After police interception on their protest march to chief advisor’s residence, Jagannath University students have staged a sit-in at Kakrail Mosque intersection to press home three demands. The students, who were accompanied by teachers throughout the day, vowed to continue protests until the Chief Advisor’s Office sends words of assurance. The protesters subsequently retreated to the Matsya Bhaban intersection before returning for a sit-in at the Kakrail Mosque intersection. We are university teachers and dutiful people. Mehedi Hasan Himel, convener of the Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal’s Jagannath University chapter, demanded that action be taken against the police personnel who attacked the protesters within 24 hours.

Delays in the regulatory approval process have left 18 banks, accounting for half of all stock market-listed banks, unable to finalise their annual financial reports. Thus board recommendations for dividend declarations remain pending, creating uncertainty for investors.According to officials from Bangladesh Bank and the Ministry of Finance, the ministry has already given its necessary consent on the matter. Referring to that precedent, we have informed Bangladesh Bank, and upon their request, the ministry extended the deadline for dividend declarations to end May. "Arif Hossain Khan, executive director and spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, said: "The ministry has granted approval. "As a result, the deadline for submitting audited annual reports of scheduled banks to Bangladesh Bank has been extended to May 31, 2025.

British MP Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has lost the opportunity to defend herself by not responding to a summons by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the agency’s Chairman Md Abdul Momen has said. Tulip was asked to appear at the ACC Headquarters at 10am on Wednesday in a case over accepting a flat in Gulshan as a “bribe” from Eastern Housing Limited. On Tulip’s failure to appear before the ACC, Momen said: “She lost the opportunity to defend herself. Not just Tulip, everyone will get that opportunity as per the rules. Bangladesh has requested the Indian government to send Hasina back under the extradition treaty but has yet to receive a response.

A Narayanganj court has handed down death penalties to three individuals in a case over the killing of a battery-run autorickshaw driver at Araihazar Upazila. Those sentenced to death are Akter Hossain, 30, Md Badshah, 35, and Saiful Islam, 37. The victim, Zaman Hossain, 45, was from Bagadi village in Fatehpur union of the Upazila. Prosecutor Azad said that on Mar 28, 2020, Zaman went missing after leaving his home in a battery-powered autorickshaw. He added that Zaman's brother, Zakir Hossain, had filed a murder case as the plaintiff in the incident.

The incident occurred in the Upazila’s Harisankarpur around 9:30pm on Tuesday, Kushtia Model Police Station chief Mosharraf Hossain said. His wife, 30-year-old Meghla Khatun, died from her wounds, while their two children, aged 4 and 2, have been admitted to Kushtia General Hospital. Mamun later tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself around the neck. The others are still in critical condition.”OC Mosharraf said: “The man killed his wife and attempted to murder his two daughters after a domestic dispute. The man later attempted suicide.

According to Bangladesh Bank, as of the end of April, the country's gross foreign exchange reserves stood at $27.42 billion, while reserves measured using the BPM6 methodology stood at $22.04 billion. On the same day, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur announced the central bank’s decision to move toward a market-based exchange rate for the dollar. In addition to the IMF support, Bangladesh also expects to receive around $2 billion in budget assistance from other development partners, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Japan, and the OPEC Fund for International Development. While these loans do come with reform conditions, the finance ministry said that all decisions were being taken with Bangladesh’s socio-economic context in mind. “The inflow of these funds will further strengthen foreign exchange reserves and help maintain stability in the exchange rate,” the ministry said.

3 arrested over DU student's murder are outsiders, police sayThe three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Dhaka University student and Chhatra Dal leader Shahriar Alam Shammo are all from outside the campus, according to the authorities. Police said they had come to Dhaka a few days ago and launched a business on the footpath. Shahriar, a student of the university’s Institute of Education and Research, was fatally stabbed on Tuesday night while riding a motorbike through Suhrawardy Udyan near the campus. The 25-year-old was the literary and publications secretary of the BNP’s student wing Chhatra Dal at the university. Police have since arrested three suspects, none of whom were students of the university.

Pakistan says it is committed to truce with India, vows to respond to aggressionA man waves Pakistan's flag as he along with others gather in support of Pakistan Army, day after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 11, 2025. REUTERSA man waves Pakistan's flag as he along with others gather in support of Pakistan Army, day after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 11, 2025. REUTERSPakistan said on Tuesday that it remains committed to the truce with India, agreed after four days of intense fighting last week, but vowed to respond to any future aggression by New Delhi with full resolve. Pakistan said the targets were all civilian and denies Indian accusations that it was behind the Kashmir attack. MODI REPEATS WARNINGHindu-majority India and Muslim Pakistan each rule part of the Himalayan region of Kashmir, but both claim it in full.

