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NBR seizes Hasina’s locker in Pubali Bank

The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday took control of a locker belonging to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

1d ago

Analysis / Making sense of the numbers

What Ducsu vote counts reveal about Shibir’s dominance

1d ago

PSC working to cut BCS recruitment time to 1 year

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission is working to reduce the duration of recruitment process from three and a half years to one year, under the slogan “One BCS, One Year,” in an effort to establish a merit-based and discrimination-free institution.

2d ago

Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat decries shrine attacks, blames extremists and govt inaction

Over 100 shrines attacked in one year, leaders say

2d ago

Bangladesh can set a global example by ending authoritarian cycles: TI Chair

François Valérian emphasises the need for a system where power at last belongs to the people

6d ago

26 nations vow to give Ukraine postwar security guarantees, Macron says

International force would be part of guarantees, France says

1w ago

UN staff held in Yemen suspected of spying for Israel

UN staff arrested by Yemen’s Houthi rebels earlier this week are suspected of spying for Israel and the United States, a Houthi official told AFP yesterday on condition of anonymity.

1w ago

England moves to ban energy drink sales to under-16s

Under current rules, any drink with over 150mg of caffeine per litre requires a warning label saying it is not recommended for children

1w ago

NBR seizes Hasina’s locker in Pubali Bank

The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday took control of a locker belonging to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

1d ago

Making sense of the numbers

What Ducsu vote counts reveal about Shibir’s dominance

1d ago

PSC working to cut BCS recruitment time to 1 year

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission is working to reduce the duration of recruitment process from three and a half years to one year, under the slogan “One BCS, One Year,” in an effort to establish a merit-based and discrimination-free institution.

2d ago

Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat decries shrine attacks, blames extremists and govt inaction

Over 100 shrines attacked in one year, leaders say

2d ago

Bangladesh can set a global example by ending authoritarian cycles: TI Chair

François Valérian emphasises the need for a system where power at last belongs to the people

6d ago

26 nations vow to give Ukraine postwar security guarantees, Macron says

International force would be part of guarantees, France says

1w ago

UN staff held in Yemen suspected of spying for Israel

UN staff arrested by Yemen’s Houthi rebels earlier this week are suspected of spying for Israel and the United States, a Houthi official told AFP yesterday on condition of anonymity.

1w ago

England moves to ban energy drink sales to under-16s

Under current rules, any drink with over 150mg of caffeine per litre requires a warning label saying it is not recommended for children

1w ago

Education adviser expresses hope to resolve university unrest

Authorities are in close contact with universities to resolve recent violence and academic disruptions

1w ago

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says

Eighty-six percent of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring Israel’s "policies and actions in Gaza" had met the legal definition set out in Article II of the 1948 UN convention on genocide

1w ago