WHEN a nation builds, it envisions progress. Roads are not merely concrete stretches but arteries of economic mobility and public hope. Yet, when those arteries are choked by inefficiency, corruption and ignorance disguised as expertise, what emerges is not progress but paralysis. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project from Gazipur to the Airport stands today...
WHEN the July Uprising swept across Bangladesh, it was the workers, the invisible pillars of the nation鈥檚 economy, who paid the highest price. They marched for justice, raised their voices for dignity and faced tear gas and bullets in the hope of change...
The Agriculturists Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday called for the formation of an independent committee to investigate alleged financial irregularities and administrative corruption at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh.
The European Union plans to deploy a large delegation of election observers to Bangladesh for the upcoming national elections, scheduled for the first half of February, marking the first such mission since 2008, EU ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller said on Tuesday.
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday Bangladesh sought extradition of Bangladesh鈥檚 former prime minister Sheikh Hasina following legal aspects and subsequent court鈥檚 order but did not get any reply from the Indian side...
Leaders of the country鈥檚 readymade garment sector have expressed deep concern over certain provisions in the newly approved Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, particularly those related to trade union formation, calling them 鈥榠mbalanced and impractical.鈥�...
Four more people died of dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 273 this year.
The cyclonic storm Montha over the Westcentral Bay and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� zone on Tuesday morning...
The Bangladesh Rashtra Sanskar Andolan and the Ohingsa Gono Obhuthan on Monday announced month-long countywide programmes to press its four demands.
Health rights activists have criticised the government鈥檚 approval of Philip Morris Bangladesh Limited to set up a nicotine pouch manufacturing factory, saying that the decision contradicts public health goals and tobacco control efforts...
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a workshop at the BMU in Dhaka on Monday said that evidence-based medical care practice would reduce the variation in prescriptions and medical costs...
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team suffered a 5-1 goal defeat to hosts Thailand in the second and final FIFA international friendly match at the Bang Mo Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday.
Ronger Gaari, an art organisation, is holding a six-day Miniature Art Exhibition Bangladesh 2025 at Safiuddin Shilpalay in the capital Dhaka...
Bangladesh鈥檚 existing economic model has reached its limit and should be replaced with one that ensures broad-based growth, employment, and inclusive prosperity, according to financial experts and business leaders...
Bangladesh and Pakistan on Monday emphasised strengthening regional cooperation as well as bilateral engagement for better integration of the south Asian region...
Experts emphasised that Bangladesh must modernise its overall education system, expand technical and vocational education programmes, ensure adequate budgetary allocation, and provide the necessary training to meet the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution...
A delegation from Japan鈥檚 national business support combined cooperatives met with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to inform about the progress on the recruitment of 100,000 skilled Bangladeshi workers in Japan...
Bangladesh women鈥檚 team wrapped up their World Cup campaign with the final match ending as a no-result against India due to rain at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on Sunday.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Bangladesh recently hosted a networking event titled 鈥楯apan 鈥� Bangladesh Business Connections: Legacy and the Future鈥� at the Westin Dhaka, said a press release...
Suzuki Bangladesh has inaugurated a 22,000 square-foot motorcycle service facility, dubbed the largest one in Bangladesh and the largest within Suzuki鈥檚 global network, said a press release...
HONOR Bangladesh has introduced a cardless EMI service, a payment facility that allows customers to buy HONOR phones through cash instalments, said a press release...
The National Consensus Commission on Monday decided that it would submit the final recommendations for implementing the July National Charter 2025 to the interim government chief adviser, also the NCC chair, Professor Muhammad Yunus...
A FEW experiences shape South Asian childhood as profoundly as the examinations season. Whether it is the SSC and HSC exams in Bangladesh, the CBSE board exams in India, or the O Levels and A Levels that dominate elite schooling across the region, education has long been synonymous with the test. These exams are supposed to measure knowledge but in practice...
ON A bright monsoon morning, the rainwater fills the clay pots and tanks of many homesteads in the southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh. For a few months, the trouble seems to ease, enabling the coastal community to cultivate a single crop of paddy. But when Chaitra and Baishakh arrive and the sun burns harder, the stored water runs out, and the old problems return: saline taps, failing tube wells and...
Foodpanda, online food and grocery delivery platform in partnership with Green Delta Insurance PLC, is providing free insurance coverage for accidental protection to its 1,000 top-performing riders, says a press release.
West Indies took a 1-0 lead when they beat Bangladesh by 16 runs in the first of the three-match T20I series at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Monday.
The dengue crisis in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate as six more patients died and 983 were admitted to hospitals across the country in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said that the party was considering the formation of a broader electoral alliance with all anti-fascist forces in the coming national elections.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has advised maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Mongla and Payra to keep hoisted distant warning signal no 2 as cyclonic storm Montha over Southwest Bay and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal lies over Southwest and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal...
