The Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) has welcomed the proposed national budget for FY2026-27, describing it as a reform-oriented financial roadmap, while urging the government to ensure recovery of misappropriated banking assets, protect private-sector credit and provide a fair tax regime for the banking industry. In a statement issued on Sunday, BAB said the budget reflects a strong commitment to ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday sought cooperation from the media in building a humane state and fostering human values among people. Speaking at a view-exchange meeting with executives and heads of news at electronic media outlets at the Public Administration Conference Room of the Cabinet Division at the Secretariat, the Prime Minister called on the media to play a ...

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday presented the revised and supplementary budget for the 2026–27 fiscal year in the National Parliament, prioritising economic recovery, inflation control, and reduced government spending. Presenting the revised budget during the seventh sitting of the second session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, the minister said the government had initially projected net expenditure of ...

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle made a courtesy call on Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Shafiqur Rahman at the latter’s office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital on Monday. During the meeting, the two sides held fruitful discussions on a range of issues of mutual interest concerning Bangladesh and Australia, according to a press release. ...

Four more children died from measles, and related symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am on Monday morning, taking the total death toll to 656 in three months. Over the 24-hour period, 1,036 people were diagnosed with infections: 64 with confirmed measles infection, and 972 others with related symptoms. The number of suspected measles cases from 15 March to 15 ...

Sweden crushed Tunisia 5-1 on Sunday to leave the North African nation’s defensive reputation in tatters and seize control of World Cup Group F. Graham Potter’s men took the lead in Guadalupe in the seventh minute courtesy of Brighton midfielder Yasin Ayari’s thunderbolt from outside the box, following a mix-up at the back. The celebrations of Ayari, who is of ...

Sir Sadiq Khan has announced a £7 million campaign to showcase London to the world and tackle online “disinformation” that he says is harming the capital’s reputation. The Mayor of London said the city had been subjected to a “relentless and unprecedented attack of lies and hatred” on social media, describing online disinformation as a “global scourge”. The campaign, to ...

The third meeting on reducing traffic congestion and modernising the traffic management system was held today with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair. The meeting was held at the Public Administration Conference Room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this morning, said Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony.

A Dhaka court on Monday approved a police petition to show content creator Tawhid Afridi, son of MyTV Chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi, arrested in a fraud and criminal breach of trust case filed with Wari Police Station in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasan Shahadat passed the order to show him arrested in the case following a plea submitted ...

From Maida Vale to Ladbroke Grove, this is Val Garland’s life in London. Home is… Ladbroke Grove, although my heart is in the Cotswolds. I live alone, but for the mice, foxes, ants… oh, and the squirrels. Where do you stay in London? I like Claridge’s. It’s fabulous for high tea. The decor delivers old world charm, everything is so ...