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Bangladesh Condemns Attacks on Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh strongly condemns the recent Houthi attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, including airports. Such attacks violate international law and threaten innocent lives and regional stability, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday Bangladesh stands in full solidarity with the Government and people of the Kingdom and calls for an […]

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Fuel Relief for the Vulnerable: How Pakistan Softening a Global Oil Price Shock

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched the Prime Minister’s Special Relief Scheme to provide targeted fuel relief to vulnerable citizens, as rising global oil prices and Middle East instability strain household budgets. The country’s Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik said reportedly on Sunday that over nine million citizens are benefiting from the Prime […]

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Bangladesh condemns Houthi attack on Madinah power infrastructure

The Bangladeshi government has strongly condemned the Houthi drone attack on the Taibah electricity station in the Holy City of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The deliberate targeting of vital civilian infrastructure that serves the Prophet’s Mosque is an unacceptable assault on the sanctity of Islam’s holiest sites, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement […]

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Saudi Arabia tops global date exports for the 4th year in a row

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has retained its position as the world’s top exporter of dates by value for the fourth consecutive year, with 2025 exports reaching SR1.938 billion, according to data from the International Trade Centre, reports Saudi Gazette. This is a milestone reflecting the sector’s growing contribution to agricultural GDP under Saudi Vision 2030. […]

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Bangladesh’s largest digital newsroom’s editor-in-chief dies at 59

The voice behind one of Bangladesh’s most consequential journeys into digital journalism has fallen silent. Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, has died at the age of 59. He was taken to St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London on Thursday night after suffering a brain haemorrhage. Doctors pronounced him dead at 2:23pm local time on Friday, […]

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সৌদি আরবে দক্ষ জনশক্তি রপ্তানি ও অবকাঠামো নির্মাণের সুযোগ কাজে লাগানোর আহ্বান রাষ্ট্রপতির

ভাতৃপ্রতিম সৌদি আরবে দক্ষ ও সুশিক্ষিত জনশক্তি রপ্তানি, স্বাস্থ্য, শিক্ষা ও অবকাঠামো খাতের অফুরন্ত সুযোগ ও সম্ভাবনা কাজে লাগানোর জন্য বাংলাদেশের ব্যবসায়ী ও উদ্যোক্তাদের প্রতি আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন রাষ্ট্রপতি মির্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম আলমগীর। আজ দুপুরে বঙ্গভবনে রাষ্ট্রপতির সঙ্গে সৌদি আরব-বাংলাদেশ চেম্বার অব কমার্স অ্যান্ড ইন্ডাস্ট্রির সভাপতি আশরাফুল হক চৌধুরীর নেতৃত্বে সংগঠনটির ৭ সদস্যের একটি প্রতিনিধিদল সৌজন্য […]

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ADB Approves $100 Million Loan to Expand Access to Affordable, Resilient Housing Finance in Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million concessional loan to expand access to affordable and resilient housing finance for low- and middle-income borrowers in Bangladesh, particularly women. The Inclusive Affordable Housing Finance Project will channel financing through Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and eligible microfinance institutions (MFIs) to provide long-term, collateral-free microfinance loans […]

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