17+ hour, 58+ min ago   (979+ words) The Financial Express Bangladesh's power crisis has reached a stage where load-shedding is disrupting industrial production, increasing business costs and affecting services dependent on uninterrupted electricity. The fragility of the system became clearer after one of the two 800-megawatt units…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (512+ words) Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday stressed the need to reduce Bangladesh’s dependence on imports of agricultural and food products by increasing domestic production of crops that can be grown in the country. He also asked officials of the Ministry…...

1+ day, 10+ min ago   (796+ words) Sunday • 13 September 2026 Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Sunday said the government is not pursuing a policy of revenge and does not want to do so in the future. “We have not become vengeful, nor do we…...

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,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (409+ words) Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Sunday said there is no alternative to building a strong local government system to institutionalise democracy and ensure people’s participation and accountability. “Unless the foundation of democracy is…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (818+ words) Sunday • 13 September 2026 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for accountability for “atrocities, for the ongoing genocide against the people of Palestine, for the crimes committed against the people of the Sudan, and for the illegal war against Iran”. Speaking…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (439+ words) Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday said they want to play a positive and constructive role in Parliament and will not act as a conventional opposition. “We want to play a positive role as a constructive opposition....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (472+ words) The recent incident in Rajbari involving a woman entrepreneur is most deplorable. The woman was publicly humiliated and beaten in presence of law enforcement personnel following a dispute over her business. A video of the incident, which went viral on…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (611+ words) Look at a familiar world map and find England. Now find Bangladesh. Something feels strange, right? England looks like a significant piece of Europe. Bangladesh, despite being one of the world's most densely populated countries, can look like a small…...

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…...