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Cape Verde fans Lina Pina and Alex Monteiro celebrate after watching the match on a screen at Town Field Park in Dorchester, USA.

Bangladesh, June 17 -- Cape Verde fans Lina Pina and Alex Monteiro celebrate after watching the match on a screen at Town Field Park in Dorchester, USA. Published by HT Digital Content Services with ... Read More


Adabor OC, SI injured by snatchers

Bangladesh, June 17 -- Police fell victim to an attack while attempting to apprehend criminals involved in a robbery where a shop was entered at knifepoint in Adabor, Dhaka. During a raid on the snat... Read More


Reform via referendum, not amendment Jamaat draws line

Bangladesh, June 17 -- Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Tuesday said his party will not send any representative to a proposed special parliamentary committee formed to am... Read More


Global crackdown on S Alam assets widens

Bangladesh, June 17 -- International investigations into the business empire of controversial Bangladeshi-Singaporean businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam, widely known as S Alam, have reportedly expanded... Read More


Fitch warns of tough road to budget goals

Bangladesh, June 17 -- Bangladesh's FY2026-27 budget sets out revenue targets that may prove difficult to achieve given the country's longstanding challenges in tax mobilisation and reform implementat... Read More


Tobacco tax plan falls short on cutting consumption and raising revenue

Bangladesh, June 17 -- Public health experts have criticised the proposed national budget for FY 2026-27, saying it fails to introduce a tobacco tax and pricing structure capable of reducing tobacco c... Read More


Subsidy-heavy spending slows farm progress: WB

Bangladesh, June 16 -- A gradual shift towards more effective public spending in agriculture could help Bangladesh build a more productive and resilient agrifood system, safeguard farmers' livelihoods... Read More


Independent media commission to be established

Bangladesh, June 16 -- Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan has said, "We have not been able to build the media of Bangladesh as a strong institution. For that, the previous gover... Read More


Fiscal framework under strain: Debapriya

Bangladesh, June 16 -- Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya has questioned the government's macroeconomic assumptions underlying the proposed FY2026-27 budget, arguing that several projections appear deta... Read More


Tk56,117cr supplementary budget passed

Bangladesh, June 16 -- Parliament on Monday passed a supplementary budget of Tk 56,117 crore for the fiscal year 2025-26 to accommodate revised expenditure requirements across various ministries and d... Read More