Dhaka: Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir today emphasized the urgent need to strengthen debt management and expand the tax net to navigate the country’s current economic challenges. ‘These measures are the most significant demands of the curr…
Dhaka: Government-imposed austerity measures, including revised office hours and shorter business operations, took effect on Sunday as the nation seeks to curb energy consumption amid the ongoing Middle East crisis. Under the new schedule, all governm…
Dhaka: French ambassador in Bangladesh Jean-Marc S©r©-Charlet today made a call on Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at latter’s office. During the meeting, they held detailed discussions on expa…
Paris: A book titled ‘Au revoir, Madame’, paying tribute to former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, has been unveiled in Paris. Edited by poet, researcher, and cultural activist Abu Zubayer, the book was introduced to the public at La Russe Auditoriu…
Dhaka: US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The US envoy met the premier at his Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this noon, said Prime Minister’s Additi…
Dhaka: Leaders of the Protestant Church exchanged Easter greetings with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday. The greeting exchange took place at the Cabinet Division office of the Prime Minister at the Bangladesh Secretariat around 11:45 am, as st…
Gaibandha: A soil trader was fined Taka one lakh for cutting topsoil of land and selling it to customers illegally in Gobindaganj upazila of the district this noon. Acting on a tip-off, a mobile court led by Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive…
Dhaka: The general point-to-point inflation eased slightly to 8.71 percent in March 2026 from 9.13 percent in February 2026, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the B…
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today said mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping in different parts of country. “Mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over Khulna division and the districts of Tangail, Gopalganj, Rajshahi, Pabna…