Dhaka, Tuesday, Sep 08, 2026
South Korea said Friday it was weighing "contributions" to US security efforts in the Strait of Hormuz provided its own military readiness was not compromised, but noted no decision had been made.US P...
Bangladesh has contributed US$1 million to Nepal’s Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund to support relief, recovery and humanitarian efforts following devastating floods and mudslides in northern Nep...
The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has raised the price of gold in the domestic market after three consecutive rounds of cuts, increasing the rate of 22-carat gold by Tk 5,482 per bhori.With...
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has demanded immediate government action to resolve the ongoing electricity and gas crisis and to reinstate the recently scrapped list of essential medici...
Bangladesh's labour market to Malaysia is set to reopen, but recruiting agency owners allege a familiar "syndicate" is re-emerging under a new guise, with a handful of lesser-known agencies now positi...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Thursday held a stakeholder consultation meeting on its draft "BSEC (Direct Listing of Securities by Stock Exchange) Rules, 2026" at the com...
A financing agreement for "Modernization and Expansion of Eastern Refinery in Bangladesh" amounting to USD 1004.29 million was signed today during the visit of the Islamic Development Bank Group Chair...
Today, Thursday, 3 September 2026, marks the 19th jail release day of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.He was arrested on 7 March 2007 by the illegal 1/11...
The Honourable Prime Minister of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman, today attended a programme to exchange greetings with prominent members of the Hindu community a...
SANGSAD BHABAN, Sept 2, 2026 (BSS) – Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said the government has already drawn up a 10-year plan to develop the country’s power and energy sectors, with some aspects no...
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said there is scope to make the Bangladesh-US Agreement on Reciprocal Trade more balanced and mutually beneficial, taking into account the economic r...
Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected a bail petition filed by Bidisha Siddiq, who was sentenced to two years in prison in a fraud case.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Shahjahan Kabir passed th...
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday visited Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmood at a city hospital.According to a post pub...
Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Anda Filip left Dhaka today after concluding her visit to Bangladesh.Filip arrived in Dhaka on August 30 and during her visit held meetings wit...
US forces launched strikes Tuesday against Iran's Revolutionary Guards in response to attempted attacks on commercial shipping and American forces, the US military said.The strikes -- which began at 1...
US President Donald Trump has expressed his expectation of meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the 'not too distant future' and conveyed his warmest regards and love to the people of Bangladesh."...
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has said development work cannot move forward if the country remains preoccupied with its past.“The past cannot be forgotten. But neither can we r...
BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today paid homage to his father and party founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and his mother former Prime Minister and former BNP chairperson Begum Kh...
The government today approved the National Pay Scale-2026, with the new salary structure taking effect from July 1 this year.The new pay scale will take effect from July 1, 2026, with the minimum basi...
The government on Monday approved the National Pay Scale 2026, raising the basic salary of government employees, introducing higher slab-based net pensions and new allowances including a disability al...