Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) President AHM Shafiquzzaman has expressed concern over the difficulties entrepreneurs face in operating businesses in Bangladesh, saying the current environment creates numerous obstacles for investors and discourages fair and transparent business practices. “There is no scope for doing business honestly in the country,” he said. Speaking at an event attended by business representatives and members ...

Dhaka University Assistant Proctor Shehreen Amin Monami resigned from her administrative post on Monday. Her departure follows the recent resignation of the university’s Proctor, Prof Saifuddin Ahmed. Monami confirmed her decision in a social media post on Monday morning, stating she has officially stepped down from her duties. Reflecting on her seven-year teaching career across Bangladesh University of Professionals, Jagannath ...

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, held a courtesy meeting with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Country Director Jihoon Kim at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Monday morning. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the progress of ongoing development projects being implemented jointly by Bangladesh and KOICA, future plans, and various issues relating ...

As the dust settles on Barcelona’s title celebrations, the cava bottles are sent for recycling and the open-top bus heads back to the garage, work for next season will already be underway. Hansi Flick’s back-to-back La Liga triumphs have helped bring welcome calm to the club after just one league trophy in the previous, tumultuous five years, but the ultimate ...

The High Court on Monday granted bail to journalist couple Shakil Ahmed and Farzana Rupa in 11 cases out of 13 including a murder case related to the July Uprising in 2024. The HC bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher passed the order. Of the 11 cases, Farzana Rupa was granted bail in six cases ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said there is no place for corruption within the police force and that the government’s “zero tolerance” policy against corruption will be strictly maintained. He also said there would be no compromise in preserving discipline and the chain of command within the force, said a press release. The minister made the remarks on Monday morning ...

A court has ordered the seizure of income tax records of Mahbubul Alam Hanif, joint general secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League and former lawmaker from Kushtia-3 constituency, and his wife Fowzia Alam. The order was passed on Monday by the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Fayez following two separate petitions filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : In the recent UK local government elections, 80 British citizens of Bangladeshi descent have been elected as councillors across four predominantly Bangladeshi-populated boroughs in East London. Those are: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Redbridge, and Barking & Dagenham. Local political analysts have hailed this as one of the most significant milestones in the political history of the British-Bangladeshi ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed to make the six unused children’s hospitals operational quickly. The Prime Minister gave the directive as a media report headlined ‘Six children’s hospital buildings built at cost of Taka 320 crore remain unused’ drew his attention, PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony said tonight. The report was published on April 12 this year. ...

The paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized Indian cumin worth over Tk 1.34 crore in Habiganj. A release of the BGB signed by 55 BGB Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tanzilur Rahman said this today. Based on secret information, the BGB team recovered a huge quantity of Indian cumin hidden inside the truck in the Muktijoddha Chattar area of Madhabpur ...