Three die from electrocution, 2 injured in Panchagarh
Three people, including a student, died and two others were injured after being electrocuted while working in a maize field at Panchagarh Sadar in the district on Wednesday...
Bangladesh
23 RMG workers arrested over clashes with police
The police arrested 23 readymade garment workers on Wednesday in a case filed over alleged attacks on the police and vandalising a police vehicle in Gazipur’s Sreepur the previous day...
Budget fails to uphold July uprising spirit: Ganosamhati
Leaders of Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of 6-party alliance Ganatantra Mancha, on Wednesday said that the interim government had failed to reflect the spirits of the July uprising in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025–26 placed on Monday...
Local govt to decide Ishraque’s mayoral oath: EC
The Election Commission on Wednesday said that its responsibility in the case of Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral matter ended with the issuance of the gazette declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as mayor, replacing Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh to comply with the lower court’s verdict...
Bangladesh among 10 worst countries
Bangladesh has once again been named among the 10 worst countries in the world for working people, according to the 2025 edition of the International Trade Union Confederation Global Rights Index...
Tk 46,308cr cut from 33 projects
The interim government has reduced about Tk 46,308 crore in costs in 33 projects under the ministries of road transport and bridges, railways and power, energy and mineral resources...
BNP calls budget ‘unrealistic’ with ‘growth on paper’
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday criticised the proposed national budget for the 2025–26 financial year, labelling it ‘unrealistic’ with ‘growth on paper’, similar to that presented by the previous government...
Flood ruins Eid festivity in Sylhet
Over one lakh people were stranded in floodwater with scores of families moving to temporary shelters opened by the government as vast swathes of land remained under water in the northeastern region on Wednesday, two days before Eid-ul-Azha...
Mujibnagar govt leaders still recognised as freedom fighters: adviser
Adviser to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs Farooq-e Azam on Wednesday said that the media news about revoking the recognition of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the four national leaders and the other leaders of the Mujibnagar Government as freedom fighters was not true...
CA press wing warns against spreading misleading news
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser’s deputy press secretary Abdul Kalam Azad Majumder on Wednesday warned that the interim government would take legal actions if any news outlet spreads misleading news.
Rooppur Nuclear Power to join national grid by Dec: Adviser
Local government, rural development and cooperatives ministry adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said that electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was expected to be connected to the national grid by December this year.
News of revoking Mujibnagar govt members’ FF status not true: Govt
Bangladesh interim government in a statement on Wednesday confirmed that the news published in various media and social media regarding the cancellation of the recognition of the leaders of the Mujibnagar government as ‘freedom fighters’ during the Liberation War, ‘is not true’.
Prof Yunus to visit UK from June 10–13
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom from June 10 to 13, as Dhaka and London look to reinvigorate their historic partnership through broader cooperation in trade, investment, governance, and global challenges of mutual concern.
EC to restore Jamaat’s registration, electoral symbol
The Election Commission on Wednesday decided to restore Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party and return its electoral symbol, the scales...
British envoy meets Yunus ahead of UK visit
British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Wednesday met chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka, ahead of his official visit to the United Kingdom.