How India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink with US-brokered ceasefireA Satellite image shows Nur Khan air base in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 11, 2025, after Pakistani military said it was targeted by an Indian missile attack. As dawn broke, the heaviest fighting in decades between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan reached a crescendo, after nearly three weeks of escalating tensions. Pakistani officials said they would convene an emergency meeting of their top nuclear decision-making body. Pakistan said their strikes occurred only after the pre-dawn Indian attack on its air bases, including Nur Khan. NUCLEAR SIGNALSA little over an hour after that Indian attack began, Pakistan military spokesman Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed Indian strikes on three air bases.

Sadhan Kumar Kundu, Additional Commissioner (Customs and Excise) of the NBR, made the announcement of work abstention during a sit-in organised Tuesday by the NBR Reform Alliance (NBR Sanskar Oikya Parishad) in front of the NBR Bhaban in Agargaon, Dhaka. All of the human resources of the NBR will be entrusted with the Revenue Management Division according to the new ordinance. "So, creation of a "strong revenue policy division" would certainly pave the way for achieving the goals." "So, agitations launched by the NBR officials have no valid grounds," he says. In December, the committee submitted a report to the Finance Adviser, recommending the creation of two distinct entities: Revenue Policy Division and Revenue Management Division.

A tribunal has fixed May 17 for the verdict in the much- discussed case over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old child in Magura, reports bdnews24.com. The suspects in the case are Hitu Sheikh, Sojib Sheikh, Ratul Sheikh, and Rokeya Begum. Hitu is the father-in-law of the child's sister, Rokeya is his wife, and Sojib and Ratul are their sons. Case investigation officer and Inspector (Investigation) Md Alauddin of Magura Sadar Police Station submitted the chargesheet to the court on Apr 13. The final arguments in the case began on Monday and continued into a second day on Tuesday.After they concluded, the judge set May 17 for the verdict.

11 others also accusedThirty-seven individuals, including at least 26 journalists, have been sued in Chattogram on charges of attempted murder. Pro-BNP lawyer Rezaul Islam yesterday filed the case with the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique, which directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to investigate the incident and submit a report. In the case statement, the complainant introduced himself as an active member of BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (Chattogram unit), United Lawyers' Front, and BNP's Legal Committee for Chattogram north district. Multiple attempts to contact Imtiaz Reza Chowdhury, lawyer of Rezaul, were unsuccessful. Contacted, Chattogram District Bar Association President Abdus Sattar said, "I'm unaware of the case filed against the journalists, but Rezaul is a BNP man."

Three members of a family have been killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a bus while on the way to an SSC exam centre in Rangpur's Kaunia Upazila. The accident occurred around 9:45 am on Tuesday near the Bailey Bridge area, according to Kaunia Police Station chief Abdul Latif. The victims have been identified as Rubina Begum, 32, her son Rahmat Ali, and her niece Afsana Begum Sneha, 16, bdnews24.com reportLatif said Sneha was an SSC candidate this year. Her exam centre was at Kaunia Mofazzal Government High School. The three were heading to the centre on a motorcycle when a bus coming from the opposite direction ploughed into the two-wheeler, leading to their deaths, according to Latif.

The Indian government has expressed concern over the ban on the activities of the ousted Awami League and called for free, fair, and inclusive elections in Bangladesh. He said, “The ban on the Awami League without due process is a worrying development. “As a democratic country, India is concerned about the restriction of freedom of expression and the narrowing of the political space. The International Crimes Tribunal amended the law on Sunday through a notification, allowing the party that led Bangladesh’s independence movement to be tried for “crimes against humanity” related to the suppression of the July movement. In the face of protests by several parties, including the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, the Advisory Council decided to ban the party's activities.

The next hearing on Jamaat-e-Islami’s appeal against a High Court verdict cancelling its registration as a political party has been scheduled for Wednesday. This is the first case of its kind.”On behalf of the EC, Touhidul said: “We were in the process of verifying Jamaat’s registration application when the High Court intervened. The top court dismissed an appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami seeking a freeze on the High Court verdict on Aug 5 of that year. “Cancelling Jamaat’s registration has created uncertainty in the democratic process,” he argued. If Jamaat regains its registration from the EC, the party — which shared power with the BNP from 2001 to 2006 — will also regain the right to contest elections.