Monday | February 02, 2026 | Dhaka
Diplomatic Correspondent : Diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India have become increasingly strained, with Bangladesh summoning the Indian High Commissioner over border issues, and India responding by summoning Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commissioner. The tensions...
Staff Reporter : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met with the Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka, Yao Wen, on Monday to discuss various matters of bilateral interest between Bangladesh and China. The meeting,...
Staff Reporter : The Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said that the government aims to boost the country’s tax-GDP ratio by implementing a simplified 15 percent value-added tax (VAT) to support...
Staff Reporter : The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday proposed the introduction of a wage guarantee insurance scheme by the government. The CPD also recommended implementing a provision requiring employers to compensate workers...
Diplomatic Correspondent : A series of unauthorised attempts to erect barbed-wire fencing in the no-man’s land and recent border killings and incidents involving the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have heightened tensions and disturbances...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank has found irregularities amounting to Tk 2,300 crore in operations of the mobile financial service (MFS) provider Nagad, Governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Sunday. The amount includes...
Staff Reporter : The regular digital operations of nearly 400 financial institutions in Bangladesh, including banks, insurance companies, stock markets, garment businesses, online platforms, and transport sectors, have come to a near halt due...
Staff Reporter : The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has added 87 companies, including 13 banks, to its benchmark index, the DSEX. The premier bourse has also removed 14 companies from the DSEX, bringing the...
Staff Reporter : In a developing controversy, UK Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, has called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to dismiss Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq amidst growing corruption allegations. The issue...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) on Sunday emphasised to EU Ambassador Michael Miller the importance of holding the next national polls within this year to restore the democratic process in Bangladesh. Speaking...
Staff Reporter : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has pledged to make the upcoming general elections in Bangladesh “the best ever and historic,” during a meeting with Norwegian Ambassador Hakon Arald Gulbrandsen in Dhaka...
Staff Reporter : The Appellate Division has upheld the High Court’s decision to dismiss five labour-law related cases against Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus. A three-judge bench of the Appellate Division, led by Justice...