The Cabinet has given its final approval to the draft of the ‘Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026’ to protect local industries and enhance competition in public procurement. The approval was granted on Sunday (September 20) during the 21st Cabinet meeting held at the Bangladesh Secretariat, presided over by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, according to a press release from the Cabinet ...

A court on Monday set December 10 for filing a probe report in a case against 17 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for allegedly causing a loss of Taka 309 crore to the government through irregularities and abuse of power in awarding a contract to collect toll on the Meghna-Gomti Bridge. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Shahjahan Kabir ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen paid a farewell call on Foreign Affairs State Minister Humayun Kabir at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. During the meeting, Humayun Kabir praised Yao Wen’s role in strengthening bilateral ties between Bangladesh and China. The state minister said that during Yao’s tenure, relations between the two countries had been elevated to the ...

Barcelona have made a perfect start to their La Liga title defence, winning all seven matches and scoring 31 goals, but Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are ready to challenge their dominance. Barcelona’s latest victory came in emphatic fashion as Raphinha scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win away to Sevilla. With Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Anthony Gordon leading the ...

Brentford beat their big-spending west London rivals Chelsea 3-0 on Friday with second-half goals by forwards Jaidon Anthony, Igor Thiago ​and Fabio Carvalho condemning Xabi Alonso’s men to their third straight Premier League ‌game without a win. Anthony pounced in the 61st minute when he nodded in from close range after Jannik Schuster headed a corner back across the goal ...

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Saturday that sustainable development can be ensured by building robust digital infrastructure, expanding financial inclusion and bringing the rural economy under digital systems. “The marginalised sections of society need to be brought into the economic mainstream through robust internet connectivity, ‘one citizen, one wallet’ and digitalisation of the rural economy,” he said. ...

Fighting in southern Yemen between Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-backed Houthi fighters has killed 48 people in recent hours, military sources from both sides told AFP on Saturday. According to government military sources, 17 troops were killed, while the Houthis reported 31 of their fighters killed in the past day.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to become the third member of his family to address the United Nations General Assembly when he is expected to deliver his maiden speech at the 81st session in New York on 24 September. His father, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, was the first member of the family to address the UN General Assembly, doing ...

Bangladesh has successfully performed its first kidney transplant using an ’emotional donor,’ opening the way for voluntary kidney donation beyond immediate family members and close relatives. Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr F M Siddiqui announced this at a press conference on Saturday morning. He said the successful transplant, carried out at BMU, marked a new chapter in kidney ...

Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini accessed and breached the systems of three real companies during a cybersecurity test in May, marking the first known instance of a Google AI system autonomously carrying out such actions. The incidents occurred during a security evaluation conducted by Irregular, an independent company that tests the cybersecurity capabilities of AI models, according to Google and ...