Dhaka, Sunday, Aug 30, 2026
-1761030856.webp "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 bo...
-1761030751.webp "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...
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 and Mahir, ended in tr...
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 w...
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 M...
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...
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 value exceeding Tk 8,000 crore,...
-1760971233.webp "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 eq...
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. Co...
The Department of Environment (DoE) has carried out a series of mobile court drives across multiple districts to curb noise pollution, seize hydraulic horns, and prevent the storage and sale of banned...
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 issued by the Ministry...
A high-level delegation from Bangladesh, led by Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), has arrived in the Republic of Korea (RO...
The Louvre Museum in Paris remained closed on Monday as investigations continued into the audacious theft of historic French crown jewels, with experts warning that the chances of recovering the stole...
The Election Commission (EC) sees no reason for concern over holding the upcoming national election in February despite doubts expressed by some quarters about the prevailing law and order situation.F...
-1760958342.webp "Dhaka Stocks See Lowest Turnover of Current Fiscal Year Despite Index Rise")
Despite a rebound in key indices after days of decline, turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) plunged to its lowest level in the current fiscal year (FY2025-26) and in the past four months on Mon...
Allegations have emerged of a cocktail attack on the motorcade of Sarjis Alam, Chief Organiser (Northern Region) of the National Citizens’ Party (NCP), in Bogura.The incident occurred on Monday aftern...
Major websites and apps around the world experienced widespread disruptions on Sunday due to an outage affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of e-commerce giant Amazon.Popular p...
The Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB) has claimed that the devastating fire at the cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport caused losses worth Tk 12,000 crore.EAB President Moh...
-1760940374.webp "DSE sees gain, CSE dips in morning trade")
The week’s second trading session began with a mixed performance on the country’s two stock exchanges, as the Dhaka market opened higher while the Chattogram bourse witnessed a decline.In the first ho...
Jagannath University (JnU) students and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) took to the streets on Sunday night after fellow student and JCD leader Jobayed Hossen was found murdered in Old Dha...