The government is planning to ban the movement of battery-powered and electric autorickshaws on the main roads of the capital. However autorickshaws carrying a maximum of four passengers will be given registration for movement on the internal roads. No e-rickshaw carrying six passengers will come under the registration of the two city corporations of Dhaka.
RAB has arrested two persons in the incident of a teacher dying after falling from a rickshaw due to the pull of the snatchers in front of the National Parliament Bhaban. However questions have arisen over whether the motorcycle recovered by RAB and the motorcycle used at the time of the snatching are the same.
Three people have been shot by the indiscriminate firing of miscreants in Samibag Munshirtek area of Gandaria in the capital.
Business leaders and policymakers have called for ensuring long-term, predictable and affordable energy supply to maintain the competitiveness of the country's industries. They also demanded priority gas and electricity supply for industrial zones and export-oriented factories, along with the publication of advance load-shedding schedules.
Chinese Ambassador to Dhaka Yao Wen paid a courtesy call on President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Bangabhaban. During the meeting held this Sunday afternoon, the ambassador conveyed greetings from Chinese President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh’s new president. He also extended an invitation for a state visit to China at a convenient time. President’s Press Secretary Md. Sarwar Alam confirmed the matter.
Bangladesh Bank has posted a significant rise in its net profit in the last fiscal year. In FY 2025-26 the central bank earned a net profit of nearly Tk 25,900 crore. In the previous fiscal year 2024-25 the profit stood at Tk 22,620 crore. As a result, net profit increased by about Tk 3,280 crore in one year.