The Bangladesh Navy has detained 34 Indian fishermen along with two fishing trawlers for allegedly entering the country鈥檚 maritime boundary and fishing illegally in the Bay of Bengal...
Health adviser Nurjahan Begum on Monday said that they had launched an investigation into the recent recruitment of 65 doctors at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in the capital.
The National Citizen Party on Monday accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of protecting the 1972 constitution adopted by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman-led government after the country鈥檚 independence.
Leaders of Jatiya Party on Monday at a commemoration meeting said that the role of the party founder, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, would be remembered for his contribution to building a developed Bangladesh...
Engineer Md Enayet Ullah joined Bangladesh Water Development Board as director general on Monday...
Bangladesh鈥檚 current account deficit reduced much in the first 11 months of the 2024鈥�25 fiscal year, mainly due to a strong rise in remittance inflows...
The US dollar has dropped by Tk 3.3 against the Bangladeshi taka within just a week, driven by a decline in demand and a strong inflow of foreign currency...
Bangladesh made a comeback in the T20I series against Sri Lanka with a record 83-run win in the second of the three-match series at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Sunday.
Industries adviser Adilur Rahman Khan on Monday inaugurated National Halal Laboratory equipped with international standard gadgets at Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution...
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Monday asked all commercial banks to submit detailed banking information of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC chairman Obayed Ullah Al Masud and his family members following multiple allegations against him...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association president Mahmud Hasan Khan has put emphasis on expanding Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to South Korea and thus attracting Korean investment in non-textile sectors within Bangladesh...
Community Bank Bangladesh has emerged as a better performer amid various challenges in the country鈥檚 banking sector, which is currently grappling with rising loan defaults, liquidity stress, and governance concerns...
Bangladesh has sought to further deepen its cooperation with Nepal in trade, energy, agriculture, education, and tourism as part of Dhaka鈥檚 commitment to advancing ties with the Himalayan nation...
Japan Airlines (JAL) has expressed keen interest in assessing the feasibility of operating direct flights on the Dhaka-Narita route to cater to the rising demand driven by expanding trade, business, and people-to-people ties between Bangladesh and Japan...
Mohammad Amirul Haque has been elected president of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association for the 2025-27 term, said a press release...
A month-long 鈥楨ntrepreneurship Development鈥� training programme has started in Chattogram under Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme project, a joint initiative of the Bangladesh Bank and Bank Asia...
Revoo Bangladesh has launched its latest campaign titled 鈥楻evoo Monsoon Offer鈥� featuring complimentary gifts and deals on every Revoo electric bike purchase, said a press release...
ANYONE living in Bangladesh knows how disasters feel. The rivers swell, the winds rise, the water comes fast and heavy. Cyclones, floods, landslides, river erosion 鈥� they are part of life. Families flee with children on their shoulders. Fields go underwater. Homes are washed away. This is not a one-off event. It is a yearly pattern that鈥檚 only getting worse...
IT HAS been more than two months since the Labour Reform Commission released its report, outlining the reformation of labour law in Bangladesh. Although the reform proposals have not yet been enacted into statutory law, the commission鈥檚 report offers insight into the changes that should be made to the existing legal framework...
IN THE long corridors of Bangladesh鈥檚 educational institutions 鈥� be it a public school in Barishal, a madrasa in Sylhet, or an elite English-medium school in Dhaka 鈥� there鈥檚 a silence louder than the morning assembly bell. It鈥檚 the silence of boys not crying, not speaking, not asking for help. The silence of boys being boys鈥攕toic, invulnerable, 鈥榮trong.鈥� And buried...
The July Memorial Museum will be inaugurated on August 5 as the work of the museum is almost at its final stage.
The interim government on Monday claimed that figures of major violent crime showed no significant rise, while recent media reports indicate a sharp rise in crimes this year, fuelling fear and insecurity among citizens...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday alleged that the murder of Lal Chand Sohag in Dhaka鈥檚 Mitford area was being deliberately used by vested interests as part of a calculated plan to derail the upcoming national elections and...
Parts of coastal and southwest Bangladesh received heavy to very heavy rain on Monday as weather conditions became favorable for yet another rain spell through the end of the week...
Train communication with Dhaka and northern parts of Bangladesh remained suspended for about an hour after a goods-laden truck got stuck on a rail track in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on Monday morning...
A group of CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked the main road in front of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority office at Banani in Dhaka, crippling traffic for about six hours on the Uttara鈥揗ohakhali road and causing huge sufferings to the people...
French ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy on Sunday said that democracy was about 鈥榣iberty, equality, fraternity and inclusivity鈥� and noted that the country was then heading towards truly 鈥榙emocratic elections鈥� under the 鈥榳ise and remarkable鈥� leadership of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus...
Today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Shajahan Siraj, one of the key organisers of Bangladesh鈥檚 War of Independence...
Bangladesh Medical University has appointed associate professor Dr Shakhawat Hossain as dean of the dentistry faculty...
San Francisco-based fusion band Shur and Swing has represented Bangladesh at the North American Bengali Conference 2025, bringing their blend of jazz fusion, Baul traditions, and patriotic Bangla songs to the international stage, in Toronto in Canada recently...