PM wraps up India visit, returns home
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home Saturday night after wrapping up her two-day state visit to India.
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PM Hasina鈥檚 visit reflects depth of India-Bangladesh ties: Jaishankar聽
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 bilateral visit to New Delhi as the reflection of the deep friendship between Bangladesh and India.聽
Dhaka warns Myanmar military, Arakan army: HM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said that Bangladesh conveyed its concern to Myanmar military and Arakan army with a strong note that...
Bangladesh's dollar crisis linked to $7-8b capital flight: ex-minister
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Thursday that they had to follow the World Bank for foreign currencies, while former state minister for...
PM honours FFs and martyrs' families with Eid gifts
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, extended heartfelt greetings to all freedom fighters of the country, recognising their sacrifices for the nation....
PM exchanges Eid greetings with Awami League leaders
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Monday exchanged greetings with the party leaders on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha....
Hasina calls for embracing the spirit of sacrifice on Eid-ul-Azha
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all to work for the welfare of the country and its people, inspired by the spirit of sacrifice embodied in Eid-ul-Azha.....
Finance minister criticised in JS for agriculture subsidy cut
Independent lawmaker Md Nasser Shahrear Zahedee on Thursday criticised finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali for reducing subsidies in agriculture in the proposed budget for the financial year 2024-25...
Hasina seeks UAE investment in Bangladesh鈥檚 special economic zones
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called on the United Arab Emirates investors to come up with investments in Bangladesh鈥檚 special economic zones....
363 foreigners detained in Bangladesh jails: HM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan told Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday that 363 foreign nationals were detained in Bangladesh jails...
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Free govt houses bring self-dignity for homeless people: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the houses being given free of costs under the Ashrayan projects are bringing self-dignity and self-respect for the...
Modi unveils coalition cabinet dominated聽by BJP
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi unveiled on Monday his coalition government after a surprise election setback lost his Hindu-nationalist party an...
INDIA bloc offered PM post to Nitish Kumar: JDU
Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the opposition INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced, party leader KC Tyagi claimed in an exclusive interview with NDTV...
Doctors鈥� negligence of duty will not be tolerated: minister
Health minister Samanta Lal Sen on Sunday warned that doctors鈥� negligence of duty in the government hospitals across Bangladesh would not be tolerated....
All steps to be taken to rein in loan default: minister
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said that all steps would be taken to dispose of quickly the cases pending before money loan courts to rein in loan default....
India鈥檚 Narendra Modi sworn in as PM for third term
India鈥檚 prime minister Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to...
Danish PM 'hit' by man in Copenhagen
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was on Friday 鈥榟it鈥� by a man on a Copenhagen square, her office聽said, with EU chiefs quickly condemning the attack.
Main challenge to contain inflation: PM聽
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that taming inflation was a big challenge for the government.
Questions on budget draw minister鈥檚 ire
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Friday that he was disappointed with the questions made by journalists about proposed budgetary measures for...
Sunak apologises for skipping main D-Day event
British prime minister Rishi Sunak apologised on Friday for leaving the D-Day commemorations in France early to give a domestic television interview, the...
Govt seeks six months to curb inflation
The government has proposed the reintroduction of undisclosed money legalisation scopes in the new national budget to appease businessmen, officials...
Nayeemul Islam Khan becomes press secretary to PM
The government appointed Md Nayeemul Islam Khan, emeritus editor of the daily Amader Notun Shomoy, as the press secretary to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, with the status of a secretary on a contractual basis...
Tax measures to take toll on honest, relieve errant
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday announced a series of measures, including reintroducing scope for legalising undisclosed money by paying tax at a...
PM leaves for New Delhi tomorrow
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for New Delhi on Saturday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive term...
Modi readies for third term
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was deep in negotiations with alliance partners to form his cabinet on Thursday, after an unexpectedly close election that forced his party into a coalition government, reports Agence France-Presse...
Govt raises excise duty on high-value bank deposits
The government has increased excise duty on high-figure bank deposits in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year...
Minimum tariff value of cotton fabrics increased
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday proposed rationalising at the import level the minimum value of certain products, including cotton and synthetic fabrics, for imposing duty to safeguard the local industry...
Capital gain tax proposed for general investors if income crosses Tk聽50 lakh
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has proposed that general investors in the capital market pay capital gain tax from the 2024-25 financial year if their income crosses Tk聽50 lakh...
Credit scoring system for digital banks to be introduced: Mahmood
Finance minister AH Mahmood Ali said that the government would introduce a credit scoring system utilising artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to facilitate loan services from these digital banks....