A major fire damaged at least five shops and a nearby home in Netrokona’s Boro Bazar, injuring five people as firefighters battled the blaze with 10 units, according to an Ekattor TV report.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) official Tariqul Alam Tenzing questioned whether Sheikh Hasina actually delivered a recent speech linked to an event in India, suggesting artificial intelligence (AI) may have been used to clone her voice.
Four compartments of the Jamalpur Commuter train, including its power car, derailed, disrupting train service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link, railway officials said.
Bangladesh will launch its Family Card program on Aug. 16 with a Tk 14,500 crore budget, approximately $1.18 billion, covering 41 lakh, or 4.1 million, households during the current fiscal year.
Windows were smashed and petrol bombs were thrown at former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan’s ancestral home in Magura after he joined ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s first public media event since her 2024 removal from power.
Bangladesh has emerged as a rapidly growing market for U.S. soybeans as American exporters seek to diversify sales beyond traditional destinations, according to the U.S. Soybean Export Council.
Bangladesh’s government has drafted legislation to dissolve the Rapid Action Battalion and replace it with a specialized police unit called the Special Response Battalion.
Gas shortages in Chattogram have begun easing after a damaged boiler at a floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Maheshkhali resumed operations, officials said Thursday.
Bangladesh’s major television networks and newspapers failed their audiences when they refused to report meaningfully on Sheikh Hasina’s Aug. 5 speech in New Delhi.
Home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Wednesday that the government would fully implement the July National Charter through constitutional amendments and institutional reforms.
