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Disappearance commission’s term extended until June 30
11:43 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe term of the Inquiry Commission on Enforced Disappearances, which was formed to investigate individuals who were victims of enforced disappearances by law enforcement agencies during the tenure of the Awami League government, has been extended until June 30.
Messi out of two World Cup qualifiers due to injury
10:49 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayLionel Messi will miss two World Cup qualifiers after he was on Monday left out of the Argentina squad for games against Uruguay and Brazil because he reportedly suffered an injury in a club game the day before.
Trump revokes Biden children security details
10:10 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is withdrawing Hunter Biden's government bodyguards, extending his campaign of political retribution to Joe Biden's son.
Cannes award-winning actress Dequenne dies
09:26 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayAward-winning Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne has died from cancer at the age of 43. Dequenne shot to fame when she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival at the age of 18 for the film Rosetta in 1999.
9 JU teachers suspended over attack on students
09:06 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayNine teachers at Jahangirnagar University have been temporarily suspended for their alleged involvement in an attack on students during the anti-discrimination movement on campus. The attack was carried out by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and the police.
Over 330 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza: Hamas ministry
08:31 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayThe health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll from Israel's most intense strikes on the territory since the start of a truce had risen to "at least 330".
Govt slams Gabbard’s remarks as ‘misleading and damaging’
12:44 AM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayBangladesh has issued a sharp rebuke to comments made by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who alleged “persecution and killing” of religious minorities in Bangladesh and tied the country’s challenges with extremism to an “ideology and objective” of establishing an “Islamist caliphate.”
Miniket rice production halts, prices soar
09:48 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayIn Khajanagar of Kushtia—the heartland of Bangladesh’s fine rice—a troubling quiet has settled. The hum of auto mills has faded, paddy stocks dwindled, and miniket rice, the middle class’s staple, is vanishing from production lines. Yet, its price climbs relentlessly—Tk 80-81 per kg at the mill gate, Tk 84-86 in Kushtia’s retail markets—leaving wallets lighter and tempers frayed as Ramadan deepens.
DU ousts 128 students over July uprising violence
08:48 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayDhaka University authorities on Monday temporarily expelled 128 students, tied to the banned Chhatra League, for their role in attacks during the July mass uprising.
BNP faces a media trial like 1/11: Tarique
08:05 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayFrom London’s virtual perch, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman rallied his troops Monday evening, March 17, warning of a conspiracy stalking the party anew.
A Tk 730cr riddle: NBR chief flags tax-free mystery
07:50 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayImagine a migrant worker hauling Tk 730 crore into Bangladesh, slapping a “tax-free” label on it, and walking away unchallenged. That’s the eyebrow-raising tale National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan dropped on Monday, March 17, at the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) in Dhaka.
US watching Bangladesh with growing unease: Gabbard
07:15 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayThe United States is watching Bangladesh with growing unease, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told NDTV World on Monday, March 17.