2025 May

Professor Yunus to meet with advisers after ECNEC meeting

Shawdesh Desk: Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is likely to sit with his colleagues at the Council of Advisers shortly after Saturday’s scheduled meeting of the Executive Committee of the ReadMore

Bad loans of 10 groups under probe hit Tk 51,663cr

The amount of the defaulted loans of 10 influential business groups — with close ties to the fallen Awami League-led government and currently under joint investigation — has so far ReadMore

Demise of a political scientist

by Mizanur Rahman : The ink has dried, the pages closed, The scholar’s journey now disclosed. … A universe they explored inside. The answers sought, the truths revealed, A legacy ReadMore

Two Israeli Embassy staff shot dead near Jewish Museum in Washington

Shawdesh desk: Two Israeli embassy staff members were shot and killed Wednesday evening near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem confirmed ReadMore

Momtaz placed on 6-day remand in two cases

Shawdesh Desk: A Manikganj court on Thursday placed former MP and singer Momtaz Begum on a six-day remand in two separate cases — one filed over a murder in Singair ReadMore

HC justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman removed

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has removed Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman from his position as a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. The Law and Justice Division of the ReadMore

Demonstrations cause huge public sufferings across major parts of capital

BNP-led demonstrations and victory marches brought traffic to a standstill in and around the Kakrail, Shahbagh and Gulistan areas on Thursday. Long queues of vehicles were seen in these areas ReadMore

BNP Standing Committee to hold press conference this afternoon

Shawdesh Desk: The BNP Standing Committee will hold a press conference at 4:00 pm on Thursday at the party’s Chairperson’s Office in Gulshan. The announcement was made by the party’s Media ReadMore