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Man gets death penalty for killing teen girl after rape
12:31 PM, 18 Mar 2025 TuesdayA Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death for killing a teenage girl after rape in Dohar upazila, Dhaka. The court also fined him Tk 2 lakh. As the accused is absconding, the court has issued an arrest warrant along with a warrant for his sentence.
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.
Yunus orders market monitoring to keep commodity prices stable
06:37 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayChief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday rolled up his sleeves to tackle a pressing concern: keeping Bangladesh’s markets stable. At a special meeting of the advisory council, he chaired in Tejgaon, Yunus issued firm directives—monitor the markets, manage imports, and ensure supply—to hold commodity prices steady.
BAPI gets new committee
05:06 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayAbdul Mukadir, Chairman and Managing Director of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd., has been elected President of the Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) for a two-year term.
EC clashes with reform proposals
04:42 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayA rift emerged on Monday, March 17, as the Election Commission (EC) fired off a letter to the National Consensus Commission, bristling at reforms it fears will clip its wings.
Gazipur workers demand dues blocking highway
04:25 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayThe Dhaka-Mymensingh highway came to standstill in Gazipur’s Bhogra area on Monday morning, March 17. Garment factory workers from Meem Design Factory, fed up with unpaid wages, spilled onto the asphalt at 8:00am, halting traffic and hurling stones in a desperate cry for February’s arrears.
A Chaitra drizzle dances over Dhaka
04:08 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayA stubborn heat wave had 13 districts in its grip, the air thick with water vapour, weighing down daily life. Then, on a restless Chaitra afternoon, Dhaka caught a break. Monday, March 17, unfurled a surprise—drizzle and gusts that swept away the stifling haze, painting relief across the capital’s weary streets.
Govt nods amending Women and Children Repression Prevention Act
03:53 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayBangladesh took a decisive step toward tougher justice for women and children on Monday, March 17, as the government granted in-principle approval to amend the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Yunus directs police officials on law and order
02:58 PM, 17 Mar 2025 MondayA special meeting was held on Monday (March 17) at the office of the Chief Adviser in Tejgaon, Dhaka, with senior police officials in attendance to discuss the current law and order situation in the country. During the meeting, interim government Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus issued various directives to field-level police officers.