Yunus received the honorary doctorate degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's chancellor in Kuala Lumpur

In the run-up to Bangladesh’s last three national elections, state spending on surveillance technologies surged dramatically, according to a report by Tech Global Institute, titled “The Digital Police State: Surveillance, Secrecy and State Power in Bangladesh”.

BB officials said the central bank decided to set up an office at Sena Kalyan Bhaban in Motijheel to oversee the process.

The government has extended the term of the National Consensus Commission till September 15.

Two men found dead inside a car parked in the basement of a private hospital in Dhaka on Monday had earlier told the car owner that they would sleep in the vehicle.

A local BNP leader yesterday filed a defamation case against Sarjis Alam, chief organiser (northern region) of National Citizen Party (NCP), over “propaganda implicating BNP” in the murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin.

The Interna-tional Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday dismissed an appeal from senior Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna, who sought permission to represent the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

'We won't give even one percent concession in July Charter,' says Nahid

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) yesterday announced that the revised prices for coronary stents will take effect on October 1.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the interim government is prepared to transfer power to an elected administration.

On Tuesday, three executive magistrates from the district administration, accompanied by army personnel and police, conducted a two-hour operation

The form distribution started at 10:00am and continued till 4:00pm

They were speaking at the launch of Ocean Centres Bangladesh, part of a global initiative hosted by the United Nations Global Compact and supported by the UK-based Lloyd's Register Foundation

When the mob was fatally beating two people on suspicion of van theft in Rangpur on Saturday night, some policemen went there but they left the scene without rescuing the victims.

A tense situation is prevailing along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier after an armed member of the Arakan Army (AA) entered Bangladesh on Monday, hours after prolonged bursts of gunfire from the Myanmar side in Bandarban’s Ghumdhum border.

A case has been filed against Ruel Sangma, the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Atpara in Netrakona, on charges of beating a young man during disorder in distribution of rice among the poor before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Sheikh Mehedi Hasan Junaid’s father told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday that his son was only 14 and too young to understand what was going on.

Now at least four of its 10 widebody planes remain grounded, three Boeing 787s and one Boeing 777.

Bangladesh’s leading business figures have urged the government to seek a six-year deferral of the country’s graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status, warning that the economy is unprepared for the loss of vital trade preferences.

The Election Commission will train 9,31,131 polling officials ahead of the upcoming national election, which could have more than 45,000 polling centres and 2.8 lakh booths.