National,Politics
Bangladesh on Thursday warmly welcomed a recent statement by the Chinese government expressing its wish for a smooth general election in Bangladesh, reaffirming that the election is an internal affair of the country.In a press statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh said it d...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said Bangladesh is fully prepared to hold 'free, fair, and peaceful' elections on February 12 next year.Prof Yunus said that around 700,000 Bangladeshis living and working abroad have registered for postal ballots after the interim government introduced ...
Representatives of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) on Thursday met BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to discuss safeguarding the spirit of the July Revolution and shaping the future of student politics in Bangladesh.The meeting took place at the BNP Chairperson’s po...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday said Jamaat and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) should work together for the next five years to restore a congenial environment in the interest of national stability.“We have said that for the sake of our much-loved country...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman met BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday evening and expressed condolences over the death of his mother and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.The Jamaat chief came to the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office around 7:00pm, a day a...
Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, has remembered her grandmother Khaleda Zia by sharing a poem by national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on social media.“Do not look at me like that, again and again, with eyes brimming with tears/ Do not look with eyes brimming with tears....
National,Business & Commerce
Nagad, the digital financial service of the Bangladesh Postal Department, has recorded the highest annual transaction volume in its history, with total transactions reaching nearly Tk 3,80,000 crore in 2025, up from around Tk 3,30,000 crore in 2024.Nagad customers performed transactions amounting to...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their party will gain strength from the public’s love after Khaleda Zia’s death and secure victory for the pro-Bangladesh force in the next election.“The love among the people and the emotion created after the demis...
National,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,City
Gas supply will remain under low pressure in 15 areas of the capital for 10 hours on Friday due to emergency repair work, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC said on Thursday.In a media release, Titas said the low-pressure situation will persist from 10:00am to 8:00pm in the affected areas.T...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said SAARC must be revived at any cost, as the presence of high-level dignitaries from member states at the funeral of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia proves the regional body’s spirit is still alive.“He (Prof Yunus) conveyed the same mess...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance
Islami Bank Bangladesh organised a grand orientation program on Thursday for 1,000 newly recruited Trainee Assistant Officers at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) in the capital.Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, Chairman of Islami Bank, attended the ceremony as the Chief Guest....
Prof Dr Md Sayedur Rahman has been reappointed as the Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser with the rank of State Minister, just a day after his resignation.The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Thursday, granting him the post with executive powers of the Ministry of ...
Khan Muhammad Mursalin, joint chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP), resigned from the party on Thursday, citing ideological differences and disillusionment over its political direction.Mursalin announced the decision in a Facebook post in the afternoon, saying he had stepped down fr...
National,Infrastructure, Development
The metro rail accident that killed a pedestrian on October 26 was caused by a faulty design and the use of substandard bearing pads, Road Transport and Bridges Ministry Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan said on Thursday.Speaking at a press briefing at the Secretariat after receiving the probe committee&rsq...
The government has begun the new year with another cut in interest rates on National Savings Certificates, dealing a fresh blow to middle-income families and retirees who rely on these instruments for regular income.The Internal Resources Division (IRD) announced that the revised rates took effect f...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said it was a 'positive gesture' from the South Asian countries towards former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia who earned a kind of accessibility, respect and dignity among people at home and in South Asia."I think it's a very good ge...
A day after her burial, BNP leaders, activists, and common people on Thursday visited the grave of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to offer fateha and pay their tributes.The entrance to Zia Udyan was opened to the public after 12 noon on Thursday, allowing people to visit...
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said there is no legal scope to suspend or defer the election following the death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.“There is no legal scope to defer the election. Since our party has nominated alternative ...
National,Bank & Insurance
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has entered a new phase of digital service delivery by making the issuance of Utilisation Permission (UP) under the Customs Bond Management System (CBMS) completely online.The use of CBMS software was made mandatory from Thursday (January1 )for receiving and issui...
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