Dhaka: The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase has approved the acquisition of nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes to be delivered in 2026. This decision was made during the committee’s 44th meeting of the year, chaired by Finance Minister A…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has condemned and strongly protested the display of a controversial photograph of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from 1948 at the historical museum of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU). In a press s…
Dhaka: Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Monday to perform Umrah. He along with his wife departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 6:10pm, according to a press release.
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Gazipur: The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested three people, including the ‘boyfriend’ of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a briefcase and a plastic sack in a canal in Gazipur, for their alleged involvement in her murder and…
Dhaka: The Cyber Police Centre (CPC) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested four members of an alleged online gambling and money laundering syndicate that used bank accounts and cryptocurrency platforms to transfer gambling procee…
Dhaka: Eight children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,030 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)…
Dhaka: Bangladeshi expatriates remitted US$1.42 billion in the first 13 days of September 2026, registering a 9.3 percent year-on-year growth, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank. On September 13 alone, the country received $193 million …
New york: Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey on Sunday, forcing road closures, water rescues, and disruptions to commuter rail services. The National Weather Service reported that the worst-hit areas…
Dhaka: Four independent directors of Al-Arafah Islami Bank have resigned following instructions from Bangladesh Bank. The resigning directors were members of the five-member independent board of directors formed by the central bank after dissolving th…