Tuesday | January 27, 2026 | Dhaka
Staff Reporter : Progress in the implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) remained significantly sluggish in the first ten months of the current fiscal year (2024-25), as government agencies managed to utilize less...
Staff Reporter : A five-day work stoppage by officials at the Chattogram Custom House has severely disrupted operations at the country’s main seaport, creating a backlog of over 4,000 containers and significantly slowing customs...
Staff Reporter : Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus has instructed the relevant authorities to establish a dedicated fund to manage recovered looted assets and money. At a press briefing at the Foreign Service...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur on Monday said that it is possible to freeze money and assets laundered abroad from Bangladesh within a year if the legal and procedural steps...
Staff Reporter : Officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have pledged to continue their ongoing ‘pen-down strike’ on Monday, while rejecting proposals to meet solely with the Finance Adviser. The strike, which...
Staff Reporter : The interim government will form a new independent board to operate mobile financial service provider Nagad, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said yesterday. The decision came from a high-level meeting of the...
Noman Mosharef : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the constitutionally mandated body tasked with eradicating corruption in Bangladesh, has struggled to achieve meaningful progress since the mass student-led uprising on 5 August last year. According...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has urged the introduction of legal provisions to allow for the dismissal and prosecution of election commissioners for misconduct, even after their retirement. This demand forms part of the...
Staff Reporter : Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud stated on Sunday that the forthcoming national budget will prioritise economic discipline and stability, steering away from what he described as “irresponsible” spending practices that risk burdening...
Staff Reporter : Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Uddin has confirmed that Bangladesh has not yet received any official notification from India regarding reported import restrictions on around seven categories of goods – including processed...
