Bangladesh-linked deposits in Swiss banks rose 41% in 2025 to CHF 834.2 million, the second-highest level on record, while the country remains outside the global automatic financial information-sharing system.
Following the 2024 political shift, Jahangirnagar University’s Syndicate enforces severe administrative penalties on 19 faculty members, sparking alarms over a politically driven institutional purge.
A massive river dredging project in Khulna's Dumuria has caused severe structural damage to several Ashrayan Project housing units. Piled soil and deep excavation along the Bhadra River have left over 100 vulnerable families facing imminent risk of erosion.
Former Bangladesh Police Chief Benazir Ahmed was arrested in Dubai via an Interpol Red Notice, amid assertions that the current regime's graft probe targets secular anti-extremism architects.
