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New economic diplomacy platform aims to steer Bangladesh's post-LDC strategy

Govt seeks to reassure investors and development partners that Bangladesh remains a competitive and resilient destination for trade and investment

2h | Bangladesh

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Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing along Moulvibazar border

15m | Bangladesh

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Black money legalisation opportunity destroys tax fairness: CPD

3h | Budget

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Climate budget rises 26% – Where will the money be spent?

25m | Budget

File photo of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku. Photo: Collected

DPDC building twin towers with swimming pool, gym for officials using project funds: Minister

2h | Bangladesh

Screengrab from a video shows Bangladesh Bank Governor Mostaqur Rahman speaking at the post-budget press conference for FY2026-27 at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on 12 June 2026.

'It is better for regulators to speak less': BB governor responds to loan default allegations

2h | Bangladesh

Every World Cup season, the heat of a tournament played thousands of miles away settles on Dhaka's residents as if it were their own. Photos: Rajib Dhar

From Old Dhaka with love (for football)

25m | Panorama

BGB headquarters records show at least 2,303 people were pushed into Bangladesh between 7 May last year and 26 January this year. Photo: Reuters

How the ‘frenemy’ narrative justifies coercion against Bangladesh

5m | Panorama

A photojournalist tries to capture a DMP forensics team at work, trying to find the cause behind the 6 infants deaths at Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Mogbazar, Dhaka on 27 May 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

173 patients leave Ad-din Hospital after licence cancellation; 243 still under treatment

20m | Health

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SpaceX opens higher in strong Nasdaq debut

2h | World+Biz

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Facebook gradually resumes service after widespread disruption

4h | Tech

In the ISRHRD project, youths are helping challenge deeply rooted social norms that keep reproductive health issues shrouded in silence. Photos: Courtesy

For low-income urban women, a new door opens to reproductive healthcare

4h | Tales from the Edge

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam. Photo: BSS

India should refrain from push-ins under cover of darkness: Shama Obaed

2h | Foreign Policy

More Latest News

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Dhaka-Delhi ties could emerge as major global economic force: New Indian envoy

3h | Foreign Policy

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury (fourth from left) is pictured at a post-budget press conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on 12 June 2026. Photo: TBS

Budget has allocations for all despite resource constraints: Khosru

8h | Budget

The gate of Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Mogbazar, Dhaka. Photo: Collected

DGHS directs hospitals to immediately treat patients referred from Ad-din hospital

2h | Health

NCP's shadow budget committee speak at a press conference held at its party office in the capital on 12 June 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Watch | NCP terms FY27 budget 'deceptive'

2h | Budget

Jobs

বাংলা

প্রতীকী ফাইল ছবি: রয়টার্স

যুদ্ধ শেষ করার জন্য খসড়া চুক্তিতে ৩০০ বিলিয়ন ডলার দাবি করেছে ইরান

3h | আন্তর্জাতিক

ছবি: সংগৃহীত

প্রকল্প বহির্ভূতভাবে ডিপিডিসি কর্মকর্তাদের জন্য নির্মিত হচ্ছে সুইমিং পুল-জিমসহ বিলাসবহুল ভবন

2h | বাংলাদেশ

খরার কবলে চীনের জিয়াংসি প্রদেশ। পোয়াং হ্রদের উপনদী গান নদীর শুকিয়ে যাওয়া তলদেশজুড়ে সৃষ্টি হয়েছে অসংখ্য ফাটল। ছবি: রয়টার্স

আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে শুরু হয়ে গেছে ‘গডজিলা’ এল নিনো; দ্রুত ‘ভয়াবহ পরিস্থিতির’ আশঙ্কা বিজ্ঞানীদের

12h | আন্তর্জাতিক

শেহবাজ শরিফ। ছবি: সংগৃহীত

ইরান যুদ্ধবিরতি চুক্তির ‘চূড়ান্ত ও সম্মত’ খসড়ায় পৌঁছানো গেছে: পাকিস্তান

39m | আন্তর্জাতিক

প্রতীকী ছবি/সংগৃহীত

মৌলভীবাজার সীমান্তে বিএসএফের গুলিতে বাংলাদেশি নিহত

1h | বাংলাদেশ

ফাইল ছবি: ইপিএ

‘লজ্জাজনক’: ফাঁস হওয়া ইরান যুদ্ধবিরতির শর্তগুলোকে ভুয়া দাবি করলেন ট্রাম্প

2h | আন্তর্জাতিক

৯০ মিনিটের ক্যানভাসে তুলির আঁচড়

৯০ মিনিটের ক্যানভাসে তুলির আঁচড়

3d | ইজেল

নিখুঁত গোলকের খোঁজে: বিবর্তনের মাঠে ছুটছে ফুটবল

নিখুঁত গোলকের খোঁজে: বিবর্তনের মাঠে ছুটছে ফুটবল

4d | ইজেল

Stocks

Dead mill, rising stock: DSE suspends Shyampur Sugar Mills over unusual price jump

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Finmin outlines roadmap for vibrant capital market with T+0 settlement, digital IPOs

BSEC pushes for mutual fund conversion despite legal ambiguity

Market ends flat-to-positive as investors bet on budget optimism

Video

Was an American citizen 'spying' in China under the guise of research?

Was an American citizen 'spying' in China under the guise of research?

Gas, Hot Water Erupt from Tube Well in Chapainawabganj

Gas, Hot Water Erupt from Tube Well in Chapainawabganj

Who Will Be America’s New Intelligence Chief?

Who Will Be America’s New Intelligence Chief?

Panorama

Every World Cup season, the heat of a tournament played thousands of miles away settles on Dhaka's residents as if it were their own. Photos: Rajib Dhar

From Old Dhaka with love (for football)

Wheels

The Axela has been around the country since the early 2000s, when it was first introduced. PHOTO: Arfin Kazi

2020 Mazda 3: The underrated Japanese sedan

Pursuit

The Social Square team. The company operates with a small team of roughly nine members.

Social Square bets on AI and micro-creators to reshape influencer marketing in Bangladesh

Earth

Into the world of macro photography

Into the world of macro photography

Offbeat

Three-striped squirrel at Ramna Park, Dhaka. Photo: Ashraful Haque

Mammoth surprise in 'squirrel poo': Scientists uncover 700,000-year-old DNA cache

In Focus

The exploded fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is seen in this aerial view from April 1986. Photo: REUTERS/Files

In photos: Rare captures from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Science

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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket minutes ahead of IPO

The Big Picture

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A super El Niño could push food, health and global economy to the brink

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Benjamin Netanyahu: The man willing to burn it all down just to survive

Food

During the visit, we tried a selection of Antipodean’s signature drinks, brunch plates and café staples, each carrying its own interpretation of the restaurant’s relaxed Antipodean identity. Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Antipodean Cafe: A little slice of Melbourne in Dhaka

Tech

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Facebook gradually resumes service after widespread disruption

Explorer

Chasing dawn at Parbatipur, Bangladesh’s legendary railway crossroads

Chasing dawn at Parbatipur, Bangladesh’s legendary railway crossroads

Features

Fresh LP Gas: Fuelling Bangladesh

Fresh LP Gas: Fuelling Bangladesh

Health

A photojournalist tries to capture a DMP forensics team at work, trying to find the cause behind the 6 infants deaths at Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Mogbazar, Dhaka on 27 May 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

173 patients leave Ad-din Hospital after licence cancellation; 243 still under treatment

Wellbeing

Photo shows broccoli, tomato, cucumber and thai pepper. File Photo: Pixabay

8 tips for healthy eating

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Highest-scoring teams in World Cup history

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Black money legalisation opportunity destroys tax fairness: CPD

Budget has allocations for all despite resource constraints: Khosru

Budget leaves Dhaka's kitchen markets largely unchanged

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SpaceX opens higher in strong Nasdaq debut

Trump bristles over memorandum text that appears to favour Iran

Whale graveyard dating back 5.3 million years found in Indian Ocean

Dead mill, rising stock: DSE suspends Shyampur Sugar Mills over unusual price jump

Finmin outlines roadmap for vibrant capital market with T+0 settlement, digital IPOs

BSEC pushes for mutual fund conversion despite legal ambiguity

File photo of Taylor Swift. Photo: Collected.

Taylor Swift becomes youngest woman in Songwriters Hall of Fame

Ariana Grande to White House: Don't use my music for 'heinous nonsense'

Spider-Noir: Inside Nicolas Cage’s dark, nihilistic take on Ben Reilly

A lineup of World Cup-winning legends (L-R): Lionel Scaloni, Didier Deschamps, Franz Beckenbauer, Mário Zagallo. Collage: TBS

The unbroken pact: How every World Cup champion has been led by one of their own

New Zealand's Williamson retires from internationals after stellar 16-year career

Iranian-American fans face uneasy World Cup as war rages

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Highest-scoring teams in World Cup history

Top non-rmg export earners of Bangladesh in FY26 (Jul-May)

Most valuable players in FIFA World Cup 2026

Long Read

The blackened water of Buriganga offers little sign that this was once the lifeline of Dhaka. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Billions down the drain, yet Dhaka’s rivers are still dying

Illustration: TBS

The earth’s fever, our silence

Illustration: TBS

The Grain Trap: 186th in meat consumption, Bangladesh's protein story is built on rice

Bangladesh's children are growing up with lead in their blood

Bangladesh's children are growing up with lead in their blood

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What they are collecting is coal sludge: fine fragments of coal that are washed out of the mining process and carried through the drainage channel as waste. The mine has no use for it. Photo: Hasan Jamilur Rahman Saikat/TBS

The women surviving in the shadow of Bangladesh's biggest coal project

A fisherman arrives ashore near a ship recycling yard in Sitakunda. Photo: Monowar Maruf Nafis

As shipbreaking reforms, Sitakunda’s Jaladas return to the sea

The world cup is a global stage for investment, diplomacy and national image. Photo: REUTERS

The World Cup Is Never Just Football: Mega-events as instruments of geopolitical power

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