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DSEX regresses to 3-year-old levels after bar on share price decline eases

Dhaka, April 25 -- The main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange has gone back to three-year-old levels on the first day after the minimum threshold for share price declines was lowered to prevent the in... Read More


Journalists protest as Governor Rouf denies them access to Bangladesh Bank in 'blow to freedom of press'

Dhaka, April 25 -- Journalists have launched protests against Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder's decision to ban them from accessing the Bangladesh Bank amid reports about irregularities and loan scams pl... Read More


Heatwave: Jagannath University closes in-person classes, exams indefinitely

Dhaka, April 25 -- The Jagannath University administration has suspended in-person classes and examinations indefinitely as the scorching summer heat has yet to ease, even after it shifted to online c... Read More


Man sentenced to death for raping daughter in Keraniganj

Dhaka, April 25 -- A man has been sentenced to death for raping his teenage daughter in Dhaka's Keraniganj. Judge Shahriar Kabir of the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal No. 4 a... Read More


CUET closed indefinitely amid protests, students ordered to leave halls

Dhaka, April 25 -- The Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology has announced it is closed indefinitely and students have been instructed to vacate residential halls on the fourth day of pr... Read More


Bangladesh Censor Board blocks release of 'Omimangshito'

Dhaka, April 25 -- The Bangladesh Film Censor Board has blocked the release of "Omimangshito" (Unsolved), a web film directed by Raihan Rafi, alleging that it corresponds to a real-life incident tied ... Read More


No extension of school closures despite ongoing heatwave, classes begin Sunday

Dhaka, April 25 -- Educational institutions will reopen on Sunday, despite the heatwave continuing to scorch Bangladesh. Classes and exams will resume on Apr 28 after a week-long break due to the int... Read More


Say 'no' to wars, says Prime Minister Hasina

Dhaka, April 25 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged everyone to stand against all forms of aggression and atrocities and say 'no' to wars. "We must speak out against all forms of aggression and... Read More


More heat alert on way as heatwave may last into first week of May

Dhaka, April 25 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department is likely to issue another three-day heat warning, the third in a row, with temperatures remaining high in most of the country after days of... Read More


BGB redeployed to Madhukhali amid protests over mob lynching after temple fire

Dhaka, April 25 -- Authorities have deployed Border Guard Bangladesh to Faridpur's Madhukhali Upazila to keep law and order following protests over the lynching of two brothers by a mob angered by a f... Read More