National,Travel & Tourism,Country
To make the visit of the popular tourist destination of Sada Pathor in Sylhet comfortable and affordable, a low-cost air-conditioned bus service was launched on Tuesday on the Sylhet-Sadapathor route.Sylhet-Companyganj-Bholaganj and Gowainghat Bus-Minibus Owners’ Association introduced the bus...
National,Business,Bank & Insurance
In a move to manage national borrowing, the government has slashed interest rates on all types of National Savings Certificates (NSCs) for the second half of 2025, setting the ceiling at 12 percent and the floor at 9.74 percent.The Department of National Savings issued a notification on Tuesday (Jul...
Six months after introducing a bold framework, the Bangladesh government have once again made significant changes to all national savings schemes. The revisions cover various schemes, including the well-known Paribar Sanchayapatra. These changes focus only on return rates against different investmen...
National,Politics,Education & Culture
The National University (NU) has introduced ‘July Martyrs’ Memorial Scholarship’, to be awarded annually in honour of the courageous role played by students in the historic July Uprising.The announcement came on Tuesday as Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, handed over the sch...
National,Politics
Paying deep tribute to the victims of the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack, Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam on Tuesday said Bangladesh continues to pursue a ‘zero tolerance policy’ against terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and remains ‘steadfast’ in ...
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said the interim government would not hesitate to utilise the fund allocated earlier which is necessary for holding the next election.The adviser said this while talking to reporters after the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase held at Bangladesh ...
What began as a student movement demanding reforms to the government job quota system on this day last year soon evolved into a broader ‘Anti-Discrimination Student Movement’, ultimately shaking the foundations of the then-ruling, now-deposed Awami League, which had held power for over 1...
Environmental experts have lauded the Election Commission’s recent decision to prohibit the use of posters in election campaigns, calling it a timely move that could curb environmental pollution and minimise visual and social disturbances across the country.They said the paper or posters&...
National,Back Page
Local Government and Rural Development Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan carried a magazine mistakenly to the airport but it was not from an AK-47 rifle, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday.“It was a magazine, not an AK-47,” he said responding to qu...
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday categorically said the government did not interfere in Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) activities related to the launching of a probe against six senior officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).“Definitely, there is no interference...
Bangladesh Police’s digital service initiative is set to expand on Tuesday, as residents under all police stations in the Dhaka and Mymensingh ranges will be able to file all types of General Diaries (GD) online.According to a press release issued by the Police Headquarters on Monday, this mov...
National,Business
Bangladesh’s apparel export to the USA market increased to US $ 7.34 billion from $5.4 billion in a decade, according to the US Government Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA).The report revealed, apparel imports from Bangladesh to the USA in 2015 were valued at US $5.40 billion, rising to U...
Country
Once unused and overlooked, the lands of Madaripur are now covered in green bamboo, marking a quiet but remarkable return to farming.A green revolution is silently unfolding across this south-central Bangladeshi district, one not of slogans and speeches but of shoots and soil, transforming once infe...
BNP’s 36-day-long extensive programme titled ‘July-August Uprising: Mourning and Victory Observance’ will begin on Tuesday with a discussion meeting at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.The programme is scheduled to start at 3pm, with participation from various poli...
City
Business
Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday officially announced the successful completion of the budget preparation for 72 institutions for the current year using SABRE± software.SABRE± stands for the State-Owned Enterprises (SoE) and Autonomous Bodies (AB) Budget, Reporting...
National,Business,CORPORATE & BRAND,Politics
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has introduced a new system allowing VAT-registered manufacturing companies to file their VAT returns directly from their own ERP software with a single click, through integration with the iVAS (Integrated VAT Administration System).Previously, manufacturing firms...
National,Business,Oil & Energy
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Monday urged the interim government to reconsider its recent decision to cancel 37 solar power plant projects, warning that the move could severely undermine investors’ confidence, particularly among Chinese stakeholders.The recommendation came during a ...
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India M Riaz Hamidullah on Monday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, New Delhi.He said generations in Bangladesh, across faith or belief, regard his legacy for values he espoused, practised throughout, under trying circumstances - empathy, tolerance and plural...
National,Business,Bank & Insurance,Budget
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to gender equality through sustained investment in gender-responsive budgeting, with a total gender-relevant allocation of Tk 260,766.6 crore in national budget for FY26 —amounting to 33 percent of the total outlay. While this year’s gend...
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