Plans to fly former prime minister Khaleda Zia to London for advanced medical care have hit a fresh snag after the air ambulance hired for her travel requested the cancellation of its Tuesday landing slot in Dhaka, according to bdnews24.com. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) had ap
Four days after a major power disruption, Bangladesh Bank's server has yet to be fully normal, officials said. They said the online platform for the Interbank Data Processing (ITDP) system, which facilitates mutual exchanges between banks, remains offline due to the server malfunction. A Banglade
Onion import from India has resumed through the Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj after a three-month suspension. A total of 90 tonnes of onions have entered the country so far after the government granted limited permission for onion imports. Mainul Islam, manager of Panama Sonamasjid Port
Bangladeshi nationals seeking Romanian student or family reunification visas will now have more options for submitting their applications, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. The Romanian Embassy in New Delhi, which usually receives these applications, has informed through a diplomatic
The two divisions of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) -- Revenue Policy and Revenue Management – will be introduced during the tenure of the interim government, NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan says. He expects the two divisions to begin operating soon once the remaining bureaucratic pro
A new alliance called the National Democratic Front (NDF) has been formed, which includes the Jatiya Party faction led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and as well as Anwar Hossain Manju’s Jatiya party-JP. Anisul announced the formation of the new alliance at a press briefing on Monday, reports bdnews
Bangladesh's economy continues to face significant stress from persistent inflation, weak investor confidence, limited fiscal space and external uncertainties, even as some indicators point to the prospect of a gradual recovery in the coming months, according to the Bangladesh State of the Economy
Students of the seven government colleges continued their sit-in protest in front of the Education Ministry on Monday, demanding that the colleges be turned into a university. They said the protest would continue until the government met their one-point demand. Around 150–200 students were s
Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her teenage daughter, both bearing stab wounds, from a house in the Mohammadpur area of Dhaka. The gruesome scene was discovered on Monday morning on Shahjahan Road opposite the Residential College, police say. The dead have been identified as 48-ye
A delegation from Jamaat-e-Islami has sat down for talks with the Election Commission amid preparations to announce the schedule of the 13th parliamentary election and the planned national referendum, expected to take place simultaneously in early February next year. The meeting began around 11:30
Seven fishermen were abducted allegedly by a group of pirates from different areas of the Sundarbans on Sunday. The abductors are now charging Tk 50, 000 as ransom for each fisherman. The incident occurred on Sunday morning in the Malancha River of the Satkhira range, including Hanskhali, Chelaka
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has rowed back on his decision to retire from Tests and T20Is, saying he now intends to play in all three formats at home before drawing the curtain on his illustrious international career. He made the remarks during an appearance on the Beard Before Wicket p
