The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Wednesday urged the government to raise the tax-free income limit for the common taxpayers to Taka 450,000, from existing Taka 350,000, in the coming national budget for the fiscal 2025-26....
The government on Wednesday appointed retired police official Ansar Uddin Khan Pathan as the coordinator of the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal for a two-year term from the date of his joining.......
The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case filed over allegedly showing disrespect to the national flag......
Handing over the newly built houses to flood victims, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said that the joint efforts have set an example of working together 鈥榟onestly and perfectly鈥� to deal with any disaster effectively......
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after six months on the country鈥檚 space station, state media footage showed, as Beijing advances towards its aim to become a major celestial power......
The Appellate Division on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Amanullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over two decades ago......
The High Court on Wednesday set May 8 to deliver its judgment on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the Ramna Batamul bombing cases filed over two decades ago......
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked third on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 189 at 9:40am on Wednesday morning......
A fierce fire ripped through a hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata killing at least 15 people, police said Wednesday, with some clambering out of windows and onto the rooftop to escape......
Paris Saint-Germain seized the advantage in their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal as Ousmane Dembele sealed a 1-0 win in the first leg on Tuesday....
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday agreed to increase connectivity with Azerbaijan to boost trade and commerce and increase the exchange of scholarship programmes for students....
A leader of the transport workers鈥� union and Awami League affiliated labour organisation Bangladesh Sramik League was granted bail on Tuesday, hours after he was arrested in cases filed for attacking rallies by of students and people in July-August.聽...
A court on Tuesday evening sent a man and his son to jail for allegedly raping a domestic worker in Chariakandi village under Salanga Thana in Sirajganj....
An elderly man was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old boy at Baghmara upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday evening....
Unidentified attackers on Tuesday afternoon vandalised several buses, including a Dhaka University bus, in the Uttara鈥檚 Azampur area of the capital....
A group of young people reportedly stormed the Fikamoli Centre, where a licensed mini zoo is located in the capital鈥檚 Hatirpool area, and looted foreign birds while also demanding extortion money during an overnight raid between......
Actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique was physically assaulted allegedly by a group of people identifying themselves as activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in Dhaka鈥檚 Kakrail area......
The first batch of Bangladeshi workers reached South Korea in line with a recent bilateral deal on recruitment of workforce from the South Asian nation to the East Asian country, an official press release said on Tuesday....
A month-long group art exhibition titled 鈥極ra Egaro Jan鈥� is under way at Meta Garage in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates....
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against former liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on charges of amassing illegal wealth....
Five police personnel were injured in an attack allegedly by a mob during a drive to arrest a suspected drug trader in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni Monday night....
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell of Sylhet Agricultural University on Tuesday organised a daylong training programme on outcome-based education on the campus....
Chittagong Port Authority signed a lease agreement with Al-Hidaayah International School, a reputed English medium school in the city on Monday as part of its social responsibility and creating a better future for the children of the port authority鈥檚......
At least fifty people, including women, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj on Tuesday morning over an altercation of repaying only Tk fifty....
The jail authorities on Tuesday halted the release of 11 pro-Awami League lawyers after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court had stayed their bail in a case related to the July鈥揂ugust mass uprising....
Pakistan鈥檚 military shot down an Indian drone along the de facto Kashmir border, state radio in Islamabad reported on Tuesday, a week after the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested region in years....
Political parties on Tuesday welcomed the government move to make arrangements for Bangladeshi expatriates to vote from abroad, while at the same time voiced reservations citing technical and institutional challenges......
At least 17 artistes, including actress and former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat Suborna Mustafa, and actresses Apu Biswas and Nipun Akter, have been named in a case of attempted murder committed during the July-August mass uprising in 2024......
TO CONQUER a place is to fundamentally subdue its population. This must be clearly differentiated from 鈥榦ccupation鈥�, a specific legal term that governs the relationship between a foreign 鈥榦ccupying power鈥� and the occupied nation under international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention......
THE police play a vital role in public education by fostering awareness and understanding of laws, community safety, and crime prevention. Through programmes such as school visits, community workshops, and public awareness campaigns, they educate citizens on topics ranging from road safety and drug abuse prevention to cybercrime awareness and personal......
THE exploitation of children in any form represents one of the gravest violations of human rights. In Bangladesh, a country proud of its cultural richness, social resilience and progressive strides in education and gender equality, the reality of commercial sexual exploitation of children is a disturbing contradiction. Hidden in the shadows of urban centers, ports, brothels......
A POOR state of the energy sector 鈥� where industries almost halve their production, power plants sit idle by the dozens, queues grow longer at filling stations and households wait until midnight to cook meals all because of constraining inadequacy in energy supply, especially gas 鈥� has come to be a grim reminder of a bad energy planning of the interim government......