Passport Fees to Be Reduced for Expatriate Workers: Home Affairs Adviser

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. ...

July Uprising killing trials to be held in speedy trial tribunals

The government has decided that the cases filed over the killing of students during the July uprising will be tried under the Speedy Trial Tribunal, according to a press release ...

Dhaka Court Freezes Over 513 Crore Shares of S Alam Group Chairman

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 ...

ACC Approves Charge Sheet Against 26 in Tk1130 Crore Janata Bank Embezzlement Case

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 Barakat, in ...

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 ...

Over a Million Attend This Year’s Lalon Festival in Kushtia

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 ...

Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female PM

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 with the ...

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 allowance ...

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 bots ...

Love, Betrayal and Death: The Tragedy of Jubayed

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 ...