More than 5,000 people, including several opposition leaders and former chief ministers, were detained in New Delhi on Saturday during protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in voter-list revisions.Security forces imposed sweeping restrictions across parts of the Indian capital to prevent a rally organised by the Cockroach movement. ...more

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has invited Japanese business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation to invest in Bangladesh’s information technology (IT), fertiliser and energy sectors, as the government seeks to attract foreign investment and unlock the country’s economic potential.The invitation came when a high-level delegation led by Marubeni President and CEO Masayuki Omoto paid a courtesy call on ...more

An exchange meeting regarding the ‘Mother Hilsa Conservation Campaign’ was held in Barishal, aimed at protecting mother Hilsa during their peak breeding season, boosting Hilsa production, and ensuring sustainable fisheries management. Organized by the Divisional Fisheries Office, Barishal, the meeting took place on Friday, October 9, at the Fish Seed Production Farm in Kashipur. Md. Delwar ...more

A colorful procession and a discussion meeting were held in Barishal to mark the 30th World Egg Day 2026. Observed globally, as well as across the country and in Barishal, the 30th 'World Egg Day' was celebrated with the theme: "Nutrition in eggs, energy in eggs, and disease prevention through eggs." A colorful procession, organized by ...more

The government has approved a total of $3.3 billion in hard-term foreign loans to modernise the country’s electricity distribution network and maintain imports of fuel oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the international market.The approval was given at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Non-Concessional Loans (SCNCL), chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khasru ...more

Dr Enayet Karim, editor of English daily The Daily Industry and President of the Global Economist Forum, left Dhaka on Wednesday with a six-member delegation to attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.Dr Karim is also the Regional President of the World Council of Indigenous Games (WIG) for ...more

A new gas discovery at the Sundalpur-4 appraisal-cum-development well in Noakhali could add around 7 million cubic feet (mmcf) of natural gas to Bangladesh’s national grid each day, according to preliminary estimates.The discovery was made at Bara Charigaon village in Nabipur union of Senbag Upazila. Mohammad Mozammel Haque, project director of the Sundalpur-4 drilling project, ...more

Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Force and Chairman of the Ansar-VDP Development Bank board, conducted a special class for newly recruited senior officers of the bank on Wednesday.The 90-minute session began at 11:30am at the Operations Conference Room of the Ansar and VDP headquarters in Khilgaon, ...more

Ten people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, the highest daily death toll recorded so far this year, while 1,996 new patients were hospitalised across the country during the same period.With the latest fatalities, the country’s dengue death toll has reached 281 this year.The figures were disclosed in a dengue-related press ...more

Nine more people died of dengue across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Monday, while 1,902 new patients were hospitalised, taking the country's dengue death toll this year to 271.According to a press release issued by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday, two ...more