Ex-President Abdul Hamid leaves Dhaka for Thailand
Former president Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for Bangkok for medical treatment by a flight of Thai Airways from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital early Thursday.
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Int鈥檒 flights connecting Dhaka continue avoiding Pakistan airspace
Majority of the international flights connecting to Dhaka are continuing to shunning the Pakistan airspace for the second consecutive day on Thursday as situations between India and Pakistan remained highly volatile and evolving...
SC to deliver verdict on Azhar鈥檚 death sentence review on May 27
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday set May 27 for delivering its verdict on the review petition filed by condemned war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam challenging his death sentence.
China not involved in Rakhine corridor issue: envoy
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday said his country is not involved in the issue of humanitarian corridor through Bangladesh to the Rakhine State, initiated by the United Nations, to provide assistance to the conflict zone of Myanmar.
Bangladesh, China set to elevate trade ties to new level: ambassador Yao
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday said the visit of the largest-ever business delegation in Bangladesh from China led by Chinese minister of commerce Wang Wentao later this month would send a 鈥榮trong signal鈥� of openness, cooperation and mutual benefit, and will elevate the Bangladesh-China economic and trade relations to a new level...
Dhaka becomes 4th most polluted city with AQI score of 155
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fourth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 155 at about 9:10am on Thursday morning...
GED against IMF-prescribed market-based exchange rate
General Economics Division member Monzur Hossain on Wednesday said that they did not support a more flexible exchange rate policy as suggested by the International Monetary Fund under its current $4.7 billion loan programme...
EC suspends NID verification for Ansar-VDP, BRAC Bank
The Election Commission has suspended the National Identity Card verification services for the paramilitary force Ansar and Village Defence Party and BRAC Bank after detecting evidence of data leaks...
3 burnt in Mohammadpur gas cylinder blast
Three members of a family, including an 11-month-old child, suffered burn injuries in a cylinder gas explosion at a house at Chandrima Udyan of Mohammadpur in the capital Dhaka early Wednesday...
Man killed as train hits him at Karwan Bazar
A 65-year-old man was killed after being hit by a train while crossing the railway tracks at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Tk 100cr allocated for 18 new DNCC wards
The Dhaka North City Corporation has allocated Tk聽100 crore for the development of drainage networks and roads in 18 newly added wards to alleviate public sufferings, said DNCC administrator Mohammad Azaz on Wednesday...
ICT orders interrogation of 3 ex-top police officers
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday allowed the investigators to re-interrogate three former senior police officers in connection with the killing of nine youths in a controversial anti-extremist raid at a house known as 鈥楯ahajbari鈥� in the capital鈥檚 Kalyanpur area in 2016...
Appoint no judge in non-transparent manner: pro-BNP lawyers
Pro-BNP lawyers鈥� leader Zainul Abedin on Wednesday alleged that most of the law officers appointed during the interim government remained absent from the movement that ousted the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5, 2024...
Stop opposing women affairs commission report:聽LDA
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six political parties, on Wednesday at a rally in Dhaka called on the interim government to take immediate steps to stop opposing women affairs commission report by some quarters...
UGC seeks EU support to expand higher education opportunities
University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz has urged the European Union to expand higher education opportunities in various universities in Europe, including scholarships and joint research, for Bangladeshi students...