RAB needed, govt to decide reforms: RAB DG
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) chief Additional IGP Ahsan Habib Palash has said that any decision regarding the renaming, restructuring, or even the continuation of the...
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Emergency vaccination drive begins today
An emergency nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign will begin on Sunday across the country, targeting children aged six to 59 months in high-risk areas. The initiative...
Taka set to weaken amid rising energy costs
Bangladesh Bank has begun permitting a controlled and gradual depreciation of the taka against the US dollar in an effort to ease pressure arising from...
Five dead in Keraniganj factory blaze
Five bodies have been recovered from a gas lighter factory gutted by fire in Kadamtali, Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The victims were found...
Overseas jobs pipeline under pressure
Bangladesh’s overseas labour market, a key pillar of the country’s economy, is passing through one of its most turbulent periods in recent years as the...
PM forms first-ever private sector advisory council
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has formed the country’s first-ever Private Sector Advisory Council, bringing together leading business figures to provide structured policy advice on improving...
Free judiciary in defence of democracy
The question of judicial independence in Bangladesh has once again come to the forefront as parliament moves to repeal key ordinances introduced by the interim...
Jamaat-led bloc stages protest, urges govt to honour referendum
The 11-party electoral alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami staged a protest rally and procession in the capital on Saturday, demanding the implementation of the referendum...
BNP pledges action on reform agenda
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, on Saturday dismissed claims that...
Energy alteration drive underway
The Bangladeshi government has adopted a series of measures to mitigate the ongoing energy crisis triggered by escalating tensions in the Middle East, including seeking...
Ordinance rollback ignites debate over reform agenda
A decision by the BNP-led government to repeal four ordinances issued during the tenure of the post-uprising interim administration and delay approval of 16 others...
Fuel shortage slows inland cargo movement
A worsening fuel oil crisis linked to the Middle East conflict has disrupted lighter vessel operations at both Chattogram and Mongla ports, slowing cargo unloading,...