Dhaka, Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
Kuwait and Bahrain said Sunday that Iran launched drones and missiles toward their territories overnight following fresh U.S. airstrikes on Iranian military targets.The latest exchange of attacks in t...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday told Parliament that his recent visits to Malaysia and China were guided solely by the interests of Bangladesh and its people, saying any achievements from th...
World Bank on Saturday approved $1.1 billion for two projects to help Bangladesh mitigate the price and supply volatility in the global fertiliser and fuel markets, sustain food security, and en...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first overseas tour since assuming office has yielded a series of diplomatic, economic and strategic gains for Bangladesh, with his back-to-back visits to Malaysia and...
Trading in the Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) of BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals PLC on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has resumed from June 26, after the bourse lifted its trading suspension following co...
Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) on Saturday raised the price of gold in the domestic market by Tk 5,482 per bhori, ending a brief two-round decline, and fixed the new retail price of 22-carat...
Electric vehicles (EVs) could slash transport running costs by as much as 75 per cent compared to fossil fuel vehicles, but deep structural barriers, from crippling energy shortages to near-absent cha...
Two people were killed after a fire broke out at a high-rise building in Katabon area of Elephant Road in the capital early Saturday.The deceased were identified as Md Jony, 24, son of Babul Mia of Ki...
Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs State Minister Barrister Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin on Friday said the previous "fascist" government had deprived the country's youth of opportunities to apprecia...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman returned home from Beijing on Friday night, wrapping up his two-leg six-day maiden overseas trip to Malaysia and China.A China Southern Airlines flight carrying the Prime...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for strengthening the military's "deadly and destructive offensive posture" after overseeing a series of major weapons tests, state media reported Friday. Th...
Malaysia's Immigration Department (JIM) has arrested 32 foreign nationals, including Bangladeshis, during a drone-assisted enforcement operation targeting undocumented migrants in Taman Kinrara, Pucho...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Friday morning held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in one of the most important engagements of his four-day offici...
A woman and her three daughters were hacked to death in an attack by a young man in Raipur municipality of Lakshmipur district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Shahinur Begum, 38, and her d...
Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes struck the South American country, causing structural damage and raising co...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing this afternoon.The meeting is set to begin at 5:00pm loc...
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday told Parliament that a total of Tk 75,903 crore has been provided to banks as emergency liquidity support till June 6 last.He came up with th...
Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to strengthen awareness and capacity-building efforts to help local exporters make greater use of the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS)...
The auditor of Mercantile Bank PLC has flagged a significant provision shortfall of BDT 2,139.31 crore in the bank's 2025 financial statements, raising concerns over its capital adequacy position, acc...
The Government of Australia and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday signed a humanitarian assistance agreement worth 16 million Australian dollars (around Tk 137 crore) to improve...