madrasah teacher in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on charges of raping a 10-year-old student. The detainee was identified as Md Mostafizur Rahman, 25,... Read More


SUST suspends two JCD leaders

Sylhet, July 22 -- Two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders of its Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) units have been suspended for four semesters over the assault of a student wh... Read More


Miscreants set fire to July Martyrs Memorial in Narayanganj

Narayanganj, July 22 -- Miscreants set fire to the country's first July Martyrs Memorial in Narayanganj early Tuesday, prompting police to launch an investigation. The memorial, located in the Hajiga... Read More


"Don't waste time": India'a top court declines urgent hearing on CJP protest case

Dhaka, July 22 -- India's Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain an urgent plea alleging police brutality against students protesting in New Delhi under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party... Read More


Mahdi Amin stresses energy security as roadmap unveiled for $100b RMG exports

Dhaka, July 22 -- Prime Minister's Adviser Mahdi Amin on Tuesday said the government is giving the highest priority to ensuring reliable gas and electricity supplies to industries, describing energy s... Read More


LDC graduation extension: ECOSOC recommends UNGA to take decision on Bangladesh, Nepal

, July 22 -- The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has recommended that the United Nations General Assembly take a final decision on the requests by Bangladesh and Nepal for a three-... Read More


BIMSTEC finalises action plan to curb illicit financial flows

Dhaka, July 21 -- BIMSTEC Member States finalised an Action Plan to Prevent Illicit Financial Flows in the region as well as a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) on capacity building to combat money lau... Read More


Medicines worth over Tk 70,000 go missing from JU Medical Centre in 3 weeks

Dhaka, July 21 -- A surprise audit has found medicines worth around Tk 73,100 missing from Jahangirnagar University's (JU) Medical Centre within just '21 days', raising serious concerns over the centr... Read More


Fake DB duo held in Savar over alleged Tk 7 lakh bKash fraud

Savar, July 21 -- Two men posing as members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police were detained by locals in Savar on Tuesday after they allegedly used deception to withdraw Tk 7 lakh from a woman's ... Read More


Central bank revises Basel-III NSFR reporting framework for banks

Dhaka, July 21 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) has revised the reporting framework for Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) under the Basel III liquidity regime to align regulatory disclosures with the updated acc... Read More