PUBLIC transports remains fatally unsafe for passengers as the interim government has so far kept the sector off its reform agenda. The Passengers Welfare Association of Bangladesh on September 13 reported that at least 86,690 people died and 153,257 became wounded in 62,619 road accidents in 11 years. The number of fatalities, however shocking, is not surprising as...
Bangladesh is witnessing a steady expansion in exotic fruit cultivation, with farmers across the country reaping substantial financial benefits and contributing to national nutrition security...
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick lashed out at the Spanish national team on Saturday after Lamine Yamal was ruled out of his team's La Liga clash against Valencia.
At least 86,690 people were killed and 1,53,257 more injured in 62,619 road accidents in the country in the past 11 years, according to the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh...
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...
As part of preparation for the upcoming 13th national parliament elections, the Election Commission has transferred 61 field-level officials...
Jamuna Bank PLC on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Apollo Clinic-licensee JMI Specialized Hospital Limited, said a press release...
Chelsea were charged by the Football Association on Thursday with 74 alleged breaches of rules related to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022.
The police arrested Abdur Rashid, central president of the Bangladesh Auto Major and Husking Mill Owners鈥� Association and one of Kushtia鈥檚 most influential rice traders on Tuesday evening in connection with a fresh fraud case, adding to at least 19 pending cases against him...
Most government hospitals that introduced private practice for physicians during the previous regime have closed them in two and a half years after its introduction...
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC provided financial assistance to Mst Fahmida Akter, a resident of Kachu Mia Colony of Sylhet District, for surgery on rotten parts of bones of both of her legs...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Tuesday signed a strategic partnership agreement with Trust And Pay, mobile financial services provider wholly owned by Trust Bank...
Viral videos on social media portray the moment protesters began jeering US president Donald Trump at a Washington restaurant Tuesday, shouting 鈥楩ree DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!鈥�...
Barcelona will use the tiny Johan Cruyff stadium at their training ground to host Valencia in La Liga on Sunday, with the Spotify Camp Nou not yet licensed to reopen amid a rebuild...
AHM Shofiquzzaman has been made the new president of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission on Monday submitted its 2024 annual report to president Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in Dhaka...
Renowned Bangladeshi artist-cartoonist Shishir Bhattacharjee depicts catastrophe of nature, human relation and hypocrisy of politicians in his ongoing solo drawing exhibition at Kalakendra at Lalmatia in the capital...
The two-day conference of sellers and buyers of the country鈥檚 small and medium enterprise sector stressed opportunities for entrepreneurs to engage directly with commercial buyers...
Apple was set to unveil its iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday, with enhanced artificial intelligence features expected to take centre stage...
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC on Monday provided financial assistance of Tk 5 lakh to a poor farmer and rickshaw puller of Muradnagar Upazila of Cumilla district, said a press release...
The Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission on Tuesday submitted its 2024 annual report to president Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban...
Nepali youth protesters set parliament ablaze on Tuesday as the veteran prime minister obeyed furious crowds to quit, after one of the deadliest crackdowns in years in which at least 19 people were killed.
Nepal police on Monday opened fire, killing at least 17 people as thousands of young protesters took to the streets of Kathmandu demanding the government lift a social media ban and tackle corruption.
PLANNING for life after retirement is no longer a luxury but a necessity. As Bangladesh sees rising life expectancy and the expansion of its middle class, the central question has shifted: will today鈥檚 savings be enough for tomorrow? Retirement planning is not merely about setting money aside; it is about knowing how to save, when to save and how much to save...
The government on Thursday approved the Renewable Energy-Based Commercial Power Generation Policy, 2025 with the aim of promoting private sector investment in the renewable energy sector and making electricity more affordable for consumers...
Nepal said on Thursday it would block access to more than two dozen social media platforms, including Facebook and X, for failing to meet a deadline to register in the country...
The Financial Institutions Division in a meeting decided to ask the attorney general office, the ministry of home and the ministry of law to extend more cooperation to expedite the recovery of the defaulted loans...
bKash has won internationally acclaimed 鈥楧ata Impact Award鈥� presented by Cloudera, an US-based big data technology company...
WE LIVE in an age defined by the fourth industrial revolution, where technological progress is advancing at a pace previously unimaginable. Expanded data storage, massive information flows and lightning-fast processing already reveal how far innovation has carried us. Yet the real transformation lies in the convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and...
