Trade deficit hits $13.8b as exports falter, imports rise
Bangladesh’s trade deficit widened to $13.8 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (July–January 2025-26) as exports stagnated and imports continued...
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5 BD nationals dead
Five Bangladeshi nationals were killed and two others injured in a gas cylinder explosion at workers’ quarters of an under-construction building on Dhigurah Island in...
Jukta Front demands Azharul’s removal
The Ganatantrik Jukta Front has demanded the immediate removal of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer ATM Azharul Islam from the presidium panel of the 13th parliament. In...
US turns trade lens on forced labour
The United States has launched an investigation into whether 60 countries, including Bangladesh, have taken sufficient measures to prevent the use of forced labour in...
Abbas critically ill 2nd brain surgery underway
A second round of brain surgery is currently underway for Mirza Abbas, a political adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and a member of the...
Bangladesh seeks revised proposal from Japan
Bangladesh and a Japanese consortium have resumed negotiations in an effort to operationalise the long-delayed third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a mutually...
Moscow challenges US over oil sanctions
Moscow said on Friday that the global energy market “cannot remain stable” without its oil, piling pressure on Washington to lift more sanctions as the...
Stormy start for 13th Jatiya Sangsad
The first sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad began on a turbulent note on Thursday as opposition lawmakers staged a walkout during the address of...
PM calls for effective, vibrant parliament
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday said the newly formed Jatiya Sangsad belongs to the people of Bangladesh, expressing hope that the parliament will meet...
Opposition walks out chanting ‘Killer Chuppu’
Lawmakers from the opposition alliance of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party staged a walkout on the first day of the first sitting of...
Major Hafiz new Speaker, Kayser Kamal Deputy
Senior BNP parliamentarian Major (Retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom, and BNP lawmaker Barrister Kayser Kamal were unanimously elected yesterday (Thursday) as Speaker and Deputy...