Business & Commerce
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling commodities in Dhaka metropolitan through 60 mobile trucks from tomorrow, alongside its regular operations.The TCB is currently selling edible oil, sugar, and lentils at subsidized rates to smart family card holders, according ...
The newly imposed 20 percent counter-tariff on Bangladeshi exports to the United States took effect at 10am on Wednesday, prompting a sharp surge in shipments from Chattogram Port as exporters rushed to beat the deadline.According to the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA), an additional 800 containers ...
World
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday warned that "decisions without Ukraine" would not bring peace and ruled out ceding territory to Russia."Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier," he said on social media, as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladi...
National
Three people died from dengue and 325 others were hospitalized across the country in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning.According to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), during the period, 66 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 54 in Chattogr...
The Election Commission (EC) will publish the draft of updated voter list today (Sunday), ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliament election.EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told BSS today that the draft list will include the earlier excluded approximately 4.45 million voters and will remove na...
BSS, DINAJPUR: Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping and Textiles Brigadier Dr M Sakhawat Hossain on Saturday said the interim government is planning to hand over several land ports to the private sector and shut down those generate no revenue. “Four among the total 24 land por...
The government has taken note of recent newspaper reports in which former government official ABM Abdus Sattar made unsubstantiated allegations against unnamed advisers.“We strongly reject these allegations. Making broad claims without presenting evidence or identifying individuals is both irr...
The Election Commission (EC) will publish the draft of updated voter list tomorrow, ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliament election.EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told BSS on Saturday that the draft list will include the earlier excluded approximately 4.45 million voters and will remove na...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said the government will take a well-structured programme to increase the coverage of state-controlled forests to 20 percent of the country's total land area.She said as part of efforts to expand forest coverage, afforestat...
AFP, Athens: Hundreds of firefighters on Saturday battled for a second day a large wildfire near Athens that left one dead, with strong winds raising fears it could spread.A fire department spokesman said over 260 firefighters with nearly 80 fire engines and 12 aircraft were deployed in Keratea, a r...
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has refunded a total of Tk 8.20 crore to Hajj pilgrims this year, thanks to cost-effective management of accommodations in Saudi Arabia, officials confirmed.While pilgrims expressed gratitude to Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the Ministry of Religiou...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman is the future Prime Minister of Bangladesh."Tarique Rahman is our future Prime Minister," he said at the national conference of the Doctors' ...
National,Politics
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed has expressed fear that the next parliamentary elections will face a lot of chaos in the country."Before the elections, there will be a lot of chaos in the country. Taking refuge in India, mafia leader Sh...
National,Travel & Tourism,Infrastructure, Development,City
Around 60.43 percent of the construction work of the metro rail’s extended part from Motijheel to Kamalapur has been completed so far as the authorities have a plan to finish the work of the 1.16 kilometre extension by next year.“The physical work of the Motijheel-Kamalapur section metro...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed his determination to build Bangladesh as a democratic welfare state if his party is voted to power in the upcoming national elections."Fascism has been defeated in the mass uprising of students, workers and the publ...
The interim government led by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus marks one year in office on Friday , following its swearing-in on August 8, 2024. The administration assumed office in the wake of a massive popular uprising that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina's regime on August 5, 2...
National,Business & Commerce,Politics
Finance and Science and Technology Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said that enhancing efficiency in asset management across State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Autonomous Bodies (ABs), which together hold 80 percent of the government's assets, could play a crucial role in reducing the government...
A total of 707 cases have been filed with 50 police stations across the capital till August 5, 2025, in connection with the killing and attempted killing incidents during the July-August Mass Uprising that toppled the Awami League (AL) government.The uprising forced the then Prime Minister Sheikh Ha...
National,Business & Commerce,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,Country, Districts
Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) on Thursday signed a deal with a Chinese company Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Ltd for drilling two deep gas wells of Titas and Bakhrabad fields.BGFCL company secretary Md Mozahar Ali and Chief Executive Officer of Chuanqing Drilling Engineering...
National,Art& Culture
The results of the revaluation of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination will be published on August 10.This was stated in a notification signed by Dhaka Education Board Examination Controller Professor SM Kamal Uddin Haider on Thursday.The notification said the results of the revaluatio...
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