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Bangladesh Bank to release new banknotes on Sunday or Monday

Dhaka, May 28 -- Bangladesh Bank has said new banknotes will be available from the first week of June, as soon as Sunday or Monday, with fresh designs for the Tk 1000, Tk 50, and Tk 20 notes. On Sund... Read More


Yunus heads to Japan for four-day state visit

Dhaka, May 28 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has left Dhaka for Japan on a four-day official visit. The aircraft carrying him departed Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 2:15am on Tuesday, ... Read More


Disappointed interim govt has not supported women's commission: Shireen Huq

Dhaka, May 28 -- Shireen Huq, the head of the Women's Affairs Reform Commission, says she is disappointed that the interim government has not spoken up or made public its support of the panel amid hea... Read More


Ishraque mayoral oath: Appellate Division to hear Election Commission's comments

Dhaka, May 28 -- Bangladesh's top court has asked to hear the Election Commission's (EC) comments on the gazette issued declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain the mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporat... Read More


Bangladesh's per capita income climbs to highest ever at $2,820

Dhaka, May 28 -- Bangladesh's average per capita income reached an all-time high of $2,820 in the fiscal year 2024-25, according to provisional estimates. The state-run Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic... Read More


Heavy rain: River water likely to cross danger mark in 4 divisions

Dhaka, May 28 -- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has warned that heavy rainfall may cause rivers in four divisions of the country's north, northeast, and east to cross danger levels. ... Read More


CA Yunus reaches Japan for four-day state visit

Dhaka, May 28 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has reached Japan for a four-day state visit. The chief advisor reached Japan's Narita International Airport at 2:05pm local time on Wednesday, according... Read More


Freedom fighter, another killed at Bhaluka

Dhaka, May 28 -- Two people, including a 1971 Liberation War veteran, have been killed and four others injured in a knife attack in Mymensingh's Bhaluka Upazila. The incident occurred around 5pm on T... Read More


'I am free': Jamaat leader Azharul thanks 'July revolutionaries' after war crimes acquittal

Dhaka, May 28 -- Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who had been on death row since 2014, has expressed gratitude to the "revolutionary heroes" of the July Uprising at an event organised by the... Read More


Delays being engineered to push back election, says BNP's Mosharraf

Dhaka, May 27 -- BNP's senior leader Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain has said attempts are being made to delay the national election by creating new excuses, instead of presenting a clear roadmap. He als... Read More