1+ day, 46+ min ago   (272+ words) Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed today said the proposed Cyber Security (Amendment) Act 2026 will help restore decency in the digital space, protect women and young people from cyberbullying and ensure professional safeguards for journalists while preventing any misuse of the law,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (923+ words) Information and Broadcasting Minister Andaleeve Rahman today (Thursday) said the government has no intention of suppressing free thought, freedom of the press or journalists through the proposed Cyber Security (Amendment) Act, 2026. "Under no circumstances are any laws being enacted with…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (296+ words) Invest Bangladesh has drafted a policy to bring underperforming, non-functional and closed state-owned industrial and commercial enterprises, along with their unused land and facilities, under new investment. The authority sought feedback on the proposed framework for transferring such assets, shares…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (290+ words) Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday announced ambitious plans to establish a new deep-sea LNG terminal and drill 150 new gas wells by the 2030-31 fiscal year, as part of a comprehensive master plan to ensure energy security and uninterrupted industrial production....

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1083+ words) The Financial Express Of late, some of the print media in Bangladesh are doom scrolling about public debt and giving Cassandra-like signals with dark portents. There is no doubt that they are well-intentioned and giving vent to their worries in…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (524+ words) Wednesday • 9 September 2026 Eastern Bank priority customers can enjoy special discounts and other healthcare-related benefits at Sunway Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. M. Khorshed Anowar, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail and SME Banking of EBL, and Vincent Gooi, Director,…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (176+ words) Leader of the Opposition and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has urged the Nippon Foundation, Japan’s largest charitable organisation, to expand development and livelihood programmes for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. He made the call when Chairman of the Nippon…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (754+ words) Globally, the total labour force is around 3.7 billion people. Asia, with total labour force of around 2.1 billion people, accounts for about three-fifths of the global labour force. East Asia has the largest labour forces (1.13 billion), followed by South Asia (around…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (350+ words) Tuesday • 8 September 2026 Bangladesh has looked to open a new chapter in its ties with Malaysia, with Local Government Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan calling for "deeper, more multifaceted" cooperation between the two countries. He congratulated the Malaysian government and people while…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (388+ words) The Minimum Wage Board will hold further discussions with relevant stakeholders to review its proposed minimum wages for workers in private industrial establishments, excluding agricultural and domestic workers, following strong objections from labour rights groups and major trade unions. The…...