A significant development has emerged in the widely discussed Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case, with a court in New York ordering former governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur to provide a deposition. According to an internal document from the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Dr Mansur is scheduled to give his deposition on 10 April in compliance with the court’s directive. ...

A deepening measles crisis has triggered widespread fear across Bangladesh, with 138 children reported dead and around 9,000 infected as of Sunday. The outbreak, now affecting 56 districts severely, has raised alarm among families as children continue to succumb to the disease amid an acute shortage of vaccines. Data and expert analysis suggest that the deaths are linked to systemic ...

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum left for Singapore on Monday night for medical check-ups. They departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 11:55pm on a Singapore Airlines flight. Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP’s media cell, said that the visit is for ...

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has detained former Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury from her Dhanmondi residence early today. According to sources, she was taken into DB custody at around 4:30am on Tuesday from her residence on Road 8/A in the Dhanmondi area of the capital. The DB has not yet issued any ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Monday approved five development projects with an estimated total cost of Tk483.43 crore. Of the total project cost, Tk390.84 crore will be financed from the government exchequer, while Tk92.59 crore will be sourced through project loans or grants. The approval came at the ninth ECNEC meeting of the 2025-26 fiscal ...

The Australian government officially cancelled the visa of prominent Bangladeshi Islamic scholar Shaykh Ahmadullah on Sunday. The Department of Home Affairs took the decision following similar action against popular religious speaker Mizanur Rahman Azhari. The authorities enforced the measure as Ahmadullah prepared to depart from Sydney Airport. It follows the forced departure of Azhari over allegations of praising Hitler and ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Monday warned that the opposition alliance will implement the referendum verdict with or without the support of the parliament to prevent a return of fascist rule in the country. The people voted in favour of crucial state reforms by choosing “yes” in the referendum, and the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance has always supported people’s “supreme ...

A European Union (EU) delegation led by its Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller on Monday met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here, said the PM’s deputy press secretary, Jahidul Islam Rony.

The Bangladesh youth table tennis team left the country on Monday for Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, aiming to perform well in the upcoming South Asian Junior competition. The tournament will take place from 8 to 11 April and will act as the South Asian qualifier for the 30th Asian Youth Championships 2026. Teams from SAARC countries, including hosts India, will take ...

The BNP-led government has set a key target of getting the country to a trillion-dollar economy by 2034, said Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at a parliamentary session on Monday. To this end, the government is preparing short-, medium-, and long term plans, he said in reply to a question placed by Dhaka-18 lawmaker SM Jahangir Hossain. Citing the ...