Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that transactions made through Bangla QR codes will not carry any fees or charges as part of the government’s plan to build a cashless Bangladesh and promote the digital economy. He said all transactions through QR codes under the Continue Reading

Kaliakair Municipality, an industrial town in Gazipur, is facing a severe mosquito problem. The mosquito menace has worsened due to garbage, water hyacinths and stagnant water. Drains, canals, ponds and ditches across all nine wards of the municipality are filled with water hyacinths and waste. Millions of Aedes and Culex mosquitoes are breeding in the […]Continue Reading

Erosion has hit three places on the Chouhali and Tangail Jamuna riverbank protection embankment, which was built at a cost of Tk 113 crore. Homesteads, vegetable fields and farmland have gone into the river. Five educational institutions and many houses are now at risk. The affected families have demanded quick repair of the embankment. A […]Continue Reading

Unplanned sand extraction at Sureshwar in Naria Upazila of Shariatpur has caused 50 meters of the right bank protection embankment of the Padma to collapse. A part of the 70 years old Sureshwar fish market has gone into the river. Traders of Sureshwar Bazar are moving their shops, and people living on the Padma bank […]Continue Reading

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has established electricity purchase prices for merchant solar power plants and determined open access tariffs for utilizing the national grid, effective from the October 2026 billing cycle until further notice. Under the decision, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will procure solar energy at Tk 6.98 per unit Continue Reading

Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir has underscored the strategic need to deepen ties with South Korea across trade, investment, industry, technology, and development cooperation. Speaking during separate high-level diplomatic meetings in Seoul on Thursday with South Korea’s Deputy Minister for Trade Negotiations, Hiejin Koan, and Korea Continue Reading

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved 19 major procurement proposals worth over Tk 58,000 crore, aiming to expand Dhaka’s metro rail network and secure key agricultural inputs. Chaired during its 47th meeting on Thursday, the committee sanctioned extensive funding for several strategic packages under the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Development Continue Reading

An acute river crisis has gripped Lalmonirhat, where a 2025 report by the Bangladesh Ministry of Water Resources reveals that only the Teesta and Dharla rivers remain visibly recognizable out of 16 listed district streams. The remaining 14 rivers, including the Gidari, Chenakata, Tengramari, Morasati, Ratnai, Swarnamati, Sati, Saniyojaan, and Singimari, face an existential Continue Reading

A legal notice has been issued in the public interest seeking the permanent removal of the terms ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ from the Constitution of Bangladesh, ahead of the nation’s planned constitutional reform process. Supreme Court Advocate Md. Mahmudul Hasan Mamun sent the notice on Thursday to key government administrative officials. Continue Reading