The police cancelled the approval for holding a week-long book fair at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar hours before its inauguration, fearing a deterioration of the law and order situation. The organisers alleged that the book fair was supposed to be inaugurated by the commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir on Friday morning, but Sylhet Metropolitan Police withdrew its permission for organising ...

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has said that the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2027 will be held in December of the current year. He made the statement on Saturday (25 April) while speaking to News24. The minister said the decision has been taken to reduce the session backlog. He also noted that the next Higher ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that the government is committed to building a merit-based, confident, creative, and responsible workforce. He made the remarks on Saturday morning while attending a ceremony in the capital’s New Eskaton area, where he laid the foundation stone of the third building of the BIAM Foundation. The Prime Minister said that there is no alternative ...

The government is targeting a significant expansion of Bangladesh’s tourism sector, aiming to raise its contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) to around 6-7% from the current 2-3%, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Rashiduzzaman Millat said on Saturday. He made the remarks while addressing the “Beautiful Bangladesh Run 2026 (Season-2)” at Hatirjheel, where he attended as chief ...

A total of 32,532 Bangladeshi pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia on 81 flights since the start of Hajj operations, according to the latest Hajj bulletin released on Saturday. The Ministry of Religious Affairs released the update through its Hajj management bulletin, which tracks flights and pilgrim movement. Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated 33 flights and transported 13,684 pilgrims. Saudia operated 30 ...

Road, Rail and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam has said that bus fares have not been increased, but rather “adjusted,” adding that no complaints have been received regarding the fares. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists in the capital on Saturday (April 25). The minister said that if fuel prices decrease, fares will also be reduced accordingly. “A ...

Masum Mostofa, the member of parliament from Netrokona-5 (Purbadhala), was attacked, his car vandalised, and he was briefly held hostage on Friday evening. The incident occurred around 6:00pm at Giripath Filling Station in the Atkapara area on the Shyamganj–Birishiri road. Police later rescued the MP at approximately 7:30pm. According to local sources, the filling station had stopped supplying fuel after ...

Bangladesh has faced a significant setback in revenue collection during the first nine months of the current 2025–26 fiscal year (July 2025–March 2026), with a shortfall of nearly Tk98,000 crore, according to the latest data released by the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The deficit already exceeds the entire shortfall of the previous fiscal year by Tk5,364 crore. In FY ...

Tehran has made exceptions for some countries, including Russia, on tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said Friday, reports Anadolu Ajansi. Kazem Jalali told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that Iran is seeking to apply exemptions for “friendly countries, such as Russia.” “I don’t know what will happen in the future,” he said. “However, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Bangladesh as being at high risk for measles outbreaks following a sharp rise in infections and related fatalities across the country. In a comprehensive risk assessment report released on Thursday, the UN health agency expressed deep concern over the escalating health crisis and urged the government to implement immediate countermeasures to curb the ...