Protests against Israel鈥檚 military offensive in Gaza continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Dhaka and other parts of the country, demanding an immediate end to the bombardment and mass killings in the besieged enclave...
Fourteen Bangladeshi nationals were returned to the country on Wednesday afternoon after serving different terms of imprisonment in Indian jail for allegedly entering that country illegally...
The Directorate of Madrassah Education under the education ministry on Wednesday ordered all madrassahs under it to celebrate Chaitra Sangkranti and Pahela Baishakh...
Oscar Garcia Maceiras, chief executive officer of Spanish clothing retailer Inditex, called on chief adviser Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna on Wednesday...
THERE is a slow violence unravelling in the capital 鈥� not through war or terrorism but through every breath that people take. Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is gasping, literally, for air. The city鈥檚 sky, once merely hazy in winter, has become a year-round cloak of poison. The air is not just unhealthy. It is a weapon of mass disablement...
China on Wednesday urged its citizens to avoid conflict zones and participating in wars, after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting with Russia...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed 10 people, including actress Shomi Kaiser, former lawmakers Dipu Moni, Amir Hossain Amu and Salman F Rahman, arrested in new cases filed with different police stations...
BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology began a six-day admission fair for spring semester 2025 at its permanent campus of Nishatnagar under Turag in Dhaka on Tuesday...
A rally was brought out, welcoming the Baisabi Utsab, the biggest cultural festival of hill communities, in Khagrachari on Tuesday...
A total of 100 officials from BRAC Bank have been officially certified by the Bangladesh Insurance Academy after completing the 鈥楤ancassurance鈥� training...
Taskin Ahmed was ruled out due to an injury while Tanzim Hasan got his maiden Test call-up as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the squad for the first Test against Zimbabwe on Tuesday...
The United States has ended emergency food aid for 14 countries, endangering the lives of millions of hungry or starving people, a United Nations agency said on Monday...
Nepali mountaineers on Tuesday searched for two people swept away by a powerful avalanche on the world鈥檚 10th highest mountain Annapurna, officials said...
IN AN era of unprecedented global challenges 鈥� from climate change and pandemics to conflict and displacement 鈥� the need for effective and sustainable development and humanitarian aid has never been greater. Yet, traditional approaches to aid delivery, often dominated by international actors, have frequently fallen short of addressing the root causes of...
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members crossed all the limits of irregularities while getting plots from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) as her daughter Saima Wazed (Putul) took away a 10-katha plot just at the whim of her mother.
Russia鈥檚 lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to ratify a treaty to deepen political, military and economic ties with Iran, as Moscow moves closer to its key ally....
Home adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that no security threat had yet been received over the celebration of the Chaitra Sangkranti and the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year 1432...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 28th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 90 at about 10:30am on Tuesday morning...
Ukraine鈥檚 president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday lamented the lack of a US response to Russia鈥檚 refusal to agree 鈥榓 full, unconditional ceasefire鈥� as two people were killed in Moscow鈥檚 latest aerial bombardment...
TikTok has announced launch of enhanced features to its Family Pairing tool in the Bangladesh region, said a press release...
Maternal mortality rates have dropped dramatically in the past quarter of a century, but the UN on Monday warned that progress had stalled, risking major backsliding amid unprecedented global aid cuts...
The Philippine and US air forces kicked off joint exercises Monday aimed at boosting operational coordination and enhancing 鈥榮trategic deterrence鈥�, Manila鈥檚 military said...
Brazil鈥檚 former president Jair Bolsonaro rallied thousands of people Sunday to a demonstration in Sao Paulo against charges levied by the Supreme Court that he plotted a coup...
Two women have been arrested for murder after strangling a Pakistani faith healer with a scarf after years of being blackmailed over videos he took of them, police said on Monday...
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education under the education ministry on Monday ordered all educational institutions under it to celebrate Bengali New Year on April 14...
Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain criticised the previous national selector鈥檚 panel on his return to competitive cricket on Monday after completion of his two-year ban for breaching the ICC鈥檚 Anti-Corruption Code.
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality turned 鈥渕oderate鈥� and ranked 19th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 93 at 9:00 am on Monday...
The Supreme Court unit of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a platform for pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawyers, has been formed with Bodruddoza Badal as convener and Gazi Tauhidul Islam as member secretary...
The opening of the Jamuna Railway Bridge over the River Jamuna added more relief to the mostly hassle-free journey during the just ended Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, said Bangladesh Railway officials...
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad in a statement on Sunday expressed concern over the social media smear campaign targeting the female journalist who was attacked and sexually assaulted on April 2 evening...