Dhaka, Monday, Sep 14, 2026
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Tuesday took stringent action against individuals and entities involved in irregular investments in the loss-making company formerly known a...
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment has dismissed as baseless and misleading the recent social media posts claiming that Qatar has stopped issuing visas for Bangladeshi worker...
Despite repeated government initiatives, Bangladesh’s solar power projects have yet to see the light of day due to multiple challenges and a lack of cooperation from certain power distribution agencie...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called on the interim government to immediately assume the role of a caretaker administration during the election period.He made the remarks on Tu...
Ahead of the upcoming national elections, more than 200 children from across Bangladesh have presented a six-point manifesto, calling on the Government, political parties, and all relevant stakeholder...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence for conspiring to fund his 2007 election campaign with money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, making him t...
Dengue continues to take a toll across the country as four more people died from the mosquito-borne disease in 24 hours till Tuesday, raising this year’s death toll to 251, according to the Directorat...
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Ashik Chowdhury has called on Korean investors to explore Bangladesh as their next growth destination, emphasizing the country’s u...
-1761048341.webp "CSE Extends Upward Momentum, DSE Fails to Sustain Gains")
The upward momentum observed in the early trading hours at both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) did not last, as the DSE ended the day in the red while the CSE manag...
-1761041237.webp "MPO-Listed Teachers Call Off Protest After 10 Days")
After 10 consecutive days of demonstrations, non-government MPO-listed teachers and employees have announced the withdrawal of their protest programme. The decision came following the government’...
-1761030856.webp "WhatsApp to Ban AI Chatbots from Its Platform")
Meta has announced that general-purpose AI assistants will be banned from WhatsApp from 15 January 2026. The move, outlined in an update to the WhatsApp Business API policy, targets AI-powered bo...
-1761030751.webp "House Rent Allowance for MPO-Registered Teachers Increased Further")
The Ministry of Finance has approved an increase in house rent allowance for teachers of private educational institutions registered under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) system. From 1 November, the...
In the quiet lanes of Old Dhaka, whispers of love and jealousy turned into a story of betrayal and blood. What began as a long relationship between two young people, Barsha and Mahir, ended in tr...
Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, a day after her struggling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) struck a coalition deal w...
Around 10 to 12 lakh people attended this year’s Lalon Festival in Kushtia, making it possibly the largest cultural gathering in Bangladesh’s history, Cultural Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said on M...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday approved a charge sheet against 26 individuals, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata Bank chairman and economist Abul...
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the freezing of more than 513 crore shares of 105 companies linked to S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, with a total estimated value exceeding Tk 8,000 crore,...
-1760971233.webp "BNP Aims for a “Rainbow State” in Future Bangladesh: Mirza Fakhrul")
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the party envisions a future Bangladesh as a “Rainbow State,” where people of all professions, communities, and religions will enjoy eq...
The government has decided to reduce passport fees for expatriate workers, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Monday.Expatriates are the lifeblood of our economy. Co...
The Department of Environment (DoE) has carried out a series of mobile court drives across multiple districts to curb noise pollution, seize hydraulic horns, and prevent the storage and sale of banned...