RMG work orders rebounding

Bangladesh has been witnessing a rebound in garment work orders from American clothing retailers and brands for the next season after securing a competitive tariff rate from the Trump administration in the final settlement.
10 August 2025, 18:12 PM

Big win in banking, lost opportunities in investment, jobs

Despite progress in the banking sector, exchange rate, remittance, export, and reserves, the interim government has failed to curb high inflation, revive stagnant investment, or generate new jobs, the Centre for Policy Dialogue said yesterday.
10 August 2025, 18:10 PM

Journo Mozammel Babu shown held in extortion case

Mozammel Babu, managing director and editor-in-chief of Ekattor TV, was shown arrested yesterday in an extortion case filed by a shareholder of Boishakhi TV with Banani Police Station in January.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt monitoring AL activities abroad

The interim government is closely monitoring the activities of Awami League, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said yesterday, amid reports of the party opening an office in India’s Kolkata.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM

ICT accepts charges against ex-DMP chief, four others

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday accepted charges against five former police officials, including then Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman, over their alleged role in crimes against humanity in the capital’s Rampura area during the 2024 July uprising.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt strips 40 absconding police officers of medals

The government has revoked the Bangladesh Police Medal (BPM) and President’s Police Medal (PPM) from 40 police officials.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt reform plans left out indigenous people: speakers

Speakers at a seminar yesterday called for the urgent formation of an Indigenous Reform Commission to ensure the due rights of indigenous peoples.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM

1,300 firearms looted from police stations still missing

More than 1,300 firearms and over 2,50,000 rounds of ammunition looted from police stations during the July uprising remain missing
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Verdict delivery on appeals starts

The High Court yesterday started delivering verdict on the appeals against a trial court verdict that sentenced three former police officers to life imprisonment and two others to seven years’ jail sentence in the case filed for custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader in the capital’s Mirpur area, 11 years ago.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM

End narrow political interests from all sectors of state: Cabinet secretary

Welcome address was delivered by Officers Club General Secretary and former secretary ABM Sattar
10 August 2025, 16:50 PM

Interim govt monitoring Awami League activities: Shafiqul Alam

Press Secretary also outlined Chief Adviser’s upcoming visit to Malaysia, beginning tomorrow
10 August 2025, 12:44 PM
10 August 2025, 11:02 AM

1 year report card: how much has Bangladesh reformed under the interim government?

What will be interesting is whether these policies stay in check as we approach the national elections in February 2026.
10 August 2025, 09:51 AM

IAEA team launches safety review at Rooppur plant

15-member team to review 11 key areas ahead of fuel loading
10 August 2025, 08:40 AM

Now JU students demand ban on hall politics

The demonstration began hours after Dhaka University authorities banned all forms of hall-level student politics.
10 August 2025, 07:38 AM

Ctg port detects radiation in scrap shipment from Brazil

Radiation was detected through the Megaports Initiative Radiation Detection System
10 August 2025, 05:23 AM

Govt to procure 40,000 body cameras for February election

Govt plans to procure the cameras for police to enhance security at voting booths
10 August 2025, 05:00 AM

Plaster falls off newly built madrasa building

Plaster is falling off the walls of a newly constructed four-storey academic building at Modhya Bogura Nuria Dakhil Madrasa in Patuakhali’s Dashmina upazila, raising questions about the quality of the construction work.
9 August 2025, 21:23 PM

5 years without a bridge

For more than five years, people from at least 25 villages in two Jamalpur upazilas have been suffering after a bridge over the Jhenai river in Sarishabari upazila collapsed during the 2020 floods.
9 August 2025, 21:22 PM

‘Photo exhibition of razakars at TSC shocking’

Dhaka University Emeritus Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday urged leftist leaders in the country to unite and lead a social revolution.
9 August 2025, 21:22 PM