In an interview with Sky News, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina will stand trial for crimes against humanity. “A trial will be taking place. Not only her, but also all the people who are associated with her – her family members, her clients or associates,” Yunus said at the…

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has received primary approval from the Planning Commission for its project to acquire six container vessels from South Korea. With a capacity of 2,500-3,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) each, the ships will cost $330.32 million, the company said in a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) website today.    Shares…

Bangladesh and India have agreed to take effective measures to bring down border killings of Bangladeshi nationals to zero level and conduct joint inspection in case of carrying out any construction within 150 yards of the frontiers.  The two countries reached the agreement after a four-day Director General (DG) level conference of the two border…

Both the previous government (Awami League) and opposition groups recruited, paid, and used children in violence during the July uprising, a United Nations Fact-Finding Mission has reported. The UN report highlights how high school and madrasa students, young workers, and even street children were drawn into the protests, often with tragic consequences. Children accounted for…

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has said importance of the language movement in the history of nation’s liberation struggle is immense as through this movement the foundation of a non-communal, democratic, language-based nation and state system was laid. “Although the ‘Rashtrabhasha Bangla’ movement was initiated to protect dignity of the mother tongue of Bengalis,…