Power, energy sector: No effective steps taken to mend unequal deals
Shawdesh Desk: Over five months of the interim government have passed, there are still no effective initiatives to rein in power and energy sector profiteers, undermining the government’s ongoing effort ReadMore
BFIU takes steps to recover Tk 15,000 crore from seized accounts
Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has taken steps to initiate legal proceedings to recover Tk 15,000 crore allegedly accumulated through suspicious transactions and money laundering. Over 350 accounts, belonging ReadMore
Dhaka becomes 3rd most polluted city with AQI score of 244
Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s densely populated capital, Dhaka, ranked as the city with the third-worst air quality globally, recording an Air Quality Index score of 244 at 8:50am on Tuesday morning. ReadMore
Change in uniform far from real reform, say politicians, rights campaigners
Shawdesh Desk: Politicians and rights campaigners on Monday said that the change in uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party was ReadMore
BGB allowed to use sound grenades, tear gas shells on border: adviser
Shawdesh desk: Home affairs adviser retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that they had allowed the Border Guard Bangladesh to procure non-lethal weapons like sound grenades and ReadMore
Bitter harvests: Gaza ceasefire
TWINNING the terms ‘ceasefire’ and ‘Gaza’ seems not only incongruous but an obscene joke. This is largely because the ceasefire announced on January 15 between Israel and Hamas could have ReadMore
