Dhaka, Thursday, Aug 27, 2026
Dhaka North and South begin emergency measles vaccine campaign while nationwide vaccination from 20 AprilHealth Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain today (12 April) said the government has brought the...
Commerce Minister Khondakar Abdul Muktadir on Sunday assured that the government will take swift and effective measures to maintain a stable edible oil supply chain in the country, while signalling th...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Khondoker Rashed Maqsood on Sunday said the commission's financial literacy short video competition is not merely an event but part of a l...
Commerce and Industry Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Sunday said the government has taken a Tk 300 crore (Tk 3 billion) credit wholesaling programme to support the SME sector, which is being cha...
German Ambassador Rüdiger Lotz and Swedish Ambassador Nicolas Weeks separately called on Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Sunday, with both meetings centering on ways to deepen bilateral...
National Citizen Party (NCP) convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam on Sunday warned that the current BNP government will never voluntarily implement reforms, calling on allies and supporters...
A meeting of the National Committee on Hajj Management was held on Sunday, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.The meeting was held at the Cabinet Room of the Prime Minister’s Office in the Bangl...
Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle, whose versatile voice captivated generations of music lovers, has died at the age of 92 in Mumbai.Her son Anand Bhosle confirmed the death, saying her last rites w...
Negotiations between the United States and Iran ended early Sunday without any agreement after Tehran declined to accept Washington’s conditions aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons,...
The United States and Iran began historic face-to-face negotiations Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and sha...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the pre-piloting activities of ‘Farmer Card’ distribution programme on April 14 (Tuesday) at Shaheed Maruf Stadium in Tangail Sadar.The pre-pilot ph...
At least 98 children were killed in road crashes across Bangladesh in March, underscoring the growing toll of unsafe roads on the country’s most vulnerable.A total of 532 people died and 2,221 were in...
Artemis II’s historic journey around the Moon concluded with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, marking humanity’s first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years.The four astronauts re...
The Jatiya Sangsad has passed a total of 91 bills converting ordinances promulgated during the interim government into laws, within the stipulated time of 30 days after the first meeting of Parliament...
First Lady Melania Trump has denied connections to Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters at the White House that any claims linking the two "need to end today".In a surprise announcement on Thursday, the...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said in a message that the management of the Strait of Hormuz will “certainly enter a new phase,” while vowing that Tehran will demand compensation for all w...
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Friday advised a Member of Parliament to be “more attentive” after the lawmaker mistakenly raised a point regarding a bill that was not currently before the House, causing...
Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 4.0% in fiscal year 2025-26 and 4.7% in FY27, up from 3.5% in FY25, according to the latest Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2026 of the Asi...
BNP candidates have won by landslide in the Bogura-6 by-election and Sherpur-3 election held on Thursday.In the Bogura-6 by-election, occasioned by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's abdication in favour...
The government has decided to introduce a hybrid learning system – combining online and in-person classes – on a trial basis in selected educational institutions in the capital, beginning on Saturday....