The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has cleared 18 major development projects involving a combined investment of Tk 16,0032.77 crore. The approvals came during an ECNEC meeting held Monday at the NEC Conference Room in Dhaka, presided over by Chief Adviser and ECNEC Chairperson Professor Muhammad Yunus. According to the Planning Ministry, the government will provide Tk 10,101.10 ...

Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for at least 400 people who have been reported missing, many believed to be buried under landslides, after cyclonic rains caused disastrous flooding nearly a week ago. The death toll on the island of Sumatra has risen to more than 440, the government says. Aid has been sent into affected areas by air and by ...

Sammilita Islami Bank PLC; the new entity formed through the merger of five financially distressed Islamic banks, has received its final approval from Bangladesh Bank. The approval was granted on Sunday at a special board meeting chaired by Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur. The newly formed bank is expected to begin full-scale operations in the first week of ...

New Zealand batting talisman Kane Williamson returns to the Test arena for the first time in a year to bolster the hosts’ line-up in the first Test against the West Indies in Christchurch, which begins Tuesday. The 35-year-old sat out New Zealand’s only other Tests this year — a 2-0 series win in Zimbabwe in August — but has a ...

Reza Kibria, son of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, has formally joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He intends to contest the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad election from the Habiganj-1 constituency (Ajmiriganj – Bahubal) under BNP’s electoral symbol ‘paddy sheaf’. The programme was held at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office om Monday where BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was ...

A special court in Dhaka on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to jail for five years, her sister Sheikh Rehana for seven years and niece Tulip Siddique for 2 years on charge of abusing power to obtain government plots in the Purbachal New Town Project. Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 of Dhaka pronounced the ...

The government on Sunday (November 30) issued the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance, 2025, formally separating the judiciary from executive branch to ensure full judicial independence. The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry issued the ordinance under the directive of the President, according to an official notification. Earlier on November 20, the Advisory Council of the interim government approved the final ...

The health condition of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, remains largely unchanged, party leaders and members of her medical board said on Sunday. A member of the medical board, who wished to remain anonymous, said Khaleda Zia has not shown any major improvement, but her condition has also ...

The government has raised fuel prices by Tk 2 per litre for Diesel, Octane and Kerosene, with the new rates coming into effect on Monday (December 1). In a statement issued on Sunday, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources announced the revised prices: Diesel will now cost Tk104 per litre (up from Tk102), Octane Tk124 (up from Tk122), Petrol ...

Ingredients: For dough: * 2 cup maida * ½ tsp salt * 1 tbsp oil * warm water For stuffing: * 2 tbsp oil * 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped * 1 inch ginger, grated * 2 chilli, finely chopped * 2 tbsp spring onion, chopped * ½ onion, finely chopped * 2 cup cabbage, finely chopped * 1 carrot, ...