Bangladesh

Geoeconomics should guide our foreign policy

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Mismanagement, not rain, drowning Dhaka: Bapa

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Primary edn beset by rising challenges

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Disappearances: Govt to place draft law at next cabinet meeting

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Looking back at July / July 26, 2024: Hasina visits the injured, denies ‘razakar’ remark

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Bengal Delta conference / Digital trust key to creative economy - Say speakers

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Bengal Delta conference / Misinformation overshadows press freedom - Says info minister

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Next growth engine can be chip-driven

BSS, Dhaka

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Police escorts withdrawn for 18 ministers

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Industries reel under gas crisis

Jagaran Chakma

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Rohingya children: Australia to provide $11.4m in financial aid

Australia has pledged $11.4 million (AUD 16 million) in multi-year funding to Unicef to sustain health, education, protection and other essential services for Rohingya children and host communities in Bangladesh.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Bangladesh Visa Services In India Closed

Dhaka rejects Delhi’s explanation over Zahed’s airport harassment

Bangladesh has termed India’s explanation regarding the Delhi airport incident involving Prime Minister’s Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman unsatisfactory, describing it as “unfortunate and regrettable”.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Chargesheet filed in 9 days

Police have submitted a chargesheet into the case over the murder and rape of a five-year-old in Mymensingh’s Dhobaura upazila within nine days of the incident.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

65-yr-old held over attempted rape of child

Police arrested a 65-year-old man yesterday for allegedly attempting to rape an 11-year-old girl at Telipara village in Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

law reform failure in Bangladesh judicial system

Ensure legal protection for the marginalised

Millions of people from marginalised communities in Bangladesh continue to face exclusion due to the absence of specific legislation prohibiting discrimination and untouchability, said rights groups at a seminar yesterday.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Four mobile operators owe Tk 13,144cr

The country’s four mobile operators owe a total of Tk 13,144 crore in outstanding revenue, Post and Telecommunications Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam told parliament yesterday.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

External debt now $78.22b

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament yesterday that Bangladesh’s total external debt stood at US$ 78.22 billion as of March this year.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Govt’s ‘wrong decisions’ push economy to brink: Shafiqur

Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday alleged that some “wrong and shortsighted” decisions of the government have put the country’s economy at risk of collapse.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

‘Climate change may cost up to 9% of GDP by 2050’

Climate change could have significant economic consequences for Bangladesh by 2050, with projections indicating a potential annual GDP loss of 2-9 percent, according to a paper presented at a programme yesterday.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM

‘Mother Teresa’ of Sherpur

Even at 83, Razia Samad Dahlia, a veteran social worker who has spent decades serving the poor, the sick and the vulnerable, shows little sign of slowing down.

25 June 2026, 00:00 AM