Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
A Dhaka court today denied bail to Sheikh Tasnim Afroz Emi, former vice-president of Shamsunnahar Hall union at Dhaka University and a central vice-presidential candidate in the 2025 Ducsu election, for the third time in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over playing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 speech on a loudspeaker. Judge […]
What appears to be an ordinary steel pen in your pocket could be a silent killer waiting to strike. A push-button on top. A menacing pointed tip. But twist the barrel and press the button, and instead of ink, a deadly .22 calibre bullet screams out – turning an everyday writing instrument into an assassin’s […]
At the centre of the capital, a new kind of park is quietly emerging. Nestled in Agargaon, adjacent to the Bangladesh Air Force Museum and the Agargaon Metro Station gate, it features a glass tunnel aquarium, a bird aviary, a koi pond, and a waterfall. “The park was built with the purpose of doing better […]
Bangladesh will emphasise stability and continuous development of bilateral relations based on dignity, mutual trust, and shared interests during Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman’s visit to India, the foreign ministry said yesterday. “It is hoped that this visit will lay an important foundation for elevating cooperation between Bangladesh and India to a more fruitful and sustainable […]
Pubali Bank PLC, in collaboration with Square Hospitals Limited, yesterday launched a co-branded credit card, aimed at expanding inclusive, customer-focused banking and financial services. Md Esam Ebne Yousuf Siddique, chief operating officer of the hospital, and Md Shahnewaz Khan, deputy managing director of the bank, jointly inaugurated the card at the hospital’s auditorium in Dhaka, […]
Vehicular movement on the busy Dhaka-Chattogram highway came to a standstill for nearly two hours on Tuesday after workers of Nasa Group blocked the road in Cumilla, demanding payment of their outstanding dues. According to witnesses, several hundred workers from the EPZ area gathered at Paduar Bazar around 10:00am and staged a demonstration on the […]
The Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday passed three bills to rename as many medical universities, with all measures approved unanimously by voice vote. The bills are the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Amendment) Bill 2026, the Sheikh Hasina Medical University, Khulna (Amendment) Bill 2026, and the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Medical University, Sylhet (Amendment) Bill 2026. […]
She resigned as Speaker on 2 September, 2024—27 days after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. After the Awami League came to power in the 2008 election, Abdul Hamid was elected Speaker. When he was later elected President, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury was chosen as Speaker on 30 April, 2013, and had held the position continuously […]
A police officer was suspended today over allegations of taking money from a lawyer inside the lockup at the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Media) NM Nasiruddin said due to the initial verification of the allegation and evidence in the video, the accused police officer, Mir Mosharraf Hossain, was […]
The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has called for a clear roadmap to optimise the effective tax rate, aiming to create a level playing field for all investors and support job creation. The chamber made the demands yesterday during a pre-budget meeting with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) at its headquarters […]
Md Hadiuzzaman, a professor at the department of civil engineering of BUET, talks to Khairul Hassan Jahin of The Daily Star about alternative ways to ease traffic congestion during school hours and reduce fuel consumption amid the rollout of austerity measures in response to the energy crisis. The prime minister recently directed the education ministry to […]
Around noon, a police wrecker came into the Mirpur 10 roundabout with a low mechanical growl. Rustam Ali stood at the roadside and watched his battery rickshaw, one of the shiny electric vehicles people jokingly call a Tesla, being chained and hauled away. An extension cord still trailed from the vehicle to a tea stall, […]
