The blackout that engulfed a fourth of the capital Dhaka on Sunday night was the upshot of the city鈥檚 largest power sub-station going dead from a rare physical fault, said Power Grid Bangladesh officials on Monday.聽聽
Students of the Dhaka Medical College on Monday continued their protest on campus to press their demand for safe accommodation, defying the DMC authorities鈥� directive to vacate hostels...
The Dhaka South City Corporation鈥檚 headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, was reopened partially on Monday, a day after the supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain ended over a month-long shutdown of the DSCC headquarters and zonal offices...
Dhaka University professor emeritus and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the country Serajul Islam Choudhury on Monday said that without the social revolution, the fate of the common people in the country could not be changed...
After witnessing a downward trend in the last two sessions, stocks on Monday rebounded in the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors remained active on sector-wise issues...
Canadian high commissioner to Dhaka Ajit Singh on Monday met Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders at the party鈥檚 central office in Dhaka where they discussed Bangladesh鈥檚 state reform process and the next national election.
CLIMATE change is no longer a looming threat for Bangladesh. It has arrived, thick and heavy, in the very air we breathe. It lingers in our lungs, stings in our throats, and hangs over Dhaka like an oppressive curtain no one asked for. This is not some distant crisis forecasted by scientists; this is the reality of living in one of the world鈥檚 most polluted cities. And more than...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday sent former Islami Bank Bangladesh managing director Mohammad Monirul Moula to jail in connection with a case filed against him and 57 others on charges of embezzling Tk 1,092 crore through loan forgery...
Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort has organised an event titled 鈥楳eet the Mangoons鈥� offering mango-infused delicacies, says a press release.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on Monday placed former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on four-day remand in a case filed over allegations of manipulating the 2018 national elections.
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested former reserved seat lawmaker Sabina Akter Tuhin in Nawabganj upazila in Dhaka, and former Munshiganj-3 lawmaker Mohammad Faisal Biplob in the capital's Monipuripara area on Monday morning...
Large parts of Bangladesh鈥檚 capital Dhaka were plunged into darkness on Sunday night after a major power substation in Rampura went out of order, affecting areas covered by the city鈥檚 electricity distributors 鈥� Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited and Dhaka Electricity Supply Company Limited.
The 90th birthday of Dhaka University professor emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury, one of the country鈥檚 most prominent public intellectuals, is observed today...
The International School Dhaka has hosted the five-day summer training camp of the Bar莽a Academy commenced on Sunday...
A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch arrested former independent lawmaker for Munshiganj-3 Mohamamd Faisal Biplob in the capital鈥檚 Manipuripara area on Sunday night.
The Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange plunged on Sunday due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities...
Bangladesh has begun a fresh move to evacuate its citizens from Tehran with the assistance of the countries bordering Iran amid Israeli bombing campaign, now joined by the United States launching attacks on nuclear facilities in the Middle Eastern country.
A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Detective Branch detained Bangladesh鈥檚 former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda from the capital鈥檚 Uttara area on Sunday evening....
The police sprayed water and hurled sound grenades to disperse a section of protesters of about 20,000 unsuccessful candidates of the latest non-government teacher鈥檚 registration examinations in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka Sunday morning...
Politicians and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka said that the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus should hold a free, fair and credible general election in the country after carrying out required reforms.
Bangladesh and Nepal have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cross-border tourism and enhancing people-to-people connectivity....
Dhaka Medical College on Saturday suspended all academic activities for an indefinite period amid ongoing student protests to press home their five demands.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has slapped a ban on all kinds of gatherings, including meeting, rally, procession and demonstration, in and around the offices of National Board of Revenue and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority...
The authorities of United International University withdrew the expulsion notice it had earlier issued to its 26 students allegedly for participating in the July uprising past year.
Renowned photographer Chanchal Mahmood died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday.
Local Government, Rural Development and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, said on Thursday that a decision would soon be made about the Dhaka South City Corporation as the protest halting its services entered its 36th day...
The Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances president Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury on Thursday said that a group of individuals in the Armed Forces were involved in enforced disappearance, but not the three military services as institutions.
Three members of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch, including Lalbagh Zone assistant commissioner Junayed Hasan Shoeb, assistant sub-inspector Atik Hasan, and聽 constable Sujan, were injured as drug peddlers opened fire...
Residents of several wards of the Dhaka South City Corporation continue to suffer as the Hazaribagh canal that flows through the area remains choked with waste, spreading a foul smell...
The Dhaka University authorities have adopted a series of strict security measures to address the prevailing concerns over campus safety and prepare for potential challenges ahead of the forthcoming Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections...