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Jaishankar greets Khalilur Rahman for election as president of 81st UNGA session

Dhaka, June 2 -- Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday congratulated Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman on his election as president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA... Read More


Attorney General's Office issues directives to check 'notice fraud' in Supreme Court cases

Dhaka, June 2 -- The Attorney General's Office has issued six new directives to prevent "notice forgery" in Supreme Court cases, which will come into effect on Jun 14. Issuing a statement on Tuesday,... Read More


Bangladesh Bank buys $54m more to stabilise taka

Dhaka, June 2 -- The Bangladesh Bank (BB) purchased $54 million more from four banks on the interbank spot market on Monday, aiming to keep the exchange rate of the US dollar against the local currenc... Read More


Workers' Rights Ranking: Bangladesh moves out of world's top 10 worst nations

Dhaka, June 2 -- Bangladesh, for the first time this year after nine consecutive years since 2017, has been dropped from the list of the world's top 10 worst countries for workers' rights, according t... Read More


REER rise signals weaker trade competitiveness

Dhaka, June 2 -- Bangladesh's trade competitiveness weakened slightly as the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) index edged higher in April, reflecting persistent inflationary pressures and an overva... Read More


Bangladesh wins UNGA presidency

Dhaka, June 2 -- Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman has won the election for the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), defeating the candidate nomin... Read More


Islami Bank board meeting stalls at daytime, held virtually at night

Dhaka, June 2 -- After hours of disruptive demonstrations outside, a much-talked-about board meeting of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC stalled at daytime and completed virtually on Monday night with its n... Read More


Bangladesh won't accept any push-in from India

Dhaka, June 2 -- Bangladesh has taken a firm stance against alleged attempts by the Indian border forces to push people from across the frontier, with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed sa... Read More


Tk 594.5b sought as subsidy for power sector in new budget

Dhaka, June 2 -- The Power Division has sought a huge sum of Tk 594.5 billion as subsidy in the new budget on account of power purchase from private-sector plants and power import. Officials say the ... Read More


Bangladesh team wins award in Robofest 2026 World Championship in US

Dhaka, June 2 -- A team of young robotics enthusiasts from Bangladesh has secured the third place in the Senior BottleSumo World Championship category at Robofest 2026, held at Lawrence Technological ... Read More