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...
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...
Russia and Ukraine traded a barrage of drone strikes overnight on Wednesday, in attacks that killed two in Kyiv and forced Moscow to shut major airports hours before a swathe of foreign leaders was to arrive...
The world鈥檚 wealthiest 10 per cent of individuals are responsible for two thirds of global warming since 1990, researchers said on Wednesday...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An officer-in-charge of a police station and his six colleagues were injured in an attack while they were conducting a drive to arrest an accused in a case in Jashore on Wednesday...
The pausing of a United States-funded air quality monitoring programme has weakened access to critical AQ data in 44 countries, including Bangladesh, according to an article by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, a Finland-based think tank...
Today is the 164th anniversary of birth of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a key and influential figure in Bengali literature...
The national child poverty rate is 16.49 per cent with a significantly higher rate in the rural areas, according to a General Economics Division study...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence will play a key role in unlocking new tools for health, education and agriculture at a meeting with Indonesia鈥檚 president on Wednesday...
Record fossil fuel production kept planet-heating methane emissions near historic highs last year, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, warning of a surge in massive leaks from oil and gas facilities...
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has claimed that 10 members of his family and four of his aides were killed in India鈥檚 targeted airstrikes under Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, news agency PTI reported, says NDTV...
Several exporters of the country鈥檚 readymade garment sector are unable to recover $7.6 million from Russian buyers due to transaction complications, said Mohammad Hatem, president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
Asiatic Mindshare has won gold award in 鈥楤est Use of Mobile鈥� category at the Festival of Media Asia 2025, said a press release...
Standard Chartered has announced the impact of its sustainability initiatives across six core areas 鈥� agriculture, education, entrepreneurship, environment, health and disaster management, said a press release...
International Hope School Bangladesh organised its annual cultural programme on May 2 on the school鈥檚 main campus at Uttara in the capital Dhaka, marking the conclusion of the 2024鈥�25 academic year...
BANGLADESH stands on the cusp of a transformative shift in its maritime infrastructure with the development of two major projects 鈥� the bay terminal in Chattogram and the Matarbari deep sea port in Cox鈥檚 Bazar. Both undertakings have been envisioned not merely as enhancements to port capacity but as foundational pillars that could redefine the...
THE morning of May 7 arrived like a clenched fist over South Asia. In pre-dawn hours, India launched 鈥極peration Sindoor鈥�, missile strikes across the Pakistani territory and the contested expanse of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Officially, New Delhi called it a 鈥榤easured鈥� operation 鈥� targeted, restrained and in direct response to a recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam that...
AS THE negotiation between Bangladesh and the International Monetary Fund over the release of the fourth and fifth tranches of the $4.7 billion bailout package that the international lending agency approved in 2023 hangs over a few issues and the interim government has sought more concessional loans from other agencies, especially the Asian Development Bank...
A senior assistant superintendent of police posted at the Rapid Action Battalion died from a gunshot wound in his head in his office room at Chandgaon camp of RAB-7 in Chattogram on Wednesday...
Manchester United are preparing for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Athletic Bilbao knowing only a calamity will prevent a likely showdown with Tottenham later this month.
Thirty four members of Myanmar鈥檚 military and Border Guard Police (BGP), who had taken refuge in Bangladesh a few month back, were repatriated to Myanmar on Wednesday.
National Consensus Commission on Wednesday held talks with Nagorik Oikya as part of its ongoing discussions with political parties to build a consensus on reform proposals of various commissions.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman has extended heartfelt thanks to the people and party leaders and activists who gathered in large numbers to welcome BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on her return to Bangladesh on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment in the United Kingdom...
Davide Frattesi fired Inter Milan into the Champions League final on Tuesday with an extra-time winner which gave the Italians a stunning 4-3 triumph over Barcelona, 7-6 on aggregate.
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Tuesday demanded stopping of a certain quarter鈥檚 demand for the cancellation of Women Affairs Reform Commission report.
Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of altering the flow of the Chenab River, one of three rivers placed under Pakistan鈥檚 control according to the now suspended Indus Waters Treaty.