Single-use plastics banned at secretariat from Oct 2
The government has taken several decisions to make the Bangladesh Secretariat free from single-use plastics from October 2 under a pilot initiative.
The government has taken several decisions to make the Bangladesh Secretariat free from single-use plastics from October 2 under a pilot initiative.
Mohammad Abu Hanif Khandaker, assistant director of the information and services department of the National University, died at Ibn Sina Hospital at Kalyanpur in Dhaka on Sunday.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar on Sunday met the home adviser at his ministry to discuss several issues, including those relating to the security of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
Badruddin Umar Shoksabha Jatiya Committee has been formed to a hold a condolence meeting on left politician and author Badruddin Umar.
The election commission for the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union polls on Sunday began distributing nomination forms as it had published the final voter list.Â
Sir John Wilson School celebrated its 30th founding anniversary on its campus at United City of Satarkul in Dhaka on Saturday.
The police have arrested a Bangladeshi-origin US national at Minto Road in Dhaka for his suspicious movements and suspected conspiracy to overthrow the interim government.
In the ongoing countrywide crackdown against the criminals to maintain law and order, the police have arrested 1,598 more crime suspects in the past 24 hours...
People of Bhanga in Faridpur continued blocking highways and railways for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday while a political platform protesting at the decision to reduce parliamentary seats in Bagerhat on the same day announced a revised schedule for a three-day hartal, demanding the restoration of parliamentary constituencies...
Five Islamic parties, including the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, are set to take to the streets with separate programmes to pursue common demands, including the implementation of the July Charter ahead of the forthcoming national elections.
At least 17 shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a T-shirt manufacturing market in the Chandana area of Gazipur city early Sunday. According to the Fire Service and locals, the fire broke out in one of the tin-shed shops and quickly spread to adjacent stores, damaging valuables...