The proposed national budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year has set aside Tk 40,698 crore for the defence sector. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed made the announcement during his budget speech on Monday (June 2), revealing details of the allocation. According to the proposal,

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed said his party urged Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to hold the national election by December this year. Speaking after a meeting at the Foreign Service Academy on Monday, Salahuddin said that all political parties present demanded elections

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus today (June 2) said that the July Charter will be announced through a consensus among all political parties. Speaking at the opening of the second round of the National Consensus Commission's dialogue at the Foreign Service Academy in

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today (June 2) announced the proposed national budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year. In a televised speech, he outlined various changes in duties and taxes that will lead to both price increases and decreases on different goods and services.

The government has allocated Tk 2,956 crore in the proposed national budget to support the Election Commission in holding the next general election in a free and fair manner. Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed made the announcement during his budget speech on Monday.  Of the

The High Court today dropped from its cause list a writ petition challenging the National Sports Council's (NSC) decisions to remove Faruque Ahmed as BCB president and appoint Aminul Islam Bulbul in his place. The HC bench of Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque and Justice Aynun Nahar

The retail price of 12-kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been reduced for the month of June by Tk 28 from the previous rate of Tk 1,431.  The new price of a 12-kg LPG cylinder has been fixed at Tk 1,403. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the new price

Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur today presented images of six newly designed banknotes to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. The handover took place after a council of advisers’ meeting at the Chief Adviser’s Office, confirmed Deputy Press Secretary Abul

The size of the national budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year has been set at Tk 7.90 trillion, down by Tk 70 billion from the current fiscal’s budget.  Since independence, this is the first time any government is reducing the overall budget size. Interim Finance

A total of 87,157 Bangladeshi pilgrims, including members of the Hajj management team, have arrived in Saudi Arabia since April 29 to perform Hajj, officials confirmed on Monday. The annual Islamic pilgrimage, scheduled for June 5, 2025, according to the Arabic lunar calendar, will see

Bangladesh is likely to experience light to moderate rain or thundershowers in several regions over the next 24 hours, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said on Monday. According to the latest bulletin, rain accompanied by lightning and temporary gusty winds is expected at

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed is set to unveil a Tk 7,90,000 crore national budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year (FY26) this afternoon (June 2) — the first under the interim government led by Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. The budget comes at a critical

Bangladesh’s High Court (HC) has upheld the death sentences handed to former police officer Pradeep Kumar Das and suspended inspector Liakat Ali for the killing of retired army major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan in 2020.  A bench comprising Justice Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman

Remittance in Bangladesh has continued to show positive growth breaking all previous records From July 2024 to May 2025. During this 11-month period, remittance inflow stood at $27.51 billion, marking a 28.70 percent increase compared to the same period last year. In July-May 2023-24,

Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser, said the next national election will not be held later than June 30, 2026. He made the remark on Sunday (June 1) afternoon at a press conference on the Chief Adviser’s Japan visit held at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka,

Breaking from the traditional format, the interim government is set to present a different kind of national budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2025–26. Interim Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed will announce the proposed budget of Tk 7.9 trillion on Monday (June 2) at 3:00pm,

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) near the Kulaura border in Moulvibazar on Saturday night, local officials confirmed on Sunday (June 1). The incident took place inside Indian territory near the Dattagram border area in Sharifpur Union under

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former minister and ex-Faridpur-3 lawmaker Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over acquiring illegal wealth and suspicious transactions worth more than Tk 100 crore. ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the

Natural gas has been found during preliminary testing at the Jamalpur-1 exploration well in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur, officials confirmed on Sunday (June 1). Mohammad Mozammel Haque, project director of the Jamalpur-1 well drilling project, said gas was detected on Saturday

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed is set to unveil a Tk 7,90,000 crore national budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year (FY26) tomorrow (June 2) — the first under the interim government led by Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. The budget comes at a critical time, as