A four-day police week will begin today in Bangladesh with a focus on maintaining law and order and enhancing the force鈥檚 capacity as crime incidents have been on the rise across the country since the August 2024 political changeover.聽
Brand Practitioners Bangladesh has recently organised the ACI Nutrilife Presents Health and Well-being Marketing Fest 2.0 in Dhaka...
A severe energy crisis has been affecting every aspect of life, commerce and business as the country passes yet another year of bad energy planning.
Leading industrial conglomerate PRAN-RFL Group is set to revive the long-defunct Rajshahi Textile Mills, aiming to transform it into the largest environment-friendly industrial hub in northern Bangladesh...
Bangladesh interim government adviser for commerce Sk Bashir Uddin and Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof on Monday jointly inaugurated the day-long Pakistan-Bangladesh Business Forum, 2025 in Dhaka, aimed at further enhancing bilateral trade and commercial cooperation between the two countries...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has given initial approval to Starlink to provide satellite internet services in Bangladesh...
Prime Bank PLC handed over gift pack for Hajj pilgrims on the first Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The first Hajj flight of Biman will be operated today...
IN THE United Nations General Assembly of 2000, heads of member states signed the historic Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), committing to a set of measurable targets ranging from reducing extreme poverty and hunger to promoting gender equality and lowering maternal and child mortality by 2015. As a UN member state, Bangladesh made notable progress...
ORPHANED children in Bangladesh remain among the most vulnerable segments of society. Yet, despite the urgency of their situation, they are often overlooked in national statistics and policy planning. The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019 notes that approximately 4.1 per cent of children in Bangladesh live without parental care. However, this figure barely...
Rotary International Bangladesh country deputy coordinator and former governor of Rotary AKM Shamsul Huda at a programme in Dhaka on Sunday emphasised the continued commitment of Rotary to support destitute communities in Bangladesh and around the world.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a meeting with the members of the National Consensus Commission at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Monday.
DOMESTIC workers, mostly women and children, continue to work without any policy protection in Bangladesh. The labour and women鈥檚 affairs advisers, when discussing domestic workers鈥� demands, including their employment status and workplace safety on April 27, proposed the idea of setting up a complaint mechanism for domestic workers. Many domestic workers...
Bangladesh interim government cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Monday said the filing of a murder case against actor Iresh Zaker is 鈥榙eeply troubling and disturbing.鈥�
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has officially approved the license for Starlink, the US-based satellite internet provider, to begin operations in Bangladesh, marking a significant step towards improving connectivity, especially in remote and underserved areas.
Taijul Islam agreed with Tamim Iqbal鈥檚 opinion that he was 鈥榯he most underrated bowler in the world at the moment鈥�. The left-arm spinner also hit back at his critics after taking a five-wicket haul on the first day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Bir Shrestha Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Monday.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the people of Bangladesh think that the interim government is still the 鈥榞ood answer鈥� for them but stressed that they will not go beyond June 2026 to hold the best election ever in the country.
Pakistan envoy to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof on Monday called on foreign secretary Md Jashim Uddin and briefed him about the 鈥榬egional issues鈥�, a Bangladesh foreign office statement said.
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Monday granted bail to model Meghna Alam, also the chairperson of Miss Bangladesh Foundation, in a fraud and extortion case filed with the Dhanmondi police station...
A total of 442 women and girls were subjected to various forms of violence across the country in March alone...
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday inaugurated the National Legal Aid Fair and road show.
In a remarkable display of ongoing financial support from Bangladesh鈥檚 expatriates, the country has received $2.27 billion in remittances within just the first 26 days of April 2025...
Japan has provided the International Organization for Migration (IOM) $3.5 million to improve the living conditions of the Rohingyas and host communities in Cox鈥檚 Bazar and Bhasan Char.
Education adviser to the interim government Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has urged for a change in the pervasive belittling mindset about technical education, stressing that technical education should be integrated with mainstream education...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home early Monday wrapping up his Doha and Rome tours....
More than five years after the election, the Election Commission has officially declared Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain as the new mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, following a court verdict...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said Bangladesh agreed in principle to provide a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine in line with UN proposal.
Catholic Church in Bangladesh will host an interfaith dialogue in September this year...
A group of Jagannath University students on Sunday staged a demonstration on the campus demanding reform of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said the notion that all parties must unanimously agree to every reform proposal reflects a 鈥楤akshali鈥� (dictatorial) mindset, one that was introduced by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
THE employment landscape of Bangladesh is highly concentrated towards the informal sector, accounting for 84.07 per cent of total employment, according to the Labour Force Survey (2023). The survey figured that informality is prevalent at a higher rate among women, with 95.7 per cent engaged in informal jobs and only 4.3 per cent in formal roles. Again, an...