Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has urged President to convene a special session of the Jatiya Sangsad to discuss the country’s worsening electricity and energy crisis, deteriorating law and order situation, and broader socioeconomic challenges. Shafiqur Rahman sent a letter to the President on Friday, calling for an immediate special session of Parliament to address the pressing issues ...

Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that India has formally invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman for a bilateral visit. He made the disclosure while responding to a question at the ministry’s regular weekly briefing in New Delhi. “We have invited the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for a bilateral visit. In addition, an invitation has also ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A severe gas shortage has brought industrial production across Habiganj to a complete halt, with gas supplies to all 171 factories in the district suspended since Wednesday, August 13, leaving more than 150,000 workers idle and putting export orders worth billions of taka at risk. The factories had already been receiving severely reduced gas supplies for nearly ...

Ingredients * Egg or wheat noodles ” 150 g * Boneless chicken, finely diced ” 100 g * Carrot, julienned ” ¼ cup * Cabbage, finely shredded ” ¼ cup * Spring onion ” 2 tbsp * Garlic, minced ” 1 tsp * Soy sauce ” 1 tbsp * Tomato ketchup ” 1 tbsp * Sesame oil or vegetable oil ...

DHAKA, Aug 14, 2026 – The 82nd birthday of former BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister, late Begum Khaleda Zia, will be observed tomorrow. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a series of programmes marking the birthday of its former chairperson. Doa and milad mahfils will be held at party offices and mosques across the country, a BNP press release ...

Two children died with measles-like symptoms in Sylhet division in the 24 hours until Friday morning, raising the combined measles and suspected measles-related death toll in the division to 133 this year. The two children, aged 17 months and six months, died while undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, according to a report from the Office of ...

Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Friday after completing a five-day official visit to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). During the visit, the Army chief inspected Bangladeshi contingents deployed in South Sudan, including an engineering company, an infantry battalion and the Bangladesh Navy’s Force Marine ...

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is planning to launch a new pilot initiative to sell selected essential commodities in the open market outside of its existing Smart Family Card distribution system, aiming to help ease market prices and thus giving relief to the consumers. Under the plan, commodities procured at comparatively lower prices from abroad will be sold ...

Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon has said retired private-school teachers across Bangladesh are set to receive their long-awaited retirement and welfare benefits simultaneously on Saturday. The minister disclosed the information in a social media post on Friday. He said the government has decided to allocate Tk2,035.86 crore in a one-time payment, following instructions from Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, ...

Tanzid Hasan became the first Bangladeshi to score a Test century in Australia as the visitors dominated to reach 286-3 at tea on the second day of the first Test in Darwin on Friday. Led by a superb 101 by opener Tanzid and an entertaining 79 not out from captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, Bangladesh led the hosts by 88 runs ...