Unsafe storage, system failure behind airport fire: probe
Automatic fire detection, suppression systems recommended
8 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Journalists trapped in legal maze
More than a year since July uprising, at least 296 journalists and media managers remain entangled in cases linked to deaths and violence
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Ministry drops independent commission from journo protection law
A draft ordinance prepared by the information ministry has omitted any reference to an independent media commission as proposed by the body tasked with media reforms.
28 October 2025, 18:11 PM
NCP weighing its paths to JS
Nearly half of the NCP’s central leaders favour forging an alliance with the BNP ahead of the 13th national election in February.
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt plans to form paramilitary force for airports
Named Aviation Guard Bangladesh (AGB), the force would comprise 7,650 personnel
29 September 2025, 18:02 PM
Govt plans sweeping overhaul of NHRC
The government has drafted an ordinance to unshackle the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from a 15-year bar on probing members of the security forces.
20 September 2025, 18:21 PM
AL govt’s secret surveillance state
From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Police: Equipped to inflict heavy casualties
Police arms records show the brutal truth behind the July killings; the force bought 7 times more lethal weapons than non-lethal ones in 2021-23
9 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Hackers want $5m for Biman data
Hackers are demanding $5 million in ransom for restoring Biman’s access to its server.
24 March 2023, 01:10 AM
Data Protection Act: Everyone dealing with citizens’ data must register
The government will maintain a publicly available register of all organisations and persons collecting and processing data, and the purpose for which data is being processed.
15 March 2023, 01:30 AM
Deaths won’t stop as justice a mirage
Over the past decade, there has not been a single conviction in any major fire, and in most cases, the affected establishments went back to business as usual the minute media attention shifted.
10 March 2023, 01:20 AM
Life lost amid irregularities
The captain of a Biman flight was napping in the crew rest area, leaving the cockpit of a Boeing 777-300ER technically unmanned, when a passenger had a heart attack
2 March 2023, 01:50 AM
Biman paying for hiring unqualified Boeing 777 pilots
In February last year, Biman recruited a batch of contractual pilots to fly its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, claiming that it needed pilots immediately due to a shortage.
1 March 2023, 01:00 AM
Dollar crunch raises spectre of load-shedding
Private power plants that use furnace oil risk facing severe shortage of fuel and this may result in power cuts during the hottest months of this year.
26 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Accused in DSA Case: Teen spends 8 months in solitary confinement
On October 17, 2021, an entire fishing village in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila was set ablaze allegedly because a Hindu teen hurt the religious sentiments of the locals through a derogatory social media post.
8 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Biman’s 7 Domestic Flights Last Year: Pilots’ blunder, cover-up put 500 lives at risk
Did you take any of these seven Biman flights on February 1 and February 2 last year?
6 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Rohingyas accuse APBn of abuse
A 36-year-old Rohingya refugee activist was preparing a list of refugees allegedly abused by Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion (APBn). In consequence, he faced arrest, arbitrary detention and torture, he claimed.
18 January 2023, 01:20 AM
Cases Under DSA: Almost all accused kept hanging
Only two percent of the people accused under the Digital Security Act saw their cases come to a close with the court handing either a conviction, an acquittal or the dismissal of the case.
15 January 2023, 01:00 AM
Biman recruitment test: High officials linked to question leak
On 21 October 2022, Biman Bangladesh was to hold a recruitment exam for 10 posts for electricians, mechanics, welders, painters, operators and tailors. Around two hours before the exam, the recruitment process was suspended -- the question paper had been leaked.
26 November 2022, 01:00 AM
Unchecked infections: When hospitals turn deadly
Sheikh Abdul Alam, 96, was admitted to a private hospital on December 20, 2021, with a broken hip from a fall.
16 November 2022, 02:30 AM
Gas price hike: Source taxes add to plight of consumers
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh took the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to court to make them review their decision to hike gas prices and the High Court on Monday asked BERC why it was not doing so.
1 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Stakeholders’ consultation mostly ignored in final draft of social media, OTT regulation
Even though Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) had invited feedback on the draft of its new social media regulation, the finalised version shows that little or no heed was paid to the major stakeholders.
20 October 2022, 18:00 PM
BTRC draft rules on OTT: Govt given indemnity for its actions
The final draft of BTRC’s regulations for digital, social media, and OTT platforms allows the government to order individuals to take down content, empowers it to order social media companies to block content, and grants it indemnity for its actions under the law.
20 October 2022, 02:30 AM
21 Dhaka neighbourhoods: Power outages every other hour
People living in the capital’s Shyampur, Nandalalpur, Kajla or Matuail experienced load-shedding every alternate hour yesterday.
18 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Pvt power plants on heavy fuel: Standoff over unpaid bills hurts consumers
A standoff over unpaid bills between the government and independent power plants that run on heavy fuel oil is hurting people when they are enduring the worst power crisis in a decade.
12 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Load-shedding worsens sharply
Power outages during the three-day weekend were so frequent that they prompted the state minister for power to speak about the extent of the problem yesterday.
11 October 2022, 02:00 AM
Man “picked up by Rab,” shown arrested after 17 days
A man, Nurul Afsar Hawladar, who was picked up from Uttara on September 22 allegedly by Rab, was shown arrested in Cox's Bazar yesterday (October 9, 2022).
10 October 2022, 06:57 AM
Load-shedding situation: Reality contradicts minister’s claims
Even though the countrywide power cuts are statistically more frequent at the moment compared to last month, State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid announced that load-shedding has decreased.
9 October 2022, 02:20 AM