Bangladesh faces a sharp rise in energy subsidies as Middle East conflict disrupts liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies and drives spot prices higher.
Bangladesh’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said Friday it arrested four people in Khulna over an alleged online betting and money laundering network that collected funds through mobile financial service (MFS) numbers and bank accounts before converting them into cryptocurrency and sending money abroad.
Bangladesh’s home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Thursday that the country’s law and order situation has improved by every measure compared with 2025, rejecting suggestions that crime has worsened.
Bangladesh has provided $1 million, equivalent to Tk 12.3 crore (approximately $1.002 million), to Nepal for relief, recovery, and humanitarian efforts after devastating floods and mudslides in the country’s northern region, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
Farmers across Bangladesh are struggling to obtain fertilizer as shortages, distribution problems, and alleged black-market sales raise fears of a deeper crisis during the coming Boro rice season.
Hilsa prices have fallen sharply in Chandpur as daily arrivals at Boro Station fish landing center climbed to about 200 to 250 maunds from 50 to 70 maunds in recent months.
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into alleged corruption and irregularities at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, naming former interim government adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan and three officials.
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister’s Office has formed a 35-member central cell and three high-level subcommittees to curb pollution and restore navigability in rivers and canals around Dhaka.
Bangladesh Television’s historic logo, now at the center of a debate over a possible redesign, traces its origins to the years after Bangladesh gained independence in 1971.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Rohingyas, including two women, near the Magurmari border area in Panchagarh Sadar upazila after they allegedly tried to enter India illegally, officials said.
