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The Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association has proposed increasing bus fares by Tk 0.20 per kilometre following the recent hike in fuel prices. The proposal was placed at a meeting with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) held at its Banani office on Monday (September 21) afternoon. Representatives of bus owners, workers and other stakeholders attended the meeting. Under the ...

The Taka has regained ground against the US dollar after five and a half years of continuous depreciation, marking a notable improvement in Bangladesh’s foreign exchange market as stronger remittance inflows, improved dollar liquidity and rising foreign exchange reserves ease pressure on the local currency. According to the latest Bangladesh Bank report, the Taka appreciated by 0.06 percent against the ...

The government has raised the prices of diesel, kerosene, octane and petrol by Tk20 per litre to ease the mounting subsidy burden amid soaring international fuel prices. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division announced the new prices in a notification on Sunday night, with the revised rates taking effect from midnight. Under the new pricing, diesel will cost Tk135 per ...

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Saturday that sustainable development can be ensured by building robust digital infrastructure, expanding financial inclusion and bringing the rural economy under digital systems. “The marginalised sections of society need to be brought into the economic mainstream through robust internet connectivity, ‘one citizen, one wallet’ and digitalisation of the rural economy,” he said. ...

Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini accessed and breached the systems of three real companies during a cybersecurity test in May, marking the first known instance of a Google AI system autonomously carrying out such actions. The incidents occurred during a security evaluation conducted by Irregular, an independent company that tests the cybersecurity capabilities of AI models, according to Google and ...

  By Matiar Chowdhury:   London, 18 September 2026 — The Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) has announced that the 19th BCA Awards will take place on Sunday, 1 November 2026, at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, Central London. The announcement was made at a press conference by senior BCA leaders, who revealed this year’s theme: The BCA Awards have become one of the most ...

UK-based Menzies Aviation plans to invest US$12 million and create more than 1,000 direct jobs in its first year if selected as the second passenger-handling operator for the 3rd terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The company announced the proposed investment and employment plans at a press conference at a city hotel on Thursday. Menzies said its operations could ...

BARI has received international recognition for its climate-resilient groundnut variety, BARI Chinabadam-9, which was selected for its potential to improve smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has won the ISSCA Global Award 2026 in the ‘Crop Development and Production Technology’ category for its groundnut variety BARI Chinabadam-9. The award was presented at the Dryland Congress 2026 in ...

In another blow to global oil markets, drones struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline last Thursday (10 September), prompting the kingdom to suspend operations. The 1,200km (746-mile) pipeline, which carries roughly 4 to 5 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), links the country’s major oil-producing fields in the east with the Red Sea port of Yanbu, allowing Saudi Arabia ...

Power generation at the Rampal coal-fired power plant fell by half on Sunday noon after its second unit shut down due to a technical glitch. The plant’s power supply to the national grid fell to 600-megawatt from 1,100-megawatt due to the technical issue, which would take at least four days to resolve, said Anwarul Azim, general manager at the power ...