Breaking from the traditional format, the interim government is set to present a different kind of national budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2025–26. Interim Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed will announce the proposed budget of Tk 7.9 trillion on Monday (June 2) at 3:00pm,

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) near the Kulaura border in Moulvibazar on Saturday night, local officials confirmed on Sunday (June 1). The incident took place inside Indian territory near the Dattagram border area in Sharifpur Union under

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former minister and ex-Faridpur-3 lawmaker Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over acquiring illegal wealth and suspicious transactions worth more than Tk 100 crore. ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the

Natural gas has been found during preliminary testing at the Jamalpur-1 exploration well in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur, officials confirmed on Sunday (June 1). Mohammad Mozammel Haque, project director of the Jamalpur-1 well drilling project, said gas was detected on Saturday

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed is set to unveil a Tk 7,90,000 crore national budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year (FY26) tomorrow (June 2) — the first under the interim government led by Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. The budget comes at a critical time, as

The Appellate Division on Sunday permitted to appeal against the High Court verdict that cleared all the accused, including BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, in the August 21 grenade attack cases. A bench led by Chief

International Crimes Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant against former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal after formally accepting charges in the 2024 ‘July Genocide’ case. The charges were also accepted against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Inspector

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday (June 1) accepted five charges in the 2024 ‘July Genocide’ case and issued arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Former Inspector General of Police (IGP)

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today (June 1) emphasized the importance of reviving the lost glory of jute to help strengthen Bangladesh’s economy. “Jute is an emotional issue for Bangladesh. We’ve produced natural fibers for generations,” he said

Police stopped a protest march by workers of the 'Tottho Apa' project under the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs as they attempted to march toward the Chief Adviser’s residence, Jamuna, on Sunday morning. The protesters, undeterred, staged a sit-in near

A total of 85,164 Bangladeshi pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year, with the final flight departing Dhaka last night, officials confirmed today. Pilgrims traveled on 219 flights operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Saudi Airlines, and Flynas. This year's

Government officials and employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat staged a protest march on Sunday (June 1), demanding the repeal of the recently issued Public Services (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, which they have denounced as a "black law." The demonstrators gathered at the

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka ranked 10th among cities with the worst air quality on Sunday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 103 at 9:40am, according to global air monitoring data. The air was categorized as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, posing

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned to Dhaka early Sunday after concluding a four-day official visit to Japan, where he held high-level meetings and signed multiple bilateral agreements aimed at deepening economic and diplomatic ties. A Singapore Airlines flight carrying

Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended the issuance of block work visa quotas for 14 countries, including Bangladesh, until the end of June, coinciding with the Hajj season, reports Arab Times Kuwait. The suspension, announced by the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social

A man was killed and at least seven people are missing after a trawler carrying 39 passengers capsized in the Meghna River near Karimbazar Ghat in Hatia upazila this afternoon (May 31), according to local authorities. The incident occurred around 3:45 pm as the vessel, which had

Two unidentified youths have been beaten to death in the Ahmed Nagar area of Darussalam, under Dhaka’s Mirpur locality, police said on Saturday (May 31). The incident occurred around 12:30 pm in the Haddipatti area of Darussalam Beriband, according to Officer-in-Charge (OC)

Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said that there is “some truth” to complaints from industrialists about inadequate gas supply disrupting factory operations in key industrial zones. He made the comments during a visit to Towel Tex Limited in

Four Indian drones allegedly entered Bangladeshi airspace over the Baraibari border area in Roumari upazila of Kurigram district on Friday night, according to local sources and officials from the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). The incident reportedly occurred around 8:00 pm on Friday

A total of 80,723 Bangladeshi pilgrims have so far reached Saudi Arabia aboard 208 flights to perform the holy Hajj this year, officials said on Friday night. According to a bulletin from the Bangladesh Hajj Office in Makkah, 15 Bangladeshi pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia due to