The World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors has approved $300 million in financing to improve learning outcomes for 26 million children studying from pre-primary through Grade 5.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said this year’s Nov 7 pledge should be that no one can ever again snatch the country’s independence, sovereignty and people’s rights or make Bangladesh a subservient state, urging for national unity with the spirit of the 1975 sepoy-people’s revolution.
Bangladesh’s total outstanding external debt increased by 8.6% in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to the World Bank.
Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman today paid homage at the graves of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at Zia Udyan here, marking National Revolution and Solidarity Day.
A cocktail bomb was hurled at a police patrol vehicle in the Shahbagh area of the capital on Friday night.
Bangladesh is observing National Revolution and Solidarity Day today, the 51st anniversary of the 1975 soldiers-and-people’s uprising, with the government and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) holding separate events. A general holiday is being observed across the country.