Moulvibazar Correspondent : An indefinite strike on three major routes linking Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Sylhet entered a second day today after talks between rival transport owners’ associations failed to resolve an escalating dispute, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Bus services on the Habiganj-Moulvibazar-Sylhet routes were suspended after an emergency meeting of the Habiganj District Motor Owners Group around 10:30pm yesterday. ...

Students across Bangladesh are set to enjoy extended holidays of up to 23 consecutive days as educational institutions prepare for closures marking Eid-ul-Azha and the summer vacation. According to the academic calendar, the holidays for government and private primary schools, secondary schools, technical institutions and madrasas will officially begin on May 24. However, students will effectively start their break after ...

The Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) formally handed over the Bangladesh–Philippines Business Delegation Report 2026 to Nina P Cainglet during a meeting at the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka. BPCCI President Raquib Md Fakhrul (Rocky) led the delegation, while Immediate Past President Humayun Rashid also attended the meeting. The delegation shared key outcomes, recommendations and future cooperation opportunities stemming ...

Chinese organisation Sinovac Biotech, through the Sinovac Foundation, donated 380,000 doses of WHO pre-qualified polio vaccine to Bangladesh to support the government’s immunisation programme and strengthen its Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) activities. Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain formally received the vaccine doses at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conference room at the ...

Former Housing and Public Works Minister and former Chattogram-1 (Mirsharai) lawmaker Engineer Mosharraf Hossain has passed away. He died at Square Hospital in the capital at around 10:15am on Wednesday (13 May) at the age of 83. Family sources said he had been suffering from various age-related complications and had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for the past few ...

Miatta Fahnbulleh, a minister in Keir Starmer’s government, resigned on Tuesday while publicly questioning the British Prime Minister’s leadership and urging him to begin an “orderly transition” within the Labour Party. Fahnbulleh became the first minister in Starmer’s administration to step down openly over concerns about the direction of the government. In her resignation message posted on X, she wrote: ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday sought support of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states to resolve the Rohingya crisis. The prime minister sought help when ambassadors and high commissioners of OIC member states stationed in Dhaka paid a courtesy call on him at his Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat this afternoon, said Prime Minister’s Deputy ...

Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammed Amin ur Rashid on Tuesday stressed the need for ensuring transparency, accountability and effective monitoring in implementing government-announced programmes. He also directed officials concerned to perform their duties with utmost responsibility and sincerity to ensure successful implementation of the initiatives. The minister made the remarks at a discussion on the implementation of the government’s ...

On Wednesday, Charles III will deliver the King’s Speech, setting out the government’s planned new laws for the next Parliamentary session and beyond. The speech will be scrutinised even more intensely than usual as Sir Keir Starmer attempts to relaunch his premiership after a disastrous set of election results for Labour. Here is what we think will be in the ...

Clinical assessments and testing of passengers who were on board the MV Hondius are “well under way” at a Merseyside hospital after they were evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship, health officials have said. The passengers – which include 20 British nationals, a German national who is a UK resident and a Japanese passenger – are more than 24 hours ...