FY26 budget: Govt to cut spending
The interim government is going to bring about major changes in the national budget by squeezing expenditure for the forthcoming financial year of 2025-26 because of resource crunches, said officials.
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NBR halts yarn import through land ports
The National Board of Revenue has issued a gazette notification regarding the ban on the import of yarn and some other products through the country's land ports from India, Nepal and Bhutan, following repeated demands from local textile millers...
Upgraded unit-2 of Pahartali Textiles Inaugurated
Pahartali Textiles Limited in Chattogram has completed the modernisation of its unit-2 under the BMRE (balancing, modernisation, rehabilitation, and expansion) programme to enhance production capacity and efficiency...
Gas price increase for industries unjustified, discriminatory
AN INCREASE of 33 per cent in prices of gas for use as raw materials and captive power in the industrial sector that the Energy Regulatory Commission announced on April 13 with an immediate effect is worrying for industries that plan to get new connections or expand their consumption. The plan is discriminatory. The increase will force factories seeking to use gas for...
Govt mulls to form trade negotiating body to face challenges
Bangladesh interim government will constitute a dedicated powerful trade negotiating body to address trade-related challenges as Bangladesh is set to graduate from the LDC status in November 2026, chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant Anisuzzaman Chowdhury said on Tuesday.
Move at full speed towards LDC graduation: Prof Yunus
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday directed the officials concerned to take all necessary precautionary measures so that no sector of the country is affected after its LDC graduation.
Rice prices to become more affordable in two weeks: adviser
Bangladesh interim government commerce adviser SK Bashir Uddin on Tuesday hoped that rice prices would become more affordable within the next two weeks.
ASHULIA KILLINGS: ICT sends 3 ex-police officers to jail
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday sent three former police officials to jail in a genocide and crimes against humanity case lodged over the killing of six youths during the July-August mass uprising and subsequently torching their bodies to conceal the evidence...
Swechchhasebak League leader Tushar arrested in Moulvibazar
The police have arrested Anisul Islam Chowdhury Tushar, 35, a leader of the Swechchhasebak League, in connection with a case filed over violence during anti-discrimination student protests in July in Moulvibazar.
Professor Yunus calls on countrymen to build new Bangladesh
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Bengali new year 1432.
Rangamati addl SP in custody following ICT warrant
The police on Sunday took the Rangamati district additional superintendent of police for traffic, Anirban Chowdhury, in custody immediately after the issuance of an arrest warrant against him by the International Crimes Tribunal...
Govt to send 52 uprising victims to Turkey, Pakistan
Health and family welfare adviser Nurjahan Begum on Sunday said that they were working to send 21 injured in the July mass uprising to Turkey and 31 to Pakistan for advanced treatment...
UK trade envoy visits Unilever
Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), a leading UK-based multinational and the country鈥檚 largest fast-moving consumer goods company, welcomed Baroness Rosie Winterton, the UK government鈥檚 trade envoy to Bangladesh, and Sarah Cooke, the British high commissioner to Bangladesh, to its corporate headquarters in Dhaka...
Imtiaz new CFO of Summit Corporation Ltd
Imtiaz Ibne Sattar (Imtiaz) has recently been appointed as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Summit Corporation Ltd, subsidiary of Singapore incorporated Summit Power International Limited (SPI), the largest independent power producer (IPP) and a leading LNG infrastructure operator in Bangladesh...
US can deport pro-Palestinian student protester: judge
An immigration judge ruled Friday that a pro-Palestinian student protester, a US permanent resident detained by the Trump administration, can be deported, his lawyer said.
Dhaka hosts int鈥檒 workshop on climate adaptation
An international training workshop aimed at enhancing the application and capacity of earth remote sensing technologies for climate adaptation and disaster management in South Asia began in Dhaka on Saturday.
Fascism still persists: Salimullah Khan
Noted writer, intellectual, and critic Salimullah Khan said on Saturday the post-July uprising Bangladesh still inherits fascism in the form of structural violence from the British and Pakistani colonial eras.
Asian football chief fears 'chaos' if 2030 World Cup expands to 64 teams
Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, on Saturday opposed a South American request to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams, saying such increases in numbers would lead to 鈥榗haos鈥�.
Young climate activists demand energy, power master plan revision
Young climate activists gathered in the capital on Friday calling for an urgent revision of the country鈥檚 Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan.
91pc diseases in Bangladesh linked聽to climate factors
An overwhelming majority of the diseases in Bangladesh 鈥� 91 per cent 鈥� are linked to climate-related factors, with women and children being the most vulnerable, according to a study published last month by the Health Service Division鈥檚 Climate Change and Health Promotion Unit.
US tariffs threaten Sri Lanka鈥檚 recovery: IMF
Sri Lanka鈥檚 recovery from its worst economic meltdown, which forced a sovereign default and toppled a president, will be undermined if punishing US tariffs resume, the IMF warned on Friday.
CUFL halts urea production amid sudden gas crisis
State-owned Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited at Anwara in Chattogram has suspended its urea production following a halt to gas supply Friday morning by the Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Limited despite having no supply shortage.
Zimbabwe no different from Australia or SA: Shanto
Bangladesh national team captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has stated that Zimbabwe, who they face in a two-Test series later this month, should be treated as seriously as Australia or South Africa.
ICT seeks steps for Interpol red notice against 9 top AL leaders
The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday requested the inspector general of police to initiate the process for issuing Interpol red notices against 10 individuals including nine senior Awami League leaders.
Many people want interim govt to stay for 5 years: home adviser
Home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Thursday in Sunamganj that many people told him that they wanted the interim government to stay in power for five years...
B-JET, B-MEET renewal ceremony highlights Japan, Bangladesh partnership at NSU
The Career and Placement Centre of North South University hosted the B-JET and B-MEET renewal opening ceremony, celebrating the ongoing collaboration with the Japanese Shinko Shuppansha Keirinkan Company Limited, at the NSU in Dhaka on Thursday...
Fewer Eid-time accidents are still too many
AT LEAST 322 people died and 826 became wounded in 315 road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, keeping to Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh figures. While the report notes some progress in view the corresponding 2024 occasion, as accidents reduced by 21.05 per cent, fatalities by 20.88 per cent and injuries by 40.91 per cent, the overall figures remain...
Khalilur Rahman redesignated as national security adviser
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser鈥檚 high representative for the Rohingya Issue and Priority Affairs, Khalilur Rahman, was redesignated as the national security adviser on Wednesday, says a press release.
BSF returns 14 Bangladeshis
Fourteen Bangladeshi nationals were returned to the country on Wednesday afternoon after serving different terms of imprisonment in Indian jail for allegedly entering that country illegally...
Tanzir Fahim鈥檚 15th death anniv today
Today is the 15th death anniversary of Tanzir Fahim Jumma, eldest son of Sajjatuz Jumma, founder chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC and former senior vice-president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry...