Security & Defence
Bangladesh has taken an initiative to build barbed wire fences along sensitive border including the Myanmar border areas to prevent cross-border crimes, including killings, illegal entry, drug trafficking and arms smuggling, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed told Parliament on Wednesday.He made the sta...
World
More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect last October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.The ministry said on Wednesday that 1,005 people have been killed in Israeli military operations since the truce began, amid ...
Country, Districts,Accident, Fire, Disaster
Two teenage friends drowned while bathing in the Meghna River in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Md Kayes, 13, son of Faruk from the Shanir Akhra area of Dhaka, and Meraj, 15, son of Raju Mia from Old Donia.According to local sources, seven sch...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kazan, seeking to strengthen economic, trade and strategic cooperation with the regional bloc amid Moscow’s efforts to expand its partnerships in Asia.The two-day summit, marki...
Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains at levels before the Iran-US agreement, says the Kpler maritime tracking platform, but there are signs of recovery ahead of Friday's official reopening.Eight ships carrying raw materials transited the strait on Monday, and six on Tuesday, accordin...
National
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman called upon the people to remain vigilant against those who are threatening the government that it should not be given time.“Those who are saying that BNP should not be given time are speaking for their own interests. We must remain alert against them as the peopl...
Humanrights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged that Indian authorities are forcibly expelling ethnic Bengali residents, mostly Muslims from West Bengal, into Bangladesh without due process, leaving many stranded along the border amid growing tensions between border forces of the two countries.In a statement i...
Women & Children
President of the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal Afroza Abbas has been appointed as the Chairperson of Jatiya Mohila Sangtha (National Women's Organization).A notification regarding the appointment was issued on Tuesday by the contract and foreign appointment wing of the Ministry of Public Administratio...
Economy
BSS: The government has set a goal to turn Bangladesh into a trillion-dollar economy by 2034. To achieve this goal, 10 sectors have been given priority in the proposed budget for fiscal 2026-27.According to the government, it will be possible to take the country's economy to a new height by chec...
National,Corruption
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said his government will take a firm stance against money laundering abroad. “The people's money will not be allowed to be laundered abroad in any way; rather, it will be spent on the welfare of the people and improving their standard of living,&rdq...
Weather
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast rains in parts of the country in 24 hours commencing 9 am on Wednesday.According to the latest Met Office bulletin, rains may occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Ra...
Sports
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has hinted that he will be supporting England in the upcoming FIFA World Cup, citing his long stay in the country without explicitly naming the team.Speaking to journalists after an event at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that any agreement aimed at ending the conflict between Iran and the United States must include the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon, a condition that Israel has already rejected, casting uncertainty over the prospects of a lasting ...
The United States said Monday that ships will move toll-free through the Strait of Hormuz under an Iran peace deal signed by President Donald Trump, and insisted Tehran would have to fulfill its commitments before getting any economic benefits.They included a possible $300 billion reconstruction fun...
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that a new agreement between the United States and Iran has been signed, marking a significant step toward easing tensions after months of conflict and diplomatic negotiations.Speaking alongside French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the G7 Summit in France on...
City
Diplomatic Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) based in Lisbon, Portugal, Farouk S. Adatia, KC, on Monday, conveyed AKDN’s strong interest in further strengthening its partnership with the Government of Bangladesh, building on the longstanding goodwill and friendship betw...
The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the supplementary budget of Tk 56,117.59 crore for the fiscal 2025-26 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions for the outgoing fiscal year ending June 30.Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury placed the supplementary budget ...
Bank & Insurance
5th Annual General Meeting of Citizens Bank PLC was held on June 14, 2026 at Citizens Bank Head Office in Dhaka. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Chowdhury Mohammed Hanif Shoeb, Chairman, Board of Directors of the bank. Among the Directors, Mr. Masuduzzaman, Mr. Mukhlesur Rahman, Mr. S. M. ...
Crime, Law and Order Situation
Police have arrested three young men on charges of allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl in Thakurgaon’s Sadar upazila.The incident took place in the Kalitala Bazar area under Jagannathpur Union, where the victim was rescued in an ill and distressed condition from a warehouse early Sunday.T...
Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
Oil prices plunged more than four percent Monday after the United States and Iran announced they had reached a peace agreement to end months of a war that had roiled energy markets.West Texas Intermediate was down 4.39 percent at $81.15 a barrel in Tokyo after mediator Pakistan said the United State...
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