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Business Balanced cabinet, well-placed to tackle mounting economic challenges: Masrur Reaz

Politics Coordinated action needed to tackle inflation, jobs, revenue weakness: Sayema Haque Bidisha

International Experts urge review of Bangladesh-US tariff deal, cite risks to economy

Politics Immediate action needed to improve law and order, stabilise prices: Mir Nasir Hossain

Politics New govt must take priority measures for rapid economic recovery: Taskeen Ahmed

International Ramadan begins tomorrow in Saudi Arabia

Politics Surprised by the cabinet, but satisfied: KAS Murshid

Politics Tarique Rahman meets foreign dignitaries after taking oath as PM

Politics Tarique visits parents’ graves after being sworn in as PM

Business 2,100 tonnes of rice imported through Benapole Port in six days

Business Bangladesh’s forex reserves rise to $29.86b

Business Asiatic Laboratories’ pre-IPO shares to remain locked-in until completion of 32-storey building

Business Navana Pharmaceuticals' rejoinder and our reply

Business Premier Cement gets BSEC nod to raise Tk161cr through preference shares

Business Stocks edge down as cautious investors watch new government take oath

Politics We'll lower cost of doing business: Amir Khasru

International Modi congratulates Tarique, invites him to visit India

International Pakistan PM Shehbaz congratulates Tarique, seeks stronger bilateral ties

Sports 14 cricket captains of Test-playing countries call for fair treatment for Imran Khan

Technology LaLiga wins court orders forcing VPNs to block 16 alleged pirate sites

International Ukraine's innovative solution to the birth rate crisis

International Judge Orders Trump Administration to restore George Washington Slavery Exhibit

Entertainment TBS NEWS AT 8 PM, 17 february 2026

International Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84

Politics First-time MP Shama Obaed likely to be state minister for foreign affairs

Politics Home, finance, commerce: Who are set to get these three giant ministries

Politics Bhutan Prime Minister Tobgay calls on Yunus

Politics BNP may have constitutional grounds to resist reform council oath: David Bergman

Politics BNP picks Aminur as technocrat minister after he sacrificed Cumilla-6 bid at Tarique’s request

Politics DCCI urges quick economic recovery measures as BNP forms govt

Politics Ex-captain Aminul named state minister for youth and sports

Politics Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku set to become energy minister

Politics Jamaat’s Shafiqur elected opposition leader, Nahid to serve as chief whip

Politics Khalilur Rahman set to get foreign affairs portfolio as a technocrat minister

International Ready to work with PM Tarique to enhance Dhaka-Beijing cooperation: Chinese PM

Politics Writ petition filed challenging referendum validity, seeks result annulment

Politics Tarique becomes PM

Politics Tarique's cabinet: Know the first-time ministers and state ministers

Business Gold price drops by Tk2,216 per bhori in Bangladesh

Business Top unicorn companies by valuation

Politics Bangladesh’s women: Visible yet powerless in politics

Transport New Metrorail timetable released for Ramadan

Politics Who are in Tarique Rahman’s cabinet?

Politics Who took the oath as ministers and state ministers?

Culture 'Hell and back': mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot recounts her ordeal in memoir

Politics 11-party alliance MPs finally take oath despite earlier hesitation over BNP position on Constitution Reform Council

Politics BNP abstained as no provision of administering oath for Constitution Reform Council: Salahuddin

Politics BNP MPs to forgo duty-free cars and government plots

Politics Ex-DU law Prof Ridwanul Hoque slams Constitution Reform Council as 'weird'

Politics Jamaat alliance MPs sworn in as Constitutional Reform Council members as BNP abstains

Politics Tarique elected Leader of BNP Parliamentary Party, set to take oath as PM later today

Crime 3 of expatriate's family murdered in Cumilla's Homna

Politics Mohammadpur cat killing: Court defers verdict to 11 March

Business DMTCL announces special metro rail schedule for Ramadan

Politics ‘Historic moment’, says Fakhrul after 208 BNP MPs take oath

International Pakistan Planning Minister calls on Chief Adviser

Politics What Tarique's Cabinet looks like: 25 ministers, 24 state ministers sworn in

Business UK Under-Secretary Seema Malhotra calls on CA

Politics Contrary to Rizwana's claim, press was terrified during Yunus regime

Politics Does the New Parliament Have the Mandate to Enforce the July Charter?

Politics The members of Parliament from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami also took the oath

Politics Six members of Parliament from the NCP took the oath

Health Doctor sitting in Delhi conducts ultrasonography on a person in Antarctica

Business UK banks move to build national alternative to Visa and Mastercard

Entertainment Anderson Cooper leaving '60 Minutes' program in latest CBS News shake-up

Politics 13th parliament takes shape as BNP, Jamaat, NCP, other MPs take oath

Transport Strained rail capacity leaves Ctg port yard overflowing

International Trump, Netanyahu plan to stop Iranian oil sales to China

International Satellite imagery tracks US military build-up near Iran

International New Mexico approves comprehensive probe of Epstein's Zorro Ranch

Politics BNP plans merging ministries to cut costs, improve admin efficiency

Culture Ekushey Book Fair preparations continue amid publishers' boycott threat

Environment Fire at Karwan Bazar wood shop brought under control after 2 hours

Environment Fire at Old Dhaka shoe factory brought under control within an hour

Politics Newly elected MPs, cabinet, Constitution Reform Council to take oath today

Business Bangladesh's external debt jumps 42% in 5yrs, repayment pressure doubles: World Bank

Politics Debt rises Tk2.6 lakh crore in 14 months of Yunus govt

Business Import LC opening highest in 11 months in January

Politics BSEC fines City Bank, fund manager and five others over share manipulation

Business Dhaka stocks break election-driven rally

Business Green Delta declares 27% cash dividend

Business Second generation gets GPH Ispat shares

Politics How rising debt-servicing threatens Bangladesh’s economy, and the way forward

Politics Hasina's presence in India won't deter Dhaka-Delhi ties: Fakhrul

Politics 'No overexpectation soon': What Indian analysts say about Dhaka-Delhi ties after BNP's return

Entertainment Robert Duvall, star of 'The Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now', dies at 95

Entertainment Tom Morello’s heavy metal mission

Business WBD reconsiders Paramount Skydance talks amid shareholder pressure

Politics Who are the three heads of state from the same family?

Politics Complaints over the election results must be resolved: Parwar.