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Tech schools project crawls amid cost concerns

Dhaka, March 15 -- A government project to establish 329 technical schools and colleges across Bangladesh has made minimal progress more than six years after its approval, raising fresh concerns over ... Read More


Fuel pumps dry up amid panic buying

Dhaka, March 15 -- A number of fuel pumps in the capital suspended operations on Saturday as they ran out of petrol and octane amid a surge in panic buying. Visits by The Financial Express found fuel... Read More


Adviser Dr Zahed assigned charge of Information and Culture ministries

Dhaka, March 15 -- The government has issued a gazette notification reassigning the portfolios of Prime Minister's Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman. He has been given the additional charge of the Ministry ... Read More


Government directs shops, malls to switch off decorative lights to cut power use

Dhaka, March 15 -- In a bid to save power, the government has ordered all stores and shopping malls to turn off external decorative lighting ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr amid fuel supply crisis with the confl... Read More


915th EC meeting of Shahjalal Islami Bank held

Dhaka, March 15 -- The 915th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC (SJIB PLC) was held on 11th March 2026 at the Corporate Head Office of the Bank. The meeting was pres... Read More


Kayesh Chowdhury joins Bank Asia as DMD

Dhaka, March 15 -- Mr. Kayesh Chowdhury has joined Bank Asia PLC as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Zonal Head - Chattogram, effective from 11 March 2026. Prior to joining Bank Asia PLC, he served... Read More


Mirza Abbas placed in Singapore hospital ICU after brain surgery in Dhaka

Dhaka, March 15 -- BNP Standing Committee member and Prime Minister's Political Advisor Mirza Abbas has been admitted to Singapore General Hospital. The senior BNP leader reached the hospital on Sund... Read More


Gazette confirms Jamaat's Shafiqur as opposition leader, Taher as deputy

Dhaka, March 14 -- Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has officially recognised Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman as the opposition leader in parliament. A gazette notification published on Thursday also ... Read More


Nationwide mosquito control campaign launched

Dhaka, March 14 -- Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain launched a nationwide mosquito control and cleanliness campaign to prevent dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases on ... Read More


Journalist Anis Alamgir freed on bail after three months in jail

Dhaka, March 14 -- Journalist Anis Alamgir has been released from prison on bail after spending three months in custody in connection with anti-terror and graft cases. He was freed from Kashimpur Cen... Read More