National,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,Transportation & Aviation
The government has withdrawn the rationing system for fuel sales, allowing filling stations across the country to resume normal operations from Sunday.From now on, fuel will be supplied and sold according to customers’ demand at all filling stations until further notice.State Minister for Powe...
National,Business & Commerce,Economy
The price of gold has been reduced by Tk 2,683 per bhori in the local market, with the new rate for 22-carat gold set at Tk 262,265 per bhori, the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) announced on Saturday.In a statement issued in the morning, Bajus said the decision was taken considering the ov...
National,Politics
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday inaugurated a programme to provide monthly allowances to imams, muazzins and other religious leaders, fulfilling one of the key electoral pledges of BNP.The programme was inaugurated at a ceremony held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the morning...
National,Diplomachy
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has initiated investigations of 16 economies, including Bangladesh, relating to failures to take action on forced labor.The investigations will determine whether acts, policies, and practices of each of these economies related to the failure to impose an...
National,Weather,Environment & Nature
The capital experienced its first pre-monsoon thunderstorm with hail on Friday evening. Around 7 pm, lightning flashed across the sky, followed by heavy rain mixed with hail, causing temporary inconvenience for residents.Shoppers heading out for Eid sought shelter under shop verandas and canopies, w...
National,Politics,Humanrights,Religion
Leaders of minority communities on Friday said certain quarters are actively trying to undermine the government’s pledge to build a secular and humane society and state.The leaders said that the country’s religious and ethnic minorities had hoped the ruling party would fulfil its commitm...
National,Education & Research
Education Adviser ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon on Friday strictly instructed that students must not be made to stand on roadsides to greet ministers or guests.“Making students stand on roads to welcome ministers or guests is completely prohibited,” he said, adding that no teacher or education...
National,Accident, Fire, Disaster,Passport, Vissa, Immigration
Five Bangladeshi migrant workers were killed in a fire that broke out early Thursday at Dhigurah Island in the Maldives, according to the Bangladesh High Commission in Maldives.The deceased were identified as Taj Uddin Islam, Md Sadar Ali, Md Robin Molla, Shafiqul Islam and Md Nurnabi Sarkar.The Hig...
National,Jatiya Sangsad
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Friday said parliament will be centerpiece of building a prosperous state by implementing the goals including equality, human dignity and social justice of the Liberation War.“This government is elected by the people which will build a happy, prosperous state by im...
Five parliamentary committees, including the Business Advisory Committee, were formed on the first day of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday.Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed announced the formation of the Business Advisory Committee and the House Committee during the sitting, while Chief Whip Nurul Islam ...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad
The first session of the 13th Parliament on Thursday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief at the death of three-time Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, 31 former lawmakers and several other eminent personalities.Former President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury was among 31 ex-pa...
National,Administrations
Irregularities have been reported in the distribution of rice under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in Narsingdi Municipality, with beneficiaries allegedly receiving less than their entitled 10 kilograms.Each beneficiary is entitled to 10 kilograms of rice, but many have received one to...
Opposition lawmakers staged a walkout from parliament on Thursday, the very first day of the new session, protesting the address of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.The protest began when the President arrived in the House to deliver his constitutionally mandated speech marking the start of the sessio...
National,Business & Commerce,CORPORATE & BRAND
Mahmud Hasan Khan, President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), on Thursday termed the inclusion of Bangladesh in a US investigation into overcapacity and overproduction in the manufacturing sector as "uncomfortable."Reacting to the announcement by t...
Some 133 Ordinances which were promulgated during the Professor Muahmmad Yunus- led interim government was placed in Parliament on Thursday.Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman placed all these Ordinances in the House.According to the existing law of the country, if an...
The first session of the 13th National Parliament saw the VVIP lounges on both sides of the Speaker and the surrounding visitor galleries packed with invited guests.Among those present in the VVIP gallery were Chief Adviser of the interim government Muhammad Yunus, former Law Adviser Asif Nazr...
Opposition Leader of the House Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday congratulated the newly elected Speaker of Parliament and urged him to ensure fairness, justice and a dynamic parliamentary environment for the benefit of the nation.After the election of the Speaker, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rah...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad,Administrations
Advocate Ahmed Azam Khan, BNP Vice Chairman and Member of Parliament from Tangail-8 (Bashail-Sakhipur), was sworn in as a Minister on Thursday.President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.Leader of the House and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was also present....
The formal session of the 13th Parliament suffered a hiccup at the beginning of the new Speaker’s tenure due to a technical glitch, but the afternoon call to prayer (Zohr) saved him from further embarrassments.After the election of Speaker Hafizuddin Ahmad and Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal follo...
Senior parliamentarian Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain , who chaired the first sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, on Thursday called on lawmakers to work together to strengthen democracy, ensure transparency and uphold accountability .Addressing the inaugural session, Mosharraf welcomed and congratu...
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