Md. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), visited Chapainawabganj on May 20, 2025, to conduct a firsthand assessment of mango production and export readiness. This visit, announced by the EPB, aimed to gather insights into challenges faced by local producers and discuss strategies to enhance Bangladesh's mango industry in the global market.During ...more

The Dr. Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is facing growing pressure to address Bangladesh’s escalating unemployment crisis, which economists and labor market experts have identified as the most pressing economic and social challenge confronting the nation.With joblessness soaring amid industrial slowdown, waning private investment, and macroeconomic instability, experts warn that failure to tackle the issue swiftly ...more

Nearly two and a half lakh crore taka of money and assets of 10 industrial groups, including the Sheikh family, have been seized under legal proceedings on charges of looting and smuggling. The government will use this money to form a ‘Loot Money Management Fund’.These were announced at a briefing after a meeting on Monday ...more

The longstanding and cost-effective trade routes that once connected Bangladesh to India’s seven northeastern states-popularly known as the “Seven Sisters”-have effectively collapsed following India’s sudden imposition of new restrictions on cross-border land exports from Bangladesh.The Indian government has recently halted the import of various Bangladeshi products-including garments, processed food, plastics, furniture, and soft drinks-via land ...more

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday directed the authorities concerned to form a fund to manage the looted assets and money. “The Chief Adviser instructed to form the looted money management fund, which will be used for public welfare,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy here this ...more

The Embassy of Algeria in Dhaka on Monday commemorated the National Day of Algerian Students, paying solemn tribute to the patriotism, courage, and sacrifice of student activists who played a crucial role in Algeria’s struggle for independence.The commemorative programme, held at the Embassy premises in Baridhara, included the hoisting of the Algerian national flag, playing ...more

The Journalists Association of Bangladesh Secretariat (JABS) has been reconstituted, with Md. Riazur Rahman Riaz of Daily Industry elected as President and Md. Nizam Uddin Darbesh of Dainik Bartaman appointed as General Secretary.The new committee was formed during a working committee meeting held at a hotel in Purana Paltan on Monday, presided over by Riazur ...more

The Annual Prize Giving Ceremony 2024 of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) was held with due enthusiasm and festivity on 19 May 2025 at the university premises.The event was organized to honour faculties, departments, teachers, and students for their significant contributions to research, discipline, various national and international events, as well as their sincerity and ...more

The mighty Padma is now a sandy beach. The river is drying up day by day due to the influence of Farakka. The volume of the Padma has reduced by half in four decades. There is no way to understand that it is a river by looking at the vast sandbanks that have arisen in ...more

State-owned Sonali Bank, Agrani Bank, Janata Bank and Rupali Bank have given supernumerary promotions to 7,215 officials who were deprived during the previous government’s tenure. The Financial Institutions Department (FID) has now started an investigation into the promotion of so many officials at once. The bankers who were promoted are in fear of losing their ...more