The proposed amendments to the Bank Company Act promise to curb family dominance, cut director tenures, and ban political influence. Yet unless regulators are independent and enforcement is strong, Ba ...

As Bangladesh embarks on a new journey towards democratic reforms, experts warn that legal frameworks alone may not be enough to halt the rise of autocracy. Without genuine changes within political ...

ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the development today (19 August), after commission's Assistant Director Md Ashiqur Rahman lodged the case with the commission’s Gazipur office.

A Chattogram court has issued arrest warrants against BNP central executive committee member Aslam Chowdhury and his wife, Nazneen Maola Chowdhury, in connection with a loan default case involving ...

Every year on 19 August, the world comes together to celebrate World Photography Day, honouring the invention of the daguerreotype — the world’s first publicly available photographic process, unveiled ...

Central bank’s acting spokesperson Mohammad Shahriar Siddiqui confirmed the development to The Business Standard today (19 August).

The government has issued an ordinance amending union parishad, upazila parishad, municipality, and city corporation laws, effectively scrapping provisions for allocating party symbols in local ...

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today (19 August) warned party leaders and workers that an undesirable situation may arise if they do not avoid bad practices and unruly behaviour that could make ...

Politically conscious, Raihan actively joined the 1952 Language Movement and the 1969 Mass Uprising. These struggles inspired his iconic film 'Jeebon Theke Neya' (1970), hailed as a milestone in ...

The government today approved separate proposals to procure three cargos of LNG, 2.45 lakh metric tonnes of fertiliser, and 15,000 metric tonnes of rock sulphur to meet the country's growing demand.

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The month-long survey, scheduled from 21 August to 21 September, was announced today (19 August) by Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter at a press briefing held at the Secretariat.