23+ hour, 14+ min ago   (703+ words) Monday | September 14, 2026 | Dhaka Huge and unexplained price differences in government procurement have raised serious concerns over inflated costs, manipulation and possible corruption in public projects, prompting the government to move towards a unified rate schedule for engineering agencies. The proposed…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (716+ words) Tuesday | September 08, 2026 | Dhaka Tobacco and nicotine products are posing a major obstacle to Bangladesh’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly the target of reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), experts said at a roundtable in Dhaka…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (332+ words) Monday | September 07, 2026 | Dhaka A mobile court raided a factory in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur on Thursday evening for allegedly producing adulterated molasses using sugar and harmful chemicals without using sugarcane. The factory owner was fined Tk 80,000 under the Consumer Rights…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1025+ words) Monday | September 07, 2026 | Dhaka The deaths of workers at a ship-recycling yard in Sitakunda should not be dismissed as another industrial accident. They expose a disturbing gap between Bangladesh’s development rhetoric and the lived reality of the people whose labor sustains…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (350+ words) Sunday | September 06, 2026 | Dhaka The Vidyananda Foundation has earned around Tk1 crore by selling plastic waste collected over two years, using the proceeds to provide food to around four lakh people in areas under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). The figures were…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (860+ words) Wednesday | September 02, 2026 | Dhaka Opening Bangladesh’s refined petroleum market to private companies could weaken the country’s energy security and create significant risks for consumers and the economy, including revenue losses, artificial shortages, fuel hoarding, price volatility and the circulation of substandard…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (910+ words) Wednesday | September 02, 2026 | Dhaka A syndicate has allegedly been importing high-value luxury cars from Japan by dismantling them and declaring the vehicles as used spare parts to bypass customs restrictions and evade duties and taxes, according to the Customs Intelligence and…...

2+ week, 12+ min ago   (522+ words) Tuesday | September 01, 2026 | Dhaka Health Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain has painted a stark picture of past administrative corruption, revealing that bribes were a fixed and expected part of the system. Speaking as the chief guest at a coordination meeting on law…...

2+ week, 12+ min ago   (235+ words) Tuesday | September 01, 2026 | Dhaka The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) brought diplomats, international organisations and government representatives together through the 2nd Diplomatic Indoor Games 2026, held at International School Dhaka (ISD) on August 28-29. The two-day event opened the Sports Diplomacy Initiative 2026, using badminton…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (524+ words) Monday | August 31, 2026 | Dhaka Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has called for stronger and more coordinated tobacco control measures, saying Bangladesh cannot effectively tackle the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) without reducing tobacco use. “Prevention of non-communicable diseases is…...