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The government is planning a major overhaul of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), including a possible change in its name and legal structure, Prime Minister’s...

The government is moving towards establishing a structured regulatory framework for the media sector to address what officials describe as growing disorder and misuse of...

Public health experts, researchers and journalists have called for the introduction of mandatory warning-based Front-of-Package Labelling (FOPL), saying the measure could play a crucial role...

It is one of those stories that refuses to fade away. Mohammad Saiful Alam, the man who built the sprawling S Alam Group empire —...

Bangladesh is facing a period of unprecedented economic vulnerability, with the World Bank warning that a convergence of slowing growth, entrenched inflation, a fragile banking...

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Monday approved an ambitious Annual Development Programme (ADP) for FY2026-27, with a total outlay of Tk3 lakh crore, marking...

Bangladesh’s overdependence on indirect taxation could pose serious economic challenges and restrict long-term development, Policy Exchange Bangladesh Chairman M Masrur Reaz has warned. Speaking at...

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, will be observed in Bangladesh on May 28 as moon of the holy month of Zil Hajj...

Students of Jahangirnagar University held a protest really under the Central Students’ Union of the university (JUCSU) on Monday, calling for the immediate arrest of...

Allegations of widespread extortion in Karwan Bazar, one of the capital’s largest wholesale markets, have been raised by Saiful Alam Khan, Member of Parliament for...