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India's import curbs: Commerce adviser says Bangladesh will act after official word

Dhaka, May 18 -- Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Uddin said Bangladesh has not yet received any official notice from India on its reported import restrictions on approximately seven categories of goods, in... Read More


UN Global Road Safety Week: BRAC calls for safer walking and cycling

Dhaka, May 18 -- To amplify the call for safer streets, BRAC Road Safety Programme observed the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week 2025 (12-18 May) through a series of impactful initiatives promoting safe... Read More


Chinmoy Das to be interrogated at jail gate

Dhaka, May 18 -- Police have been given permission to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for the Sanatani Jagaran Jote, at the jail gate in two more cases. Chattogram Metropoli... Read More


Polytechnic students protest in front of HC

Dhaka, May 18 -- Students from Dhaka's polytechnic institutions are staging a human chain and sit-in demonstration in front of the High Court to demand the scrapping of the verdict delivered in a writ... Read More


DMP banns protest, gathering on some roads in city

Dhaka, May 18 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on all forms of gatherings in some areas of the capital. The decision was announced in a statement on Saturday, signed by DMP Commission... Read More


Tax ceiling up, corporate rates rise

Dhaka, May 18 -- Tax-free income threshold for all individual taxpayers is going up and corporate rates are being raised in the new budgetary measures ready for the chief adviser's perusal today (Mond... Read More


Nagad CEO is illegal, has no right to hold office: Governor

Dhaka, May 18 -- Md. Safayet Alam has no legal right to serve as the CEO of mobile financial service provider Nagad Limited, and his appointment is considered fraudulent, according to Bangladesh Bank ... Read More


Probe report in BB reserve heist case July 2

Dhaka, May 18 -- A Dhaka court has set July 2 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magi... Read More


13 trucks carrying food items stranded at Burimari land port after India halts imports

Dhaka, May 18 -- As many as 13 trucks carrying food items from several companies have been stranded at Burimari land port in Lalmonirhat following India's restrictions on imports. Refayet Hossain, C&... Read More


Asset discrepancy detected in Hasina's assets, legal action pending: ACC chairman

Dhaka, May 18 -- Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen has said former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's declared assets in her election affidavit do not match official findings,... Read More