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Inquiry commission formed over jet crash at Milestone
10:07 AM, 28 Jul 2025 MondayThe government has formed an inquiry commission to investigate the Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara, Dhaka. A gazette notification in this regard was issued by the Cabinet Division on Sunday night (July 27).
US, EU agree on 15% tariff deal to avert trade war
09:15 AM, 28 Jul 2025 MondayThe United States and European Union clinched a trade agreement on Sunday that will see EU exports taxed at 15 percent, in a bid to resolve a transatlantic tariff stand-off that threatened to explode into a full-blown trade war.
Jet crash: Another student dies at burn institute
08:39 AM, 28 Jul 2025 MondayA student injured in the jet crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara, Dhaka, has died.
71 election officials transferred ahead of nat’l polls
08:10 AM, 28 Jul 2025 MondayAhead of the upcoming national parliamentary elections, the Election Commission (EC) has transferred 71 officials. The transfer order, issued on Sunday, was signed by Assistant Secretary of the EC Secretariat Mohammad Shahidur Rahman, by order of the President.
A Colonel in tears: I've never seen anything like this
10:09 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayIt has been six days since the sky fell over Uttara’s Diyabari. But for Lieutenant Colonel Tahsin Haque Chowdhury, Camp Commander of the Diyabari Army Camp, time has not moved forward. The images are still there – etched in fire, in smoke, in the silence of dead children.
US firm on August 1 tariff deadline, no extensions
09:50 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayThe US deadline of August 1 for imposing tariffs on its trading partners is firm and there will be no extensions, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday.
KUET to reopen after 5 months
09:28 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayKhulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) is set to reopen five months after its closure, with classes scheduled to resume from Tuesday, July 29.
Hiding factory closure info: BATBC loses Tk 1,382cr in market value in a day
09:19 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayThe closure of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited’s (BATBC) Dhaka factory and a sharp drop in quarterly profits have triggered a major market backlash – wiping Tk 1,382 crore off the company’s market capitalisation in a single day.
Govt issues gazette forming 22-member pay commission
08:59 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayThe government has issued a gazette notification forming a 22-member Pay Commission to determine a new salary structure for officers and employees of government, semi-government, autonomous organisations, state-owned banks and financial institutions, government-funded universities, and state-owned industrial enterprises.
No progress on reducing edible oil prices after two rounds of talks
08:43 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayDespite two rounds of discussions with traders, no agreement was reached on reducing edible oil prices in Bangladesh. The first meeting took place at the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday, followed by a second round on Sunday, July 27, 2025, at the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission.
Remittance hits $1.93b in 26 days of July
08:32 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayExpatriate Bangladeshis sent $1.93 billion in remittances during the first 26 days of July, the opening month of the 2025–26 fiscal year. In Bangladeshi currency, based on an exchange rate of Tk 122 per dollar, this amounts to approximately Tk 23,582.60 crore.
Yunus seeks Malaysia’s support for Bangladesh’s ASEAN membership
07:57 PM, 27 Jul 2025 SundayProfessor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government, urged Malaysia to support Bangladesh’s bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a full member state.