Police use water cannons, fire sound grenades to disperse protesters
Police sprayed water through cannons and fired sound grenades to disperse protesters in front of National Press Club in the Dhaka city on Sunday morning...
Police sprayed water through cannons and fired sound grenades to disperse protesters in front of National Press Club in the Dhaka city on 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 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’ Union elections...
Discussants at a seminar in Dhaka on Wednesday said that the services and scientific solutions of the Atomic Energy Centre in Dhaka were playing an important role in national development, which created a bridge between society and science...
After witnessing a downward trend in the last session, stocks on Wednesday rebounded in the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors remained active on sector-wise issues...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday emphasised the imperative of safeguarding natural ecosystems during the execution of development projects, says a press release.
THE prolonged delay in resolving the crisis that has gripped the Dhaka South City Corporation and disrupted public services is unacceptable. While the government is largely responsible for the crisis with its differentiated response to court verdicts, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain, declared the DSCC mayor by a controversial Election Commission tribunal...
RESEARCH allocation in the budget of the University of Dhaka has always been a poor show of the authorities as it has happened, too, in the budget for the 2025–2026 financial year. The university’s syndicate on June 16 approved the 2026 budget with Tk 215.7 million set aside for research, which accounts for 2.08 per cent of the total outlay of about Tk 10.35 billion. The...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chair Khaleda Zia was taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital city on Wednesday evening for a health check-up...
Gaan Bangla Television