Dhaka: Fact-checking body BanglaFact has debunked that independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana made two major misleading claims in her speech during Wednesday’s session of the Jatiya Sangsad. The fact-checking watchdog of Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) …
Dhaka: Land Minister Md. Mizanur Rahman Minu has emphasized the government’s commitment to ensuring transparency in the allocation and acquisition of government land, highlighting the protection of public interest and the importance of balanced land u…
Rajshahi: Rajshahi Zila Parishad has distributed cheques amounting to Tk 2.62 lakh among 38 beneficiaries, including helpless individuals, students, and people seeking medical treatment. On the occasion, a ceremony was held at the conference room of t…
Dhaka: Two young men, including a member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), have gone missing following the collapse of a section of the Meghna riverbank in Bhola Sadar upazila. The incident took place on Wednesday night while they were sitting wit…
Dhaka: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday informed Parliament that the government is redesigning the Development Project Proposal (DPP) for a project aimed at bringing the entire Dhaka city under a CCTV monitoring system. ‘Following the decisi…
Port moresby: Bangladesh Bank has won two international awards-the ‘AFI Maya Declaration Commitment Award 2026’ and the ‘AFI Gender Inclusive Finance Champion Institution’-for its outstanding contributions to advancing financial inclusion and empoweri…
Hong kong: Bangladesh will soon send a trade delegation to Sri Lanka to assess the market potential for exporting potatoes and explore opportunities to export onions, Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir announced on Thursday. The decision was m…
Dhaka: BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi stated on Thursday that despite the presence of numerous television channels and newspapers in Bangladesh over the past 17 years, freedom of expression was effectively restricted to one individual …
Dhaka: The High Court has ordered Grameen Kalyan, a not-for-profit social business company founded by former interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, to pay Tk 666 crore in taxes. This decision comes after the court dismissed a writ petit…