National,Art& Culture
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against four individuals, including a senior engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), for allegedly embezzling Tk 1.22 crore by fabricating construction records for a Dhaka school building that was never built.According to ...
National,Politics,Art& Culture
The government will not take any measures contrary to public aspirations regarding primary education, said Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain.Talking to reporters at the Secretariat after meeting Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, Adviser on Primary and Mass Education, Dr Khalid said the gove...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance,Politics
Economists and banking experts have expressed deep concern over the government’s plan to merge five struggling Shariah-based banks into a single entity named United Islami Bank, saying such a move will not solve the underlying problems of the banking sector.Bangladesh Bank, however, remains co...
National
Another 174 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Libya on Tuesday. They arrived at Dhaka at 2:30 pm aboard a Burak Air chartered flight, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The repatriation was coordinated by the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, the Ministry of Foreign ...
National,Politics
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has submitted an 18-point proposal to the Election Commission (EC) with the aim of ensuring a free, fair, and neutral national election.A seven-member delegation led by Jamaat’s Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Porwar met with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A...
National,Infrastructure, Development,Country, Districts
The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) on Tuesday gave approval for two major road development proposals under the Noakhali Road Division aimed at upgrading key regional highways to four lanes, significantly enhancing connectivity in the greater Cumilla and Noakhali regions.Fi...
National,Infrastructure, Development
The Advisors Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) on Tuesday gave approval of two procurement proposals under the project titled “Modernisation and Capacity Enhancement of BREB’s Electric Distribution System (Dhaka-Mymensingh Division) (Special Revised)”.The project is ...
The Advisors Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) on Tuesday approved several proposals involving fertiliser imports worth around Tk 1,078 crore for the upcoming 2025–26 fiscal year to ensure smooth supply of key agricultural inputs across the country.Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin ...
Jagannath University (JnU) unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir on Tuesday honoured 200 meritorious students from two academic sessions with the Kobi Matiur Rahman Mallik Merit Award.The awards were given to the first, second, and third position holders from the 2018–19 and 2019–20 academic ses...
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday asked Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to deploy adequate police members to ensure round-the-clock security for Nirbachan Bhaban, the Election Commission Secretariat, ahead of the 13th parliamentary election planned to be held in early February 2026.The Commiss...
Bangladesh and Pakistan on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation across various sectors, with a shared resolve to advance partnerships that would benefit their peoples.Minister for Petroleum of Pakistan Ali Pervaiz Malik paid a courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Adviser of B...
National,Infrastructure, Development,Politics
The Advisors Council Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday declined to give policy approval to two separate proposals placed by the Ministry of Industries and the Ministry of Textiles and Jute.One of the proposals, placed by the Ministry of Industries, sought approval for transferring the shares ...
BNP on Tuesday called for the retention of the previous provisions under the Representation of the People Order (RPO) regarding the use of election symbols in alliance-based polls.The party raised its objection over amendments to the RPO ordinance in a letter to Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affair...
The European Union plans to send a large team of election observers to Bangladesh for the upcoming general election, the first such mission since 2008, said EU Ambassador Michael Miller.Ambassador Miller made the announcement during a meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest...
National,Country, Districts
Fishermen and coastal communities are among the most vulnerable and affected groups in the global climate crisis, yet they continue to be deprived of their basic human rights, including access to food, nutrition, health, education, water, housing, and cultural rights, due to the lack of sustainable ...
National,Healthcare
With Bangladesh’s population ageing rapidly, policymakers, development partners, and civil society representatives have come together to chart a roadmap for a sustainable long-term care (LTC) system for older persons.The initiative was highlighted at a high-level seminar in Dhaka on Tuesday, m...
The National Citizens’ Party (NCP) will sign the July Charter on the condition that the ‘note of dissent’ is annulled and the recommendations of the Consensus Commission on constitutional reforms are incorporated, party convenor Nahid Islam said on Tuesday.He made the remarks while...
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook on Tuesday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed various issues related to the upcoming national election.The around hour-long meeting, which began at about 3pm, was held at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office.BN...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), has emphasized the need to fulfill global commitments on climate finance.She said that if developed nations fail to increase their contributions to combat clima...
National,Business & Commerce,CORPORATE & BRAND
In a move to deepen Bangladesh’s capital market and enhance access to finance for small and medium enterprises, the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote SME listings, attract investors a...
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