National,Sports,Football
Bangladesh Women's Football team will fly for Myanmar Wednesday early hours to compete in the Group C matches of the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers beginning in Yangon on June 29.Bangladesh has been placed in Group C of the Asian tournament along with hosts Myanmar, Bahrain and Turkmenista...
National,Health
Bangladesh reported three more deaths and 19 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the latest figures, the death toll has risen to 29,518 and total number of confirmed cases in the country has reached 20, 51,997.Covid-...
National,Politics
Bangladesh High Commissioner to New Delhi M Riaz Hamidullah met Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee at her office on Monday and discussed issues of mutual interest.“It’s a courtesy meeting,” a senior official at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata told UNB, w...
National,Politics,City
Bangladesh Secretariat employees will observe a mass campaign on Tuesday demanding the cancellation of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance-2025.The announcement came on Monday after the employees staged a two-hour work abstention programme from 11 am to 1 pm as part of their ongoing movement.Du...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, now in Istanbul, on sought intensified humanitarian contributions for Rohingyas, stressing that the pressure on Bangladesh’s economy, environment and local communities is unsustainable."We are facing mounting humanitarian, developmental and secur...
National,Oil & Energy,Politics
Several areas in Dhaka city experienced power outages on Saturday night following an electrical malfunction at a Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) substation in Rampura.The disruption began around 10 pm, according to Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) spokesperson Shamim Hasan.He said t...
National,Business,Politics
Bangladesh has received a record-high inward remittance of $29.5 billion so far in the current fiscal year (2024–25), marking the highest amount ever recorded in a single fiscal year.According to the Bangladesh Bank, from July 1, 2024, to June 21, 2025, the expatriates sent $29.5 billion remit...
Highlighting the importance of reforms in the judiciary, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said these reforms, if fully implemented, will mark a ‘new dawn’ for Bangladesh, fulfilling the aspirations for which so many have sacrificed.“Let us not dwell on the past obstacles...
least 147 new political parties, including National Citizen Party-NCP, applied seeking registration with the Election Commission within the extended deadline that expired on Sunday.Of them, 82 political parties that applied during the extended time since April 20 last, and the rest 65 parties applie...
Bangladesh's food production faces a significant threat, and food security is increasingly at risk as agricultural land has been eroded by 3.75 percent over the past eight years, driven by rapid urbanisation across the country.This alarming finding was revealed in a comprehensive survey report b...
Bangladesh on Sunday expressed deep concern over the recent attacks targeting the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.“Such developments risk further destabilising an already fragile regional situation and heighten the threat to international peace and security,” Spokesper...
National
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday stressed the need for a dedicated and inclusive road safety law to reduce preventable fatalities on the country’s roads.Citing WHO data Sharmeen Rahman, Road Safety Project Coordinator at Dhaka Ahsania Mission, said around 1.19 million people lose their lives...
National,Business,Politics,Budget
Noted economist Hossain Zillur Rahman on Sunday said time has come to become angry with the interim government.“I feel that time has come to become angry with the government and this will not be illogical, I will tell that anger will be holy one,” said the chairman of Power and Participa...
Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Dhaka, met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday and discussed a range of issues, including the hike in US tariffs and the upcoming national election in Bangladesh.The hour-long meeting began ar...
Employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat will observe a two-hour work abstention on Monday demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.Md Nurul Islam, chairman of the Secretariat Officers and Employees Unity Forum, announced the fresh programme from a protest rally on the S...
National,World,Politics
In the aftermath of US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, political reactions on Capitol Hill have starkly diverged along party lines.While many Americans remain unaware of the overnight military action, Democratic lawmakers have swiftly condemned the strikes, arguing they violate the 19...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said Bangladesh strongly condemns the 'unlawful and aggressive military attacks' carried out by Israel against Iran."This blatant act of aggression is a grave violation of international law, the UN Charter, and Iran’s sovereignty. Such...
Police on Sunday dispersed a group of unsuccessful candidates of the 18th Teacher Registration Examination who were demonstrating in front of the Jatiya Press Club demanding that all viva voce participants be declared successful.The protests which began in the morning turned chaotic around 11:30am w...
National,Politics,Budget
The Council of Advisers in its meeting on Sunday approved the national budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026.The meeting, however, did not approve the proposed continuation of a provision to allow undisclosed money, a senior official told UNB.Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presided over the m...
Vice-chair of the National Consensus Commission Professor Ali Riaz on Sunday urged political parties to demonstrate greater flexibility and compromise to help ease the finalisation of the July Charter.“This dialogue has given political parties an opportunity to come closer. We have observed th...
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