A five-member panel of presiding members has been nominated in the 13th National Parliament to chair sittings in the absence of the speaker and deputy speaker. The speaker announced the panel during ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam today said no fascist or their accomplices should be allowed to “contaminate” the national parliament by delivering speeches ...

Public debate has been energetic but confusing. People hear "universal" in one statement, then "starting with the ultra-poor" in another, then learn of a pilot in selected upazilas. These are not ...

Bangladesh’s tax system has traditionally been based on the principle of progressive taxation—an equitable framework where higher-income individuals contribute proportionately more, enabling the state ...

Protesters, including families of July uprising victims, urge implementation of reforms, trial of July killings ...

Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir blasted Pakistan after their heavy defeat to Bangladesh in the first of three ODIs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur yesterday, even ...

A tanker truck carrying soybean oil lost control and sank in the Padma river on the approach road to Paturia ferry ghat in Manikganj last evening. The vehicle was recovered this afternoon, about 16 ...

Chairman of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji today congratulated Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on assuming office as the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh.

A prisoner died in custody of Habiganj District Jail yesterday, triggering conflicting claims from jail authorities and his family over the cause of death. The jail authorities claimed that Russell ...

US intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless US and Israeli bombardment, according to ...

Iran will allow India-flagged tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for 40% of the South Asian nation's crude imports, an Indian government source said on Thursday, but an Iranian source ...