BANGLADESH has made significant progress in reducing childhood stunting over the past decade, thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and public health initiatives. However, a new and silent threat is emerging that could jeopardise these hard-won gains: climate change. Recent research has highlighted a troubling link between extreme heat and stunted...
FOR millions of smallholder families, water remains a daily negotiation between hope and hardship. Whether tending boro rice on the dry soil of the Barind or collecting water for home use in flood-prone villages, such farmers balance survival against scarcity. Their water use reflects the resilience of rural Bangladesh and exposes systemic inefficiencies and an urgent need for smarter, equitable management...
THE death of Bangladeshis continues at the hands of India鈥檚 Border Security Force, with at least 34 having died, after being shot or tortured by the Indian guards, during one year of the interim government. Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra says that 15 died in firing and from torture by the Indian guards in January鈥揓une. Two were killed in January, one in February, three in...
Three-time national badminton champion Ayman Ibn Zaman has set his sights on winning gold for Bangladesh in next year鈥檚 South Asian Games, following a notable return to national competition after a nine-year hiatus.
Despite failing to qualify through the Men鈥檚 AHF Cup in April, the Bangladesh hockey team is expected to receive an opportunity to participate in the forthcoming Men鈥檚 Hockey Asia Cup, potentially replacing Pakistan, who may withdraw from the tournament.
Two students, who were injured in the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College premises in Uttara in Dhaka on July 21, were discharged from the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Saturday...
The second edition of the Women鈥檚 Kabaddi World Cup was postponed around an hour after the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation announced a 15-member squad for the tournament on Saturday.
At least three more people died of dengue and 331 others were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours till Saturday morning...
Chinese medical team from Wuhan Third Hospital, currently visiting Bangladesh, continued their work at the Bangladesh Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery...
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted Bangladesh鈥檚 flagship resolution titled, Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, with an overwhelming cross-regional support by UN member States...
Low-lying areas in Bangladesh鈥檚 coastal districts are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, according to a bulletin issued by the Met Office...
The death toll from the July 21 fighter jet crash into a building of Milestone School and College at Uttara in the capital reached 35 as two more victims succumbed to their burn injuries on Saturday.
Fifty-four citizens, including rights activists, academics, lawyers and cultural activists, in a joint statement on Friday condemned a recent Bangladesh Bank circular that instructed female employees of the central bank to wear specific types of dress.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders, including secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, met family members of the victims who died in the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College and conveyed condolences to them on behalf of the party.
At least five Rohingya people of a family came back to Bangladesh on Thursday, a few days after their spontaneous return to Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State.
At least 34 people were killed by the Indian Border Security Force by either being shot or being tortured during the first 11 months of the interim government鈥檚 tenure, while the figure was 30 in 2024 and 31 in 2023, according to rights group Ain O Salish Kendra data.
Bangladesh鈥檚 Under-21 hockey team began their training camp at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka today, ahead of the FIH Hockey Men鈥檚 Junior World Cup 2025.
Bangladesh national team captain Liton Das defended the strategy of playing on tough wickets after their 74-run defeat to Pakistan in the third and final T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday.聽
The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency, MCBA in short, barred at least 198 foreigners, including 123 Bangladeshis, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport from entering Malaysia for failing to meet immigration requirements.
Five injured victims of the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash receiving treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery are in critical condition.
The Border Security Force of India pushed at least 26 more people, including 11 children, into Bangladesh through two border points in Sherpur and Moulvibazar districts on Friday.
Bangladesh interim government has issued the gazette notification of the Voters鈥� List (Amendment) Ordinance 2025.
The Indian medical team visiting Bangladesh began their visit by holding detailed medical consultations with senior officials of the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and doctors at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
The death toll from the July 21 Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area reached 33 as two more victims died on Friday.
The Chinese鈥侲mergency Medical Team consisting of five burn-specialist doctors and nurses from the Wuhan Third Hospital from Hubei Province arrived in Dhaka on Thursday evening.
Nineteen irregular Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Tunisia on Thursday with the support of Bangladesh government and the International Organization for Migration...
The Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Thursday rejected Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatan Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari鈥檚 bail petitions in five cases, including the case of killing lawyer Saiful Islam Alif...
Vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday said that by embodying the spirit of the July uprising, a society and state with non-discrimination and justice must be established in the future...
Students of the Rabindra University, Bangladesh held a press conference, demanding the construction of permanent campus of the university, at Shahzadpur in Sirajganj on Thursday...
World Drowning Prevention Day is going to be observed today in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world...