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Tarique Rahman Thanks Chief Adviser Prof Yunus After Returning Home

Tarique Rahman Thanks Chief Adviser Prof Yunus After Returning Home

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed his gratitude to Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus after setting foot on Bangladeshi soil following a long absence.In a vi...

  • 25 Dec 2025
Tarique Rahman Returns to Dhaka After 6,314 Days

Tarique Rahman Returns to Dhaka After 6,314 Days

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman arrived in Dhaka on Thursday, marking his return to the country after more than 17 years.The flight carrying him landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at...

  • 25 Dec 2025
Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years

Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh on Thursday after 17 years in exile, as the aircraft carrying him landed at Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport.The Biman Bangladesh Airline...

  • 25 Dec 2025
Bengali Classics Keep Zaima Company on Homebound Flight with Tarique Rahman

Bengali Classics Keep Zaima Company on Homebound Flight with Tarique Rahman

Dhaka-bound after 17 years in exile, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has begun his journey home accompanied by his wife Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman—while Zaima herself appears to be tr...

  • 25 Dec 2025
Tarique Rahman leaves London for Dhaka after 17 years, flight departs at midnight

Tarique Rahman leaves London for Dhaka after 17 years, flight departs at midnight

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport to return home after 17 years in exile.He left his London residence with family members for the airport at 8:05pm Bangladesh...

  • 24 Dec 2025
HC Rules Civil Servants Cannot Contest Elections Within Three Years of Retirement

HC Rules Civil Servants Cannot Contest Elections Within Three Years of Retirement

The High Court on Wednesday ruled that government officials cannot participate in elections within three years of their retirement.A bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque delivere...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Pedestrian killed in cocktail blast in Dhaka’s Mogbazar

Pedestrian killed in cocktail blast in Dhaka’s Mogbazar

A pedestrian was killed in a cocktail explosion in Dhaka’s Mogbazar area on Tuesday evening, police have confirmed.Police suspect the crude explosive was hurled from the Mogbazar flyover. A church is...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Banks, Stock Markets to remain closed for three days over Christmas and weekly holidays

Banks, Stock Markets to remain closed for three days over Christmas and weekly holidays

All banks, financial institutions and the country’s two stock exchanges will remain closed for three consecutive days from Thursday due to Christmas and the weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday.The...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Council of Advisers Gives Final Approval to Amended Bangladesh Telecommunication Ordinance

Council of Advisers Gives Final Approval to Amended Bangladesh Telecommunication Ordinance

The Council of Advisers on Wednesday gave final approval to the amended Bangladesh Telecommunication Ordinance, incorporating provisions to ensure that internet services are not shut down in the count...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Four-day REHAB Fair 2025 kicks off in Dhaka

Four-day REHAB Fair 2025 kicks off in Dhaka

A four-day real estate exposition, REHAB Fair 2025, organised by the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), began on Wednesday at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre...

  • 24 Dec 2025
DBA hopeful of capital market revival with Tarique Rahman’s return

DBA hopeful of capital market revival with Tarique Rahman’s return

The Dhaka Stock Exchange Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA) on Wednesday expressed optimism that the country’s capital market would be revitalised with the return of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique R...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Irregularities worth Tk 2,926 crore found in six renewable power projects: TIB

Irregularities worth Tk 2,926 crore found in six renewable power projects: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Wednesday reported irregularities amounting to Tk 2,926.88 crore in six government and IPP-based solar power projects implemented between October 2010 an...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Tarique Rahman to return home Thursday morning; BNP unveils detailed itinerary

Tarique Rahman to return home Thursday morning; BNP unveils detailed itinerary

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will arrive in Dhaka at 11:55am on Thursday, marking his return to the country after nearly 17 years, party leaders said.BNP Standing...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Stocks rise in early trade on DSE, fall on CSE

Stocks rise in early trade on DSE, fall on CSE

Bangladesh’s capital market showed mixed trends in the first half of trading on Wednesday, with indices rising on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) while declining on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)....

  • 24 Dec 2025
Three-day rally pushes gold to historic high in Bangladesh

Three-day rally pushes gold to historic high in Bangladesh

Gold prices in Bangladesh have surged sharply over the past three days, with the price of 22-carat gold reaching Tk226,000 per bhori on Wednesday — the highest level ever recorded in the country.Accor...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Govt approves purchase of 10,000 tonnes of lentils at Tk 7.22 crore

Govt approves purchase of 10,000 tonnes of lentils at Tk 7.22 crore

The government has approved the procurement of 10,000 metric tonnes of lentils at a cost of Tk 7.22 crore.The approval came on Tuesday at a meeting of the Advisers’ Council Committee on Government Pur...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Govt to import 37.5 million litres of soybean oil from three countries

Govt to import 37.5 million litres of soybean oil from three countries

The government has decided to import a total of 37.5 million litres of soybean oil from Malaysia, the United States and Nigeria at a cost of Tk 4,745.55 million.The approval came at a meeting of the A...

  • 24 Dec 2025
Govt to Procure 100,000 Tonnes of Rice from India, Pakistan

Govt to Procure 100,000 Tonnes of Rice from India, Pakistan

The government has approved the purchase of a total of 100,000 metric tonnes of rice from India and Pakistan at a cost of Tk 4,590.58 million.The approval came at a meeting of the Advisory Committee o...

  • 24 Dec 2025
DSE fails to sustain early gains, CSE extends rally

DSE fails to sustain early gains, CSE extends rally

Bangladesh’s stock market opened on a positive note on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week, but the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) failed to hold the gains by the end of the session, while the upwa...

  • 23 Dec 2025
Election delays will deepen crisis as public anxiety grows: Mirza Fakhrul

Election delays will deepen crisis as public anxiety grows: Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said recent incidents of violence have created public anxiety over the upcoming election, warning that any d...

  • 23 Dec 2025