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US diplomat optimistic on increasing cotton export to Bangladesh

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US Ambassador (Chargé d'affaires) Tracey Ann Jacobson has expressed her optimism regarding Bangladeshi textile sector saying that the industry will…

US diplomat optimistic on increasing cotton export to Bangladesh

$10mn approved to enhance climate resilience in CHT

The Adaptation Fund Board has approved the Green, Resilient,…

$10mn approved to enhance climate resilience in CHT
Civil administration in turmoil: promotions, transfers, partisan sway

Bangladesh’s civil administration is currently facing…

Civil administration in turmoil: promotions, transfers, partisan sway

Prof Yunus urges swift reforms for polls by June 2026

Prof Yunus urges swift reforms for polls by June 2026

Chief Adviser and Chairman of the National Consensus Commission Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday stressed the urgency of accelerating reform efforts to ensure that the national…

Technical faults at Adani’s Jharkhand plant lead to increased load-shedding in Bangladesh

Technical faults at Adani’s Jharkhand plant lead to increased load-shedding in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is facing increasing load-shedding as technical issues have forced the shutdown of two 800 MW units at Adani Power’s 1,600 MW coal-fired plant in Jharkhand.  …

Will continue to work in support of your trade agenda: Dr Yunus tells President Trump

Will continue to work in support of your trade agenda: Dr Yunus tells President Trump

Thanking US President Donald Trump for his latest decision on tariff issue, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said they will continue to work with the Trump Administration in support…

India urged not to allow Hasina to make anti-state remarks

India urged not to allow Hasina to make anti-state remarks

Chief Adviser’s High Representative Khalilur Rahman on Tuesday said Bangladesh has formally urged India not to allow former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to use its territory…

Chinese airfield plan in Lalmonirhat close to Chicken's Neck area raises Indian concerns

Chinese airfield plan in Lalmonirhat close to Chicken's Neck area raises Indian concerns

India is studying reports of a Chinese plan to build an airfield in Bangladesh's Lalmonirhat district which will emerge as a challenge for Delhi's security interests along the eastern…

CA calls for maintaining proximity, unity to build new Bangladesh

CA calls for maintaining proximity, unity to build new Bangladesh

Extending greetings to the countrymen on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged all to nourish closeness and unity with each other to build…

Reform Bangladesh shares iftar with poors

Reform Bangladesh shares iftar with poors

Social volunteer platform, Reform Bangladesh has conducted an iftar programme with under previliged people in Dhaka marking the holy month of Ramadan. Members of the organisation recently…

Dhaka seeks a 50-year master plan from Beijing for water management

Dhaka seeks a 50-year master plan from Beijing for water management

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today sought a fifty-year master plan from China to manage the river and water system in Bangladesh, which is crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers.…

Ban Ki-moon, Dongyu meet Prof Yunus

Ban Ki-moon, Dongyu meet Prof Yunus

Ban Ki-moon, chairman of Boao Forum for Asia and former UN secretary general, met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference…

Court asks to freeze all accounts, assets of ex-Khulna mayor and his MP wife

Court asks to freeze all accounts, assets of ex-Khulna mayor and his MP wife

A Khulna court on Monday asked to freeze bank accounts, FDR and National Saving Certificates worth Tk 8.10 crore belonging to former Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Talukder Abdul…

BREB violates PPR rule in upcoming networking tender

BREB violates PPR rule in upcoming networking tender

A group of officials at Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) have designed a tender to procure tech equipment from single source from CISCO violating procurement rules. The…

Australia to issue visas for Bangladeshis from Dhaka

Australia to issue visas for Bangladeshis from Dhaka

 Australian Home Minister Tony Burke today called Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury over phone  informing him that Australia would now process visas for…

Newspaper advertisement rates to be re-fixed: Mahfuj

Newspaper advertisement rates to be re-fixed: Mahfuj

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam today said the advertisement rates for newspapers will be adjusted while the media list will be updated. He said this while visiting…

Jamuna Rail Bridge inaugurated; trains to run at 120 km/h

Jamuna Rail Bridge inaugurated; trains to run at 120 km/h

The much-awaited Jamuna Rail Bridge, the country's largest railway bridge was formally inaugurated on Tuesday at 10 am, marking a significant milestone in Bangladesh's railway connectivity.…

Ex-DIG Molla Nazrul Islam, Sylhet SP Abdul Mannan suspended

Ex-DIG Molla Nazrul Islam, Sylhet SP Abdul Mannan suspended

Molla Nazrul Islam, former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police and former superintendent of Sylhet Police Abdul Mannan have been suspended.The Public Security Division of the…