Dhaka, Tuesday, Nov 03, 2026
A survey has revealed that 51 percent of motorcycles in Dhaka city run above the prescribed speed limit, posing a significant risk to road safety.The study also found that 24 percent of vehicles on lo...
-1758556309.webp "Gold price hits new record at Tk 191,196 per bhori")
The price of gold has surged again in the local market, with Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (BAJUS) setting a new record of Tk 191,196 per bhori (22-carat), up by Tk 1,574.BAJUS announced the revis...
The Bangladesh Embassy in Abu Dhabi has dismissed as baseless the recent reports claiming that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) imposed a visa ban on Bangladeshis.In a press release issued on Monday, th...
Remittance inflow through official banking channels surpassed $2 billion in the first 21 days of September, marking a 24.3 percent year-on-year rise, according to Bangladesh Bank data.Until September...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent 500 kilograms of aromatic Chinigura rice to India as a gift on the occasion of Durga Puja.A pickup truck carrying the rice crossed through Akhaura land port in...
A total of 39 police officers serving as Inspectors (unarmed) have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs is...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman on Monday left Dhaka for a four-day official visit to Malaysia to attend the 14th Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs’ Conference (IPACC).The conference, jointly organi...
Stocks continued to fall for the second straight day on Monday with turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hitting a two-month low, while both Dhaka and Chattogram bourses saw their key indices de...
-1758542593.webp "Govt decides to hike edible oil prices")
The government has decided to increase the prices of edible oil following a meeting between Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin and traders at the Secretariat on Monday.According to meeting sources,...
The dengue situation in Bangladesh is worsening, with 179 deaths this year, over half of whom died within two to three days of hospitalisation.Professor Dr Abu Zafar, Director General of the Directora...
Decades of negligence in the capital’s drainage system have made it difficult to resolve waterlogging, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Azaz on Monday, adding that the w...
-1758528691.webp "Dhaka rivers to be restored with World Bank support: Adviser")
The government is planning to restore five major rivers surrounding Dhaka with financial assistance from the World Bank, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Cl...
A brief but heavy downpour early Monday once again laid bare Dhaka’s chronic waterlogging crisis, flooding streets, paralysing traffic, and even claiming a life despite an unexpected silver lining of...
In an era when stories of mistrust often overshadow acts of integrity, a police sergeant in Lalmonirhat has become a symbol of honesty after returning Tk 44,000, which he found lying abandoned on a ro...
-1758519952.webp "Indices mixed in early trading at stock market")
Indices at the country’s two bourses showed a mixed trend in the first hour of trading on Monday, the second working day of the week.At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark DSEX index advance...
For the first time in its history, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), under the Ministry of Shipping, has purchased two modern bulk carrier vessels with its own financing.To this end, a ship s...
-1758468523.webp "UK, Canada and Australia Officially Recognise Palestinian State")
The United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have formally recognised the State of Palestine, the three governments announced on Sunday.UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that the United Kingdom now o...
BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that investors are waiting for the upcoming election for investment.Speaking after a meeting between BNP Secretary General Mirza Fak...
Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin has said that expenditure cannot be increased without assessing the adequacy of resources, stressing that the primary goal of the country’s economy should be to gen...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, said that no brick kilns will be allowed to operate in Savar upazila in the...