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BNP MP demands Bangladesh hike military spending to Tk 1tn

Dhaka, June 27 -- Barkat Ullah Bulu, member of parliament for the ruling BNP, has demanded an increase in the military allocation in the budget for 2026-27 to Tk 1 trillion to facilitate what he descr... Read More


Murder of Bangladeshi family in Italy: Death threats were sent to Noakhali house by air mail

Dhaka, June 27 -- A year before the killing of three members of a family from Noakhali's Companiganj Upazila in the Italian capital of Rome, relatives say their village home received a death threat fr... Read More


Man hacked to death in Tazia procession was killed in 'dispute' over holding ropes

Dhaka, June 27 -- Police have arrested four people in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man who was chased out of an Ashura Tazia procession in Old Dhaka's Sutrapur. Claiming to have cracked th... Read More


Bangladesh 'fast-tracking reforms' to boost investment: commerce minister

Dhaka, June 27 -- The Bangladesh government is "fast-tracking reform programmes" in business start-ups, licensing, port management, and the energy sector to increase investment, expand industrialisati... Read More


Daughter named as a 'recipient' on Narail-2 Jamaat MP's donation list

Dhaka, June 27 -- The daughter of Narail-2 MP and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ataur Rahman Bachchu has reportedly been named as a recipient on the list of donations from his "voluntary funds" from the gove... Read More


Beximco Pharma trading restarts on London exchange after six-month halt

Dhaka, June 27 -- Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited has resumed trading on the London Stock Exchange after a suspension of nearly six months over its failure to publish annual financial results on time.... Read More


Implementation rate of annual development programme 'disappointing': Zonayed Saki

Dhaka, June 27 -- State Minister for Planning Zonayed Saki has expressed his disappointment over the implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) amid a slowdown in of development pro... Read More


Rising Jamuna swallows homes, erodes banks in Sirajganj

Dhaka, June 27 -- The waters of the Jamuna River have rampaged through Sirajganj, swallowing homes, mosques, schools, and farmland, eating away at its eastern bank. Two unions in the Char areas of Ka... Read More


Mild heatwave persists in Rajshahi, Pabna, Jashore

Dhaka, June 27 -- A mild heatwave is sweeping three districts, including Rajshahi, and is likely to persist. The other two districts experiencing the heatwave are Pabna and Jashore, the Bangladesh Me... Read More


Short-term floods may hit Sylhet, six other districts as rivers rise

Dhaka, June 27 -- Bangladesh's flood forecasting authority has warned of short-term flooding in seven districts across Sylhet and the north as river levels rise following heavy rainfall at home and up... Read More