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Bangladesh forms special High Court bench to fast-track women, child abuse appeals

Dhaka, June 11 -- Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury has formed a special High Court bench to expedite appeals and death references in cases filed under the Women and Children Repression Preventio... Read More


Cabinet holds special meeting to approve budget

Dhaka, June 11 -- The cabinet has convened a special meeting to approve the budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The meeting began at 10am on Thursday in the cabinet room of the parliament under the c... Read More


Cabinet clears Tk 9.38 trillion national budget for FY2027

Dhaka, June 11 -- The cabinet of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's government has approved a Tk 9.38 trillion budget for the new financial year. The finance minister is set to place it before parliamen... Read More


Economist Mustafizur Rahman warns soaring spending must be matched by stronger revenues, reform

Dhaka, June 10 -- The BNP government is preparing to present one of Bangladesh's most ambitious budgets in recent years, promising greater investment in education, healthcare, social protection and in... Read More


Indian home minister launches Land Port Management System

Dhaka, June 10 -- Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Land Port Management System (LPMS), a centralised digital platform to modernise operations across the country's land ports by integrat... Read More


Bribery, harassment reports to go straight to Chattogram's chief magistrate

Dhaka, June 10 -- Allegations of bribery, harassment or irregularities in public services can now be submitted directly to the chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) of Chattogram through a newly introdu... Read More


Early estimates put Bangladesh's per capita income above $3,000 as GDP growth reaches 4.14%

Dhaka, June 10 -- Bangladesh's economy appears to have regained some momentum in the outgoing fiscal year, with provisional estimates putting GDP growth at 4.14 percent, slightly higher than the previ... Read More


Relief train derails in Mymensingh while trying to aid Brahmaputra Express

Dhaka, June 10 -- A relief train that was attempting to rescue a derailed power car on a Brahmaputra Express train has also derailed in Mymensingh. The relief train's carriage derailed around 10am on... Read More


Rail services resume in Mymensingh after 3.5-hour disruption

Dhaka, June 10 -- Rail communication on the Mymensingh-Jamalpur route has resumed after a Brahmaputra Express power car derailment disrupted services for around three and a half hours. The incident b... Read More


Rajshahi Chhatra Dal leaders demand seizure of 300 books from mobile library

Dhaka, June 10 -- The district administration in Rajshahi has seized around 300 books from a "mobile library" following demands from Chhatra Dal activists. The books were written on Bangabandhu Sheik... Read More