Organized smuggling syndicates are orchestrating a massive evasion of state revenue that threatens to dismantle Bangladesh’s domestic shaving blade industry, placing thousands of jobs at risk. Following the departure of a major multinational distributor, these criminal networks have flooded the market with contraband, forcing compliant manufacturers to endure huge losses and sparking an urgent call for government intervention to prevent ...

A lively procedural debate unfolded in the Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday after Opposition Leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman sought to raise a notice on a “July National Charter Constitutional Reform Implementation Order 2025”. Rising on a point of order, Shafiqur said he had earlier been advised by the speaker to submit the matter in due form and had complied accordingly. He ...

Experts have emphasised that the use of low-carbon construction materials is essential in Bangladesh’s housing and commercial building sectors to address the challenges posed by rapid urbanisation and ongoing development. They stressed the importance of reusing existing materials, adopting low-carbon alternatives, and ensuring the use of renewable energy at every stage of infrastructure development, from design to implementation, said a ...

The government has identified road safety as the government’s top priority during a high-level meeting on the issue, making GPS tracking system mandatory for public transport across the country to help prevent road accidents and improve overall road safety. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held at the Road Transport and Highways Division of the Ministry of Road ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said the government prioritises improving law and order and restoring the reputation and capacity of the country’s police and other law enforcement agencies. He urged France to support Bangladesh in police reform and capacity building during a courtesy meeting with Jean-Mare Séré-Charlet, France’s ambassador to Dhaka, at the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday. The minister ...

England boss Thomas Tuchel will have no choice but to ring the changes ahead of Tuesday’s friendly with Japan ‌at Wembley Stadium after eight players left the camp on Saturday with a variety of health issues and injury concerns. Having drawn 1-1 with Uruguay in a friendly on Friday, the ⁠Football Association announced the departures on Saturday after several players ...

Approximately US$68.3 billion was illicitly transferred out of Bangladesh over a 10-year period from 2013 to 2022 through fraudulent practices in international trade, according to a latest report published on Thursday (26 March) by the Washington-based research organisation Global Financial Integrity (GFI). The report states that the money was moved abroad mainly through trade mis-invoicing, a practice in which false ...

A World Bank delegation has assured its support for the implementation of the government’s Family Card programme during a courtesy meeting with Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Minister Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain and State Minister for Social Welfare Farzana Sharmin. The three-member delegation, led by World Bank Division Director Jean Pesme, met the minister on Sunday at ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday visited offices of different ministries at the Bangladesh Secretariat here this morning. Before entering his Cabinet Division office in the secretariat, the premier visited the offices of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs; the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Housing ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : An emotional cultural event was celebrated in London with songs and dances by the Swadhinata Mancha, commemorating the 56th Independence Day of Bangladesh, the nation’s greatest sons, the brave freedom fighters and martyrs of the 1971 battlefield. The freedom fighters living in Britain were invited to the stage and welcomed with flowers, and everyone present stood ...