Sri Lanka Catholics protest on Easter bombing anniversary
Sri Lanka鈥檚 Catholics marked on Monday the sixth anniversary of the Easter bombings that killed 279 people with a silent march and demands for justice.
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Pakistan extends detention for ethnic Baloch activist
Pakistan extended the detention of the most prominent rights activist of the Baloch minority for 30 days on Monday after she was charged with 鈥榯errorism鈥�, 鈥榮edition鈥� and 鈥榤urder鈥�, her lawyer said.
Paramilitary shelling kills 30 in Sudan city
Paramilitary shelling on Sudan鈥檚 besieged city of El-Fasher, in the western region of Darfur, killed more than 30 civilians and wounded dozens more, activists said on Monday.
Gaza civil defence describes medic killings as 鈥榮ummary executions鈥�
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out 鈥榮ummary executions鈥� in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army.
US strikes on Sanaa kill 12
Yemen鈥檚 Huthis said early Monday that US air strikes on Sanaa killed at least 12 people and wounded 30, with a military spokesperson later claiming attacks on US aircraft carriers and Israel.
Tk 2.26 lakh crore in tax evaded in 2023: CPD
The amount in tax evasion by the taxpayers reached approximately Tk聽226,236 crore in 2023, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue...
Govt to form taskforce for newspapers: Mahfuz
Information and broadcasting adviser Md Mahfuz Alam has said the government will form a taskforce for development of newspaper industries.
Cash outside banks drops further in Feb
Cash held outside the banking system in Bangladesh continued to decline in February, signalling a gradual shift in depositor sentiment after years of distrust driven by scandals, instability and corruption...
Lax monitoring sends onion prices soaring in Khulna
The price of onions has suddenly surged in Khulna after remaining stable throughout Ramadan, even though it is currently peak harvesting season...
China slams countries聽 securing US trade deals
China on Monday hit out at other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing鈥檚 expense, vowing countermeasures against those who 鈥榓ppease鈥� Washington in the blistering tariff war as its neighbours rush to secure favourable terms from the White House...
MTB Neo achieves Tk 100cr milestone in FD, DPS
Mutual Trust Bank PLC has recently crossed a milestone by accumulating over Tk 100 crore in fixed deposit and deposit pension scheme accounts through its digital banking platform MTB Neo, said a press release...
Dollar drops, gold hits new record
Gold prices hit a fresh record above $3,393 on Monday while the dollar weakened further and stocks were mixed amid worries about Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff blitz and his bubbling row with the Federal Reserve...
DHL to stop shipments worth over $800 to US consumers
Global shipping giant DHL will 鈥榯emporarily鈥� suspend the shipping of parcels worth more than $800 from businesses to individuals in the United States as of Monday, the company said, citing delays in US customs clearances...
US VP Vance meets Indian PM Modi for talks on trade
US vice-president JD Vance met with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi after a red carpet welcome in New Delhi on Monday, as India bids for an early trade deal to stave off punishing tariffs.
De facto occupation: Israel鈥檚 security zone strategy
IN RECENT months, the Israeli Defence Forces have been much taken by a term that augurs poorly for peaceful accord in the Middle East. 鈥楽ecurity zones鈥� are being seized in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria. Land is, for claimed reasons of self-defence, being appropriated with brazen assuredness. It is hard, however, to see this latest turn as anything other than a de...
Arrest and remand
IN BANGLADESH, the process of arrest is primarily governed by the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1898, which establishes the legal framework for detaining individuals suspected of criminal activity. Under Section 54 of the CrPC, police officers have the authority to arrest individuals without a warrant in specific situations, such as involvement in serious crimes like...
Can truth ever reclaim its place from power?
In the dimly lit corridors of the developing world鈥檚 politics, truth often walks with a limp 鈥� scarred, bent, and barely audible 鈥� while power parades in a blinding spotlight, gilded with slogans, spectacles, and silence. The question 鈥� what holds more value in political culture, 鈥榩ower鈥� or 鈥榯ruth鈥�?鈥攎ay appear philosophical, but its answer, as Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman...
US-China trade war and the global south
THE world鈥檚 poorest nations are once again discovering what it means to be peripheral to power. In the latest chapter of 21st-century great-power rivalry, Washington and Beijing have locked horns in an economic slugfest that began with tariffs and has metastasized into a geopolitical confrontation with global consequences. The fight was supposed to be about...
Govt should consider a land, agriculture reform commission
REFORM in land, agricultural and environmental relations has been a long-standing demand and aptly reiterated by civic groups on April 20 from a roundtable discussion in Dhaka that asked the government to form a separate commission. A large portion of farmers in Bangladesh remain landless, with many abandoning the profession due to inadequate government...
Authorities should heed Mayer Daak鈥檚 demands
SLOW progress in the arrest and trial of accused Awami League leaders and officers of different law enforcement and security agencies involved in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings is disconcerting. What is more disconcerting is that the authorities are yet to trace the whereabouts and status of nearly 200 victims of enforced disappearance incidents. Families of...
Pope Francis鈥� death at 88 prompts worldwide mourning
Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, prompting mourning across the Christian world for the energetic reformer who inspired devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists during a 12-year papacy.
ACC asked to freeze bank accounts, shares of Tipu Munshi, wife
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze bank accounts and company shares owned by former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and his wife Irene Malabika Munshi over graft allegations.
DB detains ex-Dhaka-5 MP Kazi Monirul
Detectives detained former Dhaka-5 Awami League MP Kazi Monirul Islam Moni from Gulshan in Dhaka on Monday.
Real hold minute's silence as La Liga mourns Pope Francis
Real Madrid players observed a minute's silence before training on Monday as tributes poured in from across La Liga after the death of football-mad Pope Francis at 88.
Bangladesh interim government chief departs for Qatar
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday left Dhaka for a four-day official visit to Qatar, where he would attend the Earthna Summit 2025 in Doha.
Three placed on聽remand over Primeasia Univ student murder
A Dhaka court on Monday placed three people on a seven-day remand each in connection with a case filed on charges of killing Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez in the capital鈥檚 Banani area on Saturday.
Economic, energy cooperation to be focused during CA鈥檚 Doha tour: Alam
Bangladesh will focus on strengthening economic and energy cooperation with Qatar during the visit of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the oil-rich Middle Eastern country, said chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam in Dhaka on Monday.
BIDA, police assure top foreign investors of full safety, security
Bangladesh Police on Monday announced that it would offer foreign investors direct access to its dedicated emergency contact lines, enabling companies to report any incidents and receive immediate support...
Pope's death prompts CONI to call for sporting postponements, minute's silence
The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) called for all sporting events due to take place in Italy on Monday to be postponed following the death of Pope Francis and for 鈥榓 minute's silence to be observed at events throughout the week鈥�.
Railway hospitals now open to public
All hospitals operated by Bangladesh Railway will now be open to the general public, in addition to railway staffs and passengers.