National,Politics
Mob attacks on leading media outlets and cultural centres in Bangladesh are deeply alarming and must be investigated promptly and effectively by the government and the perpetrators brought to justice without delay, a UN expert said on Tuesday.The interim government has ‘largely followed the pr...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam on Tuesday warned that the growing practice of blocking roads and highways over trivial issues must stop immediately, or else it will hamper the police’s ability to provide full security support for the national election scheduled for February 12....
Drone operations have been banned in and around all airports including Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport due national security risks and safe air navigation.The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) issued a letter in this regard informing all the authorities concerned, said a PID hando...
Tensions erupted near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday as hundreds of activists from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) clashed with police during a protest over the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh.Carrying saffron flags and chanting slogans, the protesters broke through mul...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that a vested quarter is ‘dangerously conspiring’ to obstruct Bangladesh’s democratic transition process.“Bangladesh is now going through a transition period. A brutal fascist rule destroyed our values, demo...
National
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 22 development projects with a total estimated cost of Tk 46,419.66 crore, with the majority of the funding to come from government sources.Of the total project cost, Tk 30,482.49 crore will be financed from the gov...
National,Business & Commerce,Travel & Tourism,CORPORATE & BRAND
NOVOAIR, a leading airline of Bangladesh, has been awarded the prestigious “Excellence in Business–2025” at the Digital Excellence Award ceremony organised by Eastern Bank PLC (EBL).The award recognizes NOVOAIR's digital excellence and commitment to service quality, said a pres...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk 35,465 crore project to modernise and expand Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL), aiming to strengthen Bangladesh’s energy security, produce cleaner fuel and cut dependence on imported refined petroleum produc...
BNP on Tuesday announced that it will share four parliamentary seats with its alliance partner Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir disclosed the decision at a press conference at the party Chairperson...
National,Infrastructure, Development
The interim government of Bangladesh on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) approved a road connectivity project aimed at improving access between the much-talked-about Karnaphuli Tunnel (Anwara end) and the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar National Highway at Gachhbari is set to be implemented, with the ...
Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and granddaughter of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) said she hopes to contribute to rebuilding Bangladesh and understand the country better by connecting directly with people.She made the remarks in a per...
Detectives have arrested nine more people from different parts of the country for their alleged involvement in vandalism and arson attacks on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in the capital’s Karwan Bazar area during protests over the death of Inqilab Moncho leader Osman Hadi.The ...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday urged the returning officers (ROs) and field-level administration to act rightly and effectively on time to dispel the blame of failure in delivering a credible election.“I hope that we all together will discharge the huge responsibi...
The Election Commissioner has started its briefing on the electoral management affairs for the deputy commissioners (DCs), Superintendents of Police (SPs) and other field-level high officials ahead of the upcoming national election and the referendum scheduled for February 12.The briefing started at...
Global human rights organisations have expressed concern that the targeting of politicians, activists, major media outlets and cultural institutions in Bangladesh, amid heightened political tensions ahead of the 2026 national election, signals a troubling erosion of the rule of law and a shrinking s...
National,Bank & Insurance,Budget
The government has expected that inflation in the country will fall below 7 percent by June 2026 ‘due to its contractionary monetary policy and austerity measures.The expectation was expressed at a high-level meeting at the state guest house Jamuna on the country’s overall economic progr...
National,Business & Commerce,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
In a major step toward digitizing the nation’s energy infrastructure, Petrobangla, the state carbohydron agency, and the Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Limited (BMTF) signed a contract on Monday to implement a sophisticated GPS-based monitoring system for gas metering stations.The contract w...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said the recent incidents of mob violence and attacks on different institutions are putting the restoration of democracy at risk.“Attacks are launched one after another across the country over various issues. If this continues, dem...
National,Travel & Tourism
The government has urged the aspiring pilgrims who have completed primary registration for the 2026 Hajj, under government or private arrangement, to deposit the remaining amount of their Hajj package by December 31.The Hajj-1 wing of the Religious Affairs Ministry, issued a notice in this regard on...
Inqilab Moncho has announced another 24-hour ultimatum over its three-point demands and declared that it will take a “Shaheedi Oath” tomorrow at 3:00 pm in Shahbagh.The announcement was made by Inqilab Mancha Member Secretary Abdullah Al Jaber around 4:00 pm on Monday at the Central Shah...
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