Staff reporter : The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has again fallen short of its revenue collection target. In the first four months of the 2025-26 fiscal year (July–October), the NBR collected Tk 1,19,478...
Staff Reporter : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus awarded the Senabahini Padak to Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman. Earlier in the morning, President Md Shahabuddin and the Chief Adviser visited Shikha Anirban in Dhaka Cantonment....
Staff reporter : The Bangladesh High Commission in London has announced that the upcoming SME Fair, part of Heritage Week, will prominently showcase the talent of Bangladeshi women entrepreneurs as well as innovative British-Bangladeshi...
Staff Reporter : The interim government has introduced the National Logistics Policy 2025, setting an ambitious goal of turning Bangladesh into a leading regional trade and logistics centre by 2050. The policy outlines a...
Abu Jakir : On most Fridays, Nusrat Begum tried to finish the household chores early. Her son, Rafiul Islam Rafi, a calm, soft-spoken student of Sir Salimullah Medical College in Dhaka, often joined her...
Staff Reporter : A 5.7-magnitude earthquake on Thursday triggered major disruptions in Bangladesh’s national power system, knocking at least 1,100 megawatts (MW) of electricity offline after six power plants tripped simultaneously. Officials of the...
Muhammad Ayub Ali : Sharp rise in Dhaka markets within a week. Beans Tk 100–120/kg, cauliflower Tk 50- Tk 60 per piece, turnips Tk 60–100/kg, new potatoes Tk 120–140/kg. Political events and transport disruptions...
BBC Online : Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch has been crowned Miss Universe at a ceremony in Bangkok, marking the end of an exceptionally scandal-filled pageant season. The 25-year-old contestant had walked out of an...
News Desk : Almost three weeks after the BNP unveiled its list of potential contenders for 236 constituencies, a quiet unease is spreading among the party’s allies. What began as hopeful indications for a...
Selim Reza, Sirajganj : Despite massive corruption, irregularities and controversy, how Tabibor Rahman Talukder, Project Director (PD) of “Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Project for Human Resource Development” in the Public Health Engineering...
Sports Reporter : Ace batter Mushfiqur Rahim made record for Bangladesh Cricket team. He is the first batter of Bangladesh who played 100 Test matches and also hit a century in his 100th Test...
Staff Reporter : Md Matiul Islam, Bangladesh’s inaugural finance secretary and a towering figure in the country’s financial sector, passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 95. In a statement, his family...
