Dhaka, Monday, Nov 02, 2026
The United Nations has called on Israel to allow the medical evacuation of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, as the Rafah border crossing remains closed despite the recently agreed ceasef...
Saudi Arabia has appointed prominent ultraconservative cleric Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the kingdom’s new grand mufti, the country’s highest religious authority.The state-run Saudi Press Ag...
The government will soon make at least 60 hours of training mandatory to obtain a driving licence, said Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, adviser to the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry.He made the annou...
Earth, it turns out, hasn’t been travelling alone through the cosmos all this time. NASA has confirmed that our planet has a small, temporary celestial companion — a tiny asteroid named 2025 PN7, whic...
After eight consecutive price hikes, the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has slashed gold prices by over Tk 8,000 per bhori — marking the steepest single-day drop of the year.According to a B...
Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Anisuzzaman Chowdhury has said that just as the central bank requires autonomy to function effectively, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)...
The government has introduced a set of new directives to regulate tourism on Saint Martin’s Island, imposing fresh restrictions on travel, ticketing, and overnight stays in an effort to protect the co...
A delegation of the National Citizen Party (NCP) held a meeting with the Pre-Election Assessment Team from the International Republican Institute (IRI) in Dhaka on Wednesday to discuss Bangladesh’s cu...
A new poll indicates that a majority of Americans support US recognition of Palestinian statehood, with Democrats and a substantial number of Republicans expressing approval.The six-day survey, which...
Bangladesh’s interim government is making every effort to ensure that the upcoming national election in February is conducted in a festive, free, and fair manner, Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Y...
Despite a marginal rise in the key index, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed the lowest turnover in four months on Wednesday, with transactions dropping to Tk 355 crore.The last time DSE saw a l...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robots will eventually take over all jobs. However, he insists that humans will not actually need to work and can instead g...
The BNP did not call for the reinstatement of a caretaker government but rather urged that the current interim administration perform its duties neutrally, akin to a caretaker government, Law Adviser...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue an advisory opinion on Wednesday on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.Th...
Fifteen military officers, accused in separate cases of crimes against humanity, have been transferred from the International Crimes Tribunal to a sub-jail at Dhaka Cantonment, said Additional Inspect...
The government has approved the import of 100,000 tonnes of rice worth Tk 446 crore from the United Arab Emirates and Myanmar.The approval came at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purc...
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The country’s stock markets opened Wednesday with a downward trend, as indices in both Dhaka and Chattogram exchanges declined in the first hour of trading amid price fall of most companies.At the Dha...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Tuesday took stringent action against individuals and entities involved in irregular investments in the loss-making company formerly known a...
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment has dismissed as baseless and misleading the recent social media posts claiming that Qatar has stopped issuing visas for Bangladeshi worker...
Despite repeated government initiatives, Bangladesh’s solar power projects have yet to see the light of day due to multiple challenges and a lack of cooperation from certain power distribution agencie...