Dhaka, Monday, Sep 14, 2026
At least nine people were killed in a devastating fire that broke out at a printing factory and chemical warehouse in Mirpur’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday, Fire Service officials have confirmed.Fire Serv...
-1760444012.webp "DSE, CSE end lower despite early gains")
Bangladesh’s stock markets ended lower on Tuesday despite a positive start, as most companies saw a decline in share prices by the end of the trading session.At the end of the day’s trading, the key i...
-1760431952.webp "NCP will not get Shapla symbol: EC")
The Election Commission (EC) has said that the National Citizens Party (NCP) cannot be allotted the Shapla (water lily) symbol under any circumstances as it falls outside the legal framework.On Tuesda...
Commerce Adviser Sk Bashiruddin on Tuesday said businesses have raised edible oil prices without government approval, a move beyond their authority.Speaking at an event in Purbachal regarding recent i...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has expressed his intention to visit Bangladesh in the coming months, saying the trip would help further strengthen relations between the two countries.Pr...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has asked mobile subscribers to deactivate any extra SIMs beyond the allowed limit of 10 under one national identity card (NID) by October...
-1760419210.webp "Stocks Open Higher with DSEX Gaining 38 Points in First Hour")
Trading on the country’s stock exchanges began on a positive note on Tuesday, with key indices posting early gains in the first hour of the session.At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark ind...
Alongside the record surge in gold prices, the price of silver has also hit an all-time high in Bangladesh’s market, with one bhori (11.664 grams) of 22-carat silver now priced at Tk 6,205 — the highe...
The National Consensus Commission is set to send the final copy of the July National Charter to political parties today.However, the document will not include any recommendations on how to implement t...
The Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (BAJUS) has raised gold prices by Tk 4,618 per bhori (11.664 grams), setting a new record in the country’s market.According to a BAJUS press release issued Monday...
Bangladesh has called for fair and cooperative management of shared water resources, highlighting the vital role of rivers in the country’s survival and development, Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said a...
The price of edible oils in the country has increased, with bottled soybean oil rising by Tk 6 per litre, loose soybean oil by Tk 8 per litre, and palm oil by Tk 13 per litre.On Monday evening, the Ba...
-1760360961.webp "Nobel 2025 honors breakthroughs from immunity to innovation")
The 2025 Nobel Prizes concluded this week, celebrating transformative achievements across medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economics — underscoring the power of human ingenuity, re...
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt have jointly won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their groundbreaking research on how innovation and the forces of “creative destruction” dr...
The Maheshkhali Integrated Development Authority (MIDA) has identified deep-sea fishing and Blue Economy expansion as the new frontier for Maheshkhali’s transformation, placing the sector alongside in...
-1760355679.webp "Dhaka stocks rebound after five-day losing streak")
After five consecutive sessions of decline, Dhaka’s stock market returned to the green on Sunday, with key indices and most share prices edging higher.At the end of the day’s trading, the benchmark DS...
The government has declared a building in Dhaka Cantonment as a temporary jail.The notification was issued on Sunday, and the Prison-1 branch of the Ministry of Home Affairs informed about it on Monda...
A new survey reveals that 76% of women in Bangladesh have experienced some form of violence by their husbands or intimate partners, with 49% facing it in the past year alone.The Violence Against Women...
Hamza Choudhury has emerged as the new poster boy of Bangladeshi football. The English Premier League star has already played four matches for Bangladesh, scoring two goals — one of them a stunning fr...
-1760344933.webp "Ragging Allegations Resurface at Jahangirnagar University")
Fresh allegations of ragging have surfaced at Jahangirnagar University (JU), where several senior students of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) have been accused of subjecting...