The trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption allegations has formally begun in Bangladesh. The former minister did not attend the hearing, where investigators from the country’s corruption …
BFIU summons bank transaction details of three ex-governors, six deputies
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has summoned detailed account information of nine former top officials of Bangladesh Bank, including three former governors and six deputy governors, …
OVL, OIL pull out of two Bangladesh oil blocks after Petrobangla invokes guarantees
The two companies, in consortium with Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration & Production Company (BAPEX), had jointly bid for shallow offshore blocks SS-04 and SS-09. OVL and OIL each held a 45% participating interest,
BFIU seeks bank records of ex-Bangladesh Bank governors, deputies
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has sought bank account details of three former governors and six former deputy governors of the Bangladesh Bank. The move comes following a request …
US embassy reiterates aligning Bangladesh’s labour laws with international standards
A delegation from the US Embassy in Dhaka today reiterated the importance of aligning Bangladesh’s labour laws with international standards — an expectation shared by the International Labour …
Tulip Siddiq brands Bangladesh trial a ‘farce’
Tulip Siddiq says her corruption trial in Bangladesh is a “farce” driven by a “political vendetta”.
Bangladesh’s Yunus vows acceptable, clean elections amid reforms
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s caretaker government, speaks to CNA’s Loke Wei Sue about progress on reforms, regional ties and his eventual exit from politics.
Visuals of old jet crash misrepresented as recent Bangladesh air tragedy
Footage of an aircraft on fire plummeting mid-air circulated on social media posts falsely linking it to the fighter jet crash that killed at least 33 people in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on July 21, …
New Bangladesh a gift of martyrs: Farida
DHAKA, Aug 13, 2025 (BSS) – Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said the sacrifices of martyrs and the injured in the historic July Mass Uprising have given birth to a new Bangladesh.
UK property empire linked to Saifuzzaman Chowdhury goes bust
According to a report by The Telegraph, Saifuzzaman’s property empire has unravelled amid a crackdown by Bangladeshi authorities, who have accused him of laundering money into Britain. His UK property …