Policy shift boosts Submarine Cables' Q2 profit

Bangladesh Submarine Cables recorded a remarkable 80 per cent rise in profit to Tk 780.85 million in the second quarter of FY26, as revenue surged by more than 30 per cent compared with the same quarter a year earlier.According to...

Expansion, diversification drive Olympic Industries' record Q2 profit

Olympic Industries secured the highest quarterly profit of Tk 625 million in the second quarter of FY26, driven by higher sales amid capacity expansion and product portfolio diversification.The branded biscuit manufacturer sustained its growth momentum, supported by newly introduced chocolate...

Gold price hits fresh record

Gold prices in Bangladesh soared to a new all-time high on Thursday as the rate of 22-carat gold crossed Tk 286,000 per bhori following a sharp hike by the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS).In a notice issued in the morning, BAJUS...

Jamaat pledges biz protection, end to red tape and extortion

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has pledged to protect businesses and eliminate bureaucratic red tape and extortion if it comes to power, party Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said at a dialogue with business leaders held ahead of the national election.The dialogue, titled "Strategic...

ICT arrest warrants against Hasina, 5 others

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday issued warrants for the arrest of six people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, in a case filed over 'Jahaj Bari' killings in the capital's Kalyanpur area.The three-member...

BB buys $55m to steady Taka

Bangladesh Bank (BB) continued its dollar purchases on Thursday, buying $55 million from five banks through an auction on the interbank spot market, as part of its efforts to stabilise the exchange rate of the US dollar against the taka.The...

Bangladesh Football Federation welcomes members of the Bangladesh Women's National Futsal Team

Bangladesh Football Federation welcomes members of the Bangladesh Women's National Futsal Team with floral greetings at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Thursday after they finish their campaign as champions in the inaugural SAFF Women's Futsal Championship in...

Eastland gets 'IDRA Insurance Excellence Award-2025'

Eastland Insurance PLC. has been awarded the prestigious- 'IDRA Insurance Excellence Award 2025' in the non-life insurance category, introduced for the first time in Bangladesh by the Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA).Special Assistant of Finance Adviser Anisuzzaman Chowdhury handed...

Ghana's ex-president leads Commonwealth observers

The Commonwealth and the European Union are among the leading international organisations set to deploy large teams of poll observers for Bangladesh's upcoming general election and referendum on the July reform charter, scheduled for February 12.Former President of Ghana Nana...

Rohingya repatriation only solution, says Yunus

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the repatriation of more than one million Rohingya refugees to their homeland in Myanmar's Rakhine State remains the only viable and sustainable solution to the protracted crisis.He urged the UN refugee agency...

Four years on, ICT Division proposes 154pc cost hike

The ICT Division has submitted a second revision proposal for the Bangladesh Institute of Frontier Technology (BIFT) preliminary infrastructure project, estimating the cost at Tk 38.90 billion, a 153.5-percent increase from the current estimate of Tk 15.34 billion.This came after...

Submission deadline extended until Feb 28

Ahead of the parliamentary election, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for individual taxpayers to submit their income-tax returns by another month, reports bdnews24.com.As a result, income tax returns for the 2025-26 tax year can now...

Prayer Timings (2026-01-30)

EC pulls out Jhenaigati UNO, OC

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday decided to withdraw the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jhenaigati upazila in Sherpur following election-related violence that left a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader dead."The commission has decided to withdraw the UNO...

Interim govt, EC must act in unison to hold free, fair polls

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has emphasised that the interim government and the Election Commission (EC) must act in unison to hold a free, fair, violence-free and neutral national election as the people are yet to get full confidence...

Tarique promises mango cold storage, Padma Barrage revival

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has pledged to establish cold-storage facilities for mangoes in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj to help farmers preserve their produce and secure better prices, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at an election rally at Madrasa Field in Rajshahi city on Thursday...

Int'l court orders Niko to compensate $42m for Tengratila gas blowout

An international court has ordered Canadian Niko Resources Ltd company to pay US$42 million in compensation to Bangladesh for the explosion at Tengratila gas field in Sunamganj in 2005.Niko has been made liable to pay the compensation because of its...

Inheritance tax proposed under major reforms

A government-constituted expert panel has recommended introducing inheritance tax as part of broader efforts to widen Bangladesh's tax base and uplift the tax-to-GDP ratio to 15-20 per cent by 2035.The proposal is incorporated in the National Taskforce for Tax Reform...

HC asks for appeal again on NCT deal

The High Court (HC) on Thursday discharged a rule that questioned the legality of the government action to award the container-handling contract of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at the Chittagong Port to a foreign company.The verdict was delivered...

Export industries can import raw materials duty-free for trade boost

Export-oriented industries can import raw materials duty-free under a new import policy that the government believes will strengthen trade competitiveness and support industrial growth. The post-uprising interim government Thursday approved the Import Policy Order 2025-2028 alongside a raft of ordinances...

Merged Islamic banks' clients getting maximum 9.5pc profit

Depositors in the five Islamic banks merged into the newly formed Sammilito Islami Bank will receive profits at market rates of up to 9.5 per cent, says the regulator.But depositors in nine non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) up for liquidation would...

BB rebases REER to reflect economic reality

Bangladesh Bank has redrawn one of the most closely-watched indicators of the country's external competitiveness, updating its real effective exchange rate (REER) index to better reflect today's economic realities.For the first time, the central bank has factored remittance inflows into...

Weather _2026-01-30

Weather may remain dry with cloudy sky until 6:00 pm today (Friday). Light to moderate fog may occur. Night temperature may rise slightly and day temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature was recorded on Thursday at 32.2 degrees Celsius...

40 ASPs become addl SPs

The interim government has promoted 40 assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) to the rank of additional superintendent of police (addl SP) in the final phase of its tenure, just two weeks ahead of the election, reports bdnews24.com.On Thursday, the home...

DUCSU protests killing of Sherpur Jamaat leader

The Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) staged a protest march at Dhaka University on Wednesday night, condemning the killing of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Sherpur and demanding justice for the ongoing election-related violence across the country.The protest was organised...

Man arrested with looted foreign pistol in capital

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man with a looted foreign-made pistol and 290 rounds of bullets in the capital's North Goran area early Thursday, reports UNB.The arrestee, Asadul aged 25, is son of Marfat and a resident of Nilukachar...

RUET holds int'l conf'ce on ECTE on January 29-31

RAJSHAHI, Jan 29: The 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (ICECTE 2026) started at the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) auditorium on Thursday. The Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is organising the conference...

Govt to split CAAB into regulator, operator

The government has decided in principle to separate the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) into two entities - regulatory and operational - to remove conflicts of interest and strengthen aviation safety, security and service standards. According to a press...

Over 55,000 expat postal ballots reach country

More than 55,000 postal ballots cast by expatriate Bangladeshis have reached the country ahead of the Feb 12 general election, reports bdnews24.com.On Thursday, Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the Election Commission (EC)'s OCV-SDI project, said 55,341 postal ballots arrived...

Travel ban on Gaan Bangla Chairman Taposh

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Kaushik Hossain Taposh, chairman of Gaan Bangla TV, and ordered the National Bureau of Revenue (NBR) to provide the tax documents of him and his wife Farzana Munni to the Criminal...