BGB seeks public help to stop arms smuggling
Border Guard Bangladesh urged citizens to extend cooperation by sharing information to prevent the infiltration of illegal firearms into the country...
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BRDB, JICA hold meeting on rural development
As part of international experience exchange and cooperation to further accelerate rural development activities at the grassroots level, Bangladesh Rural Development Board has recently held a meeting with the Japan International Cooperation Agency at the BRDB in Dhaka.
DUCSU, hall polls results corrected after criticism
After facing criticism, the Dhaka University administration has removed incorrect information from its website and uploaded the corrected results of the student union elections...
Bangladesh negotiating for $2b more
The country鈥檚 current $5.5 billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund is likely to increase by $2 billion...
Five more die of dengue
Five more deaths from dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning, as Bangladesh continues to grapple with a surge in infections during the peak season...
India backed Hasina鈥檚 rise, Mahmudur tells ICT
The Daily Amar Desh editor, Mahmudur Rahman, told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday that India played a key role in Awami League president Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 rise, in consolidating her power, and eventually in enabling her to become authoritarian...
US citizen Enayet remanded in police custody
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on Monday allowed the police to take detained Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, in custody for two days for interrogation in a case filed with Ramna police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act...
Indian forces gun down top Maoist rebel, two others
Indian security forces killed a top Maoist commander and two other rebels in a gun battle on Monday, officials said, as the government intensifies efforts to crush the decades-long conflict...
Govt fails to stop mob violence: LDA
Leaders of Left Democratic Alliance on Monday at a protest rally in Dhaka city condemned the interim government saying that it had failed to control mob culture in their more than one year rule...
Sussex Univ expands opportunities for Bangladeshi students
The University of Sussex, United Kingdom鈥檚 first post-war university opened in 1961, is now welcoming Bangladeshi students for postgraduate study with the 拢4,000 Sussex Bangladesh scholarship...
Yunus urges all to stay alert to any plot centring Durga Puja
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged all to stay alert against any attempts of conspiracy centering Durga Puja celebrations.
National minorities urged to follow MN Larma鈥檚 ideals
Human right activists, national minority leaders and professionals on Monday at a discussion in Dhaka city said that Manabendra Narayan Larma fought lifelong for establishing the rights of the national minorities...
Woman found dead in Chuadanga
The police recovered the body of a 65-year-old woman from her rented house at Sadar upazila in Chuadanga on Monday afternoon...
GB holds meeting with law enforcers for GBCSU elections
Gono Bishwabidyalay on Monday held a coordination meeting with law enforcement and security agencies on the occasion of the central students鈥� union election of the university scheduled to be held on September 25...
Four Islamic parties throw parallel progs on 5 demands
Three Islamic parties 鈥� Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, and Khelafat Majlis 鈥� on Monday separately announced parallel programmes to press five common demands ahead of the forthcoming national elections.
42 elected unopposed to RU hall unions
A total of 42 candidates were elected unopposed in the elections to the hall unions of Rajshahi University...
15 HC judges use rental cars
At least 15 new High Court Division judges keep using hired vehicles because of a shortage of official transports and a lack of funding for car purchase.
DNCC inaugurates construction of three bridges on Narai River
The Dhaka North City Corporation on Monday inaugurated the construction of three bridges over the Narai River, also known as the Rampura Canal, at the Rampura-Aftabnagar intersection to ease traffic movement in Rampura, Aftabnagar and Banasree areas...
Govt approves 1,200 tonne hilsa for India鈥檚 Durga Puja
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Monday said that approval was given to send 1,200 metric tonnes of hilsa to India that year as per courtesy and request on the occasion of Durga Puja...
Govt offices, police stations vandalised at Bhanga
Protesters on Monday attacked and vandalised several government offices, including two police stations and the upazila parisahd complex at Bhanga in Faridpur, protesting against the Jatiya Sangsad constituency boundary changes.
SAU holds freshers鈥� reception
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University held the orientation ceremony for freshers of the 2024鈥�25 academic year at the university鈥檚 Teachers-Students Centre Complex in Dhaka on Monday...
Hamdard Public College holds freshers鈥� orientation
Hamdard Public College held the orientation programme for the students Class XI at the head office of Hamdard Laboratories Bangladesh at Bangla Motor in Dhaka on Monday...
BB to launch interoperable instant payment system
Bangladesh Bank is preparing to launch a unified interoperable instant payment system that will bring all banks, mobile financial services, microfinance institutions, and digital banks onto a single platform with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
RMG exports to major markets see growth
The country鈥檚 readymade garment exports to its major destinations witnessed a moderate growth in the July-August period of the current financial year of 2025-26...
Application date for digital bank extended
Bangladesh Bank has extended its deadline for submitting applications for establishing digital banks till November 2...
Implementation of ADP stands at 2.39pc in July-August
The interim government implemented only 2.39 per cent of its Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first two months of the financial year 2025-26, a decline from the same period last year despite a shortened budget...
BB buys $353m from banks
Bangladesh Bank on Monday purchased record $353 million, highest in a single day, from banks in an attempt to halt the fall of the US dollar against the taka...
RMG exporters seek clarity on US tariffs
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exporters have sought detailed clarification and an implementation mechanism regarding a recent United States executive order that allows a 20 per cent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods to be reduced if at least 20 per cent US-origin content or raw materials are used...
Stocks rebound on both bourses
Stocks on Monday managed a turnaround from the short-lived correction phase, riding on late-session buying activity, as investors turned back to the market owing to positive expectations amid favourable macroeconomic developments...
Taskforce recommends renaming BBS to StatBD
An Independent Taskforce on Strengthening Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Monday recommended reforms to transform the agency into a modern and trusted national statistical organisation and rebranding it as Statistics Bangladesh (StatBD)...