Bangladesh’s industrial sector is facing mounting pressure from multiple challenges, including global economic uncertainty, energy shortages, declining orders, and persistent power outages. As businesses struggle to survive, factories are shutting down almost every month, raising concerns about widespread job losses across the country. Industry owners say many factories are operating at a loss due to reduced production. To cope with ...

The United States could scarcely have scripted a better start to their World Cup as a Folarin Balogun brace and Gio Reyna curler fired the co-hosts to a 4-1 drubbing of Paraguay in front of Hollywood royalty in Los Angeles on Friday. The hosts took the lead in the tournament’s first game on US soil within seven minutes thanks to ...

Co-hosts Canada grabbed a second-half equaliser to draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday in the first World Cup finals game ever played on Canadian soil. Cyle Larin got Canada’s goal after Jovo Lukic put Bosnia ahead with a header in the 21st minute in Toronto. The result gave Canada its first point in World Cup history. Canadian sides ...

It was all happening at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP). There was drama at every turn before traditional powerhouse Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited finally ended a 17-year wait to clinch the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPL) title — their first since the 2009-10 season and their maiden championship since the tournament attained List A status. It was also Mohammedan’s ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly criticised the proposed national budget for the 2026–27 fiscal year, describing it as excessively loan-dependent, overly ambitious, unrealistic, and vulnerable to corruption and misuse of public funds. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s central office in Moghbazar on Friday, the party’s Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar presented the party’s formal response to the budget. ...

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has unveiled an ambitious tourism roadmap centred on culture, heritage and the creative economy, arguing that Bangladesh can unlock significant economic opportunities by transforming its artistic and cultural assets into tourism products. Speaking at a post-budget press conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Friday, the finance minister said the government intends to position ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Md Mostaqur Rahman has said there is no illegal government interference in Islami Bank and that the central bank has not engaged in any irregular intervention in its operations, dismissing allegations circulating on social media. Speaking at a post-budget press conference at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Friday, the governor said neither Bangladesh Bank ...

Acting president of Sylhet city BNP Rezaul Hasan Koyes Ludhi has been appointed chairman of the Sylhet Development Authority. He has been given the responsibility on a contractual basis through a gazette notification issued yesterday (11 June), by order of the president. Rezaul Hasan Koyes Ludhi, a former panel mayor and councillor of Sylhet City Corporation, confirmed the matter himself. ...

A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the Dattagram border in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila this evening (12 June), according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). The deceased was identified as Mujibur Rahman, son of the late Ajib Ullah and a resident of Dattagram village under Sharifpur union. The incident occurred in the Nishchintapur area near ...

We often think of salt simply as the ingredient that brings life to our meals. However, reducing salt in our diet is one of the most vital steps we can take for our long-term health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally, high salt intake is a major health risk, linked to nearly 1.7 million deaths every year. The ...