- CA joins breakfast meeting on BIMSTEC sidelines
- Holding polls at earliest possible time top priority: CA
- Trump says TikTok deal ‘very close’ as US ban deadline nears
- Deadly fire on Gaza ambulances possible Israeli 'war crimes': UN official
- Zambia’s US-based players withdrawn from China tournament over travel rules
- Dhaka weather to stay consistent until noon
- White House releases AFTP report, signaling major shift in US trade policy
- South Korea's Constitutional Court ousts impeached President Yoon
- Dhaka's air 'unhealthy' today
- Turkiye condemns Israel as greatest threat to regional peace
- We are not underestimating other teams: Sarwar Imran
- Elizabeth Strout, Miranda July shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction
- Mymensingh youth who participated in Ukraine war for Russia dies
- CA to hold bilateral talks with Modi, other BIMSTEC leaders tomorrow
- Rescue team led by Bangladesh Army continues its operation in Myanmar
- Thai ministers meet CA on BIMSTEC sidelines
- ‘Evidence of conspiracy to thwart July-August trial found’
- Kagiso Rabada leaves Gujarat Titans squad for personal reasons
- Gold price declines after hitting all-time high on Trump tariffs
- India says 'examining the implications' of US tariffs
Three-year project delayed by 10 years!
A government project aimed at establishing 10 secondary schools near Dhaka city, initially scheduled for completion in three years, has now been delayed by a decade, with not a single school finished. The project, approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in...
Gabbard's remarks on Bangladesh misleading, damaging to its image: CA press wing
The interim government has expressed deep concern and distress over remarks made by US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard regarding Bangladesh in an interview with Indian television channel NDTV World. The interim government has noted with deep concern and distress the remarks...
Dhaka Central University to be established with 7 colleges
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalized plans to establish Dhaka Central University, set to incorporate seven government colleges from the capital. This decision follows a meeting with a delegation of 32 students at the UGC building in Agargaon on Sunday. In February 2017, these...
Long-term concerns if employment does not increase
After the July uprising, the interim government took office when export growth hit rock bottom, remittance inflows fell by half, and dollar reserves hit rock bottom. Domestic and foreign investment collapsed, irregularities and corruption caused looting in the banking sector, buyers were crushed by...
Rizvi claims 'kitchen cabinet' exists within interim government
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that a kitchen cabinet within the interim government is manipulating the government head and hindering progress on developmental decisions. Rizvi made these statements while participating in a protest program in front of the...
Promised budget support still pending for government
The World Bank, ADB, and Japan pledged budget support in exchange for banking and financial sector reforms. While the interim government has launched significant reform efforts, the recommendations from the reform commissions have yet to be implemented. Consequently, even after six months, no funds...
27 govt primary schools drop Sheikh family’s name
The names of 27 government primary schools in Bangladesh that previously honored Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina, and their family members have been changed. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education published an official notification on Sunday confirming the revisions, reports BSS. Deputy...
Theft by stroke of pen must end: Religious adviser
Adviser to the Ministry of Religious Affairs Dr. AFM Khalid Hossain has called on government officials and employees to carry out their duties with honesty and integrity. He emphasized, The new form of extortion is speed money, but no one can earn their way to paradise through haram money....
US expands visa restrictions targeting Cuban labor exploitation
On Tuesday, the US State Department announced the expansion of its visa restriction policy to target individuals involved in exploiting Cuban labor, particularly related to the Cuban labor export program. This expanded policy now applies to current and former Cuban government officials, as well as...
Trump administration breaks from Musk's directive on federal workers' email response
The Trump administration has broken with Elon Musks directive, declaring that federal workers response to his recent email is voluntary. This marks the first major clash between Musks demands and top officials in President Trumps administration, reads an NYT post. On Monday, just two days after...
Local government elections may take more than a year
The Election Commission said that local government elections will take more than one year to be completed. The commission said that it will take more than a year to complete the elections for city corporations, zilla parishad, upazila parishad, and municipalities across the country before the...
Shamsuzzaman Dudu questions govt’s effectives after six months in power
BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu said, BNP has been talking about elections for 17 years; this is nothing new. But today those in power are asking why so soon. I want to ask what your job is. It has been 6 months since they could not reduce the prices of daily necessities. The market...
Australia stands firm on climate justice and women’s rights in Bangladesh
The Australian government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Bangladeshs overall development, including advancing climate justice, addressing crises, and ensuring womens rights. Australias Ambassador for Climate Change Kristin Tilley assured continued cooperation during a bilateral...
Shafiqul Alam promoted to senior secretary
Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the chief adviser, has been granted the status of senior secretary. A notification, in this regard, was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Tuesday, reports UNB. The notification stated that during his tenure as the press secretary to the...
Anger, chaos take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
Workers across the U.S. responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administrations aggressive effort to shrink the federal workforce. Agencies were ordered to lay off probationary employees who had yet to qualify for civil service protections. While much of the...
SC adjourns hearing on caretaker government review petitions for two weeks
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning adjourned for two weeks its hearing on review petitions that challengethe 2011 cancellation of caretaker government system. The three-member bench led by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam issued the order in this regard. Following the...
Govt begins aiding families of July uprising martyrs, injured
The interim government has begun providing financial assistance to the families of the martyrs and injured of the student-led mass uprising that ousted the autocratic Awami League regime in July-August of last year, reports The Business Standard. Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus officially...
Construction of 2 Mongla port jetties progressing fast
The interim government has taken initiative to modernize Mongla port for expanding its activities resulting in progressing fast the construction works of two more jetties in the second largest sea port of the country, reports BSS. The government has also a plan to construct four more new jetties...
Musk will help uncover ‘hundreds of billions’ in US govt fraud: Trump
US President Donald Trump said Elon Musk, who is presiding over a purge of government jobs, will help find hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud in federal agencies, reports AFP. Speaking in a Fox News interview aired before the Super Bowl football championship, Trump said the American people...
Process of consensus government begins
The interim government has initiated efforts to establish a consensus government, aimed at ensuring a neutral and fair election. The new administration will be formed by a coalition of various political parties and independent figures deemed acceptable to all stakeholders. For this, a journalist...
Challenges mount for government
As the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus marks six months in power, its challenges continue to escalate, both from internal and external forces. Today, February 8, the government celebrates its half-year anniversary, but also faces growing...
Hundreds of US government websites go offline amid controversial cuts
Hundreds of US government websites went offline on Monday, with more than 350 sites unavailable, according to an AFP review of federal sites. The outage affected key departments, including Defense, Commerce, Energy, Transportation, Labor, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Supreme...
Moves begin to establish consensus government
The current interim government is about to transition into an all-party government. Several advisers will be replaced and new individuals who are acceptable to various political factions will join. This move aims to guarantee that the forthcoming election is fair, impartial, and widely acceptable....
Political will essential for market control: Sarjis
Sarjis Alam, chief organizer of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, stated that market control is impossible without the honest will of major political parties. Speaking at a policy conference on Reasonable Food Prices: Search for a Market Surveillance Strategy at Hotel Sonargaon on Sunday, he...
Action to be taken against embezzlers of government allotments: Relief Advisor
Advisor to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief of the interim government, Faruk-e Azam (Bir Uttam), said legal action will be taken against those who embezzled government allotments including TR-Kabikha as in the past, we have seen that government allocations were not given to the...
Crisis deepens as debt discipline remains absent
Bangladesh is grappling with a mounting financial crisis, marked by escalating government debt and surging defaulted loans. The governments total debt now stands at an alarming Tk 20.49 trillion, with domestic debt comprising Tk 10.20 trillion and foreign debt totaling Tk 10.13 trillion, equivalent...
BNP wants to see an elected government: Major Hafiz
Bangladesh Nationalist Partys (BNP) Standing Committee member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed reaffirmed that the party is committed to seeing a truly elected government in Bangladesh. Speaking at a discussion held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) to mark the 89th birth anniversary...
Caretaker govt review hearing postponed to Feb 9
The Appellate Division has postponed the hearing of the review petition to restore the caretaker government system to February 9, in response to an application from the BNP. The decision was made today (Sunday) by the Appellate Division, led by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam. On December 1, the...