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Bangladesh Bank server outage triggers major disruptions across banking sector
07:21 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayA widespread server failure at Bangladesh Bank has severely disrupted the country’s digital financial ecosystem, causing difficulties in internet banking, digital payments and interbank transactions.
Putin vows Russia will seize Donbas region by any means
06:55 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayRussian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would seize the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine “in any case,” including by military means, digging in on one of his key demands as Ukrainian officials prepare for more peace talks that have yet to yield a deal.
Jaya Bachchan faces backlash after “gande pant” jab
06:32 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayVeteran actress and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan has once again stirred the pot – this time with a scathing dismissal of the paparazzi, whom she branded as unkempt, untrained, and unworthy of the title “media.” At a recent public event, when asked about her notoriously frosty rapport with photographers, she didn’t hold back: “Who are these people? Are they trained to represent this country?”
Major reshuffle in DMP, all police stations get new OCs
06:13 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe officers-in-charge (OCs) of all 50 police stations under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have been transferred ahead of the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad elections.
Attack on customs team who busted poppy seed, sodium cyclamate smuggling ring
05:44 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayIn a brazen daylight assault that has sent shockwaves through Bangladesh’s anti-smuggling forces, two senior Chattogram Customs officials were viciously attacked with a machete after exposing a multi-crore banned poppy seeds and fake-declaration racket.
Ordinance promulgated to establish Police Commission
05:41 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe government has promulgated an ordinance to form a five-member Police Commission, which will be headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court. The decision was approved on Thursday at a meeting of the Advisory Council, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, at the council headquarters in Tejgaon, Dhaka.
Joy faces arrest warrant in crimes against humanity case
05:22 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe International Crimes Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former ICT adviser, in a case over crimes against humanity during the July Uprising last year.
6.0-magnitude earthquake jolts China’s Xinjiang
04:59 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayA 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Xinjiang region on Thursday afternoon, shaking areas near Akqi County close to the Kyrgyzstan border, according to regional seismic authorities. The quake hit at 3:44 pm local time (0744 GMT), with preliminary reports placing its depth at around 10 kilometers — considered shallow and typically associated with stronger surface-level impacts.
BNP announces 36 more candidates in 2nd phase of nomination
04:42 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe BNP has announced the names of 36 more candidates, including four from Dhaka, to contest the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad election. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir released the list at a press conference at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office on Thursday afternoon.
3 BRTC buses set on fire in Noakhali
04:06 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayMiscreants set fire to three BRTC buses, used for transporting the students of Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), in Noakhali in the early hours of Thursday, December 4.
7 pry school teachers in Lakshmipur issued show-cause notices
04:04 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdaySeven assistant teachers from two government primary schools at Ramganj upazila in Lakhsmipur have been served show-cause notices for participating in the nationwide agitation of primary assistant teachers and for alleged violations of government service rules.
EC to meet President Dec 10 before announcing polls schedule
03:45 PM, 04 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe Election Commission (EC), headed by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, will meet the President on December 10 before unveiling the schedule for the 13th parliamentary elections and the national referendum.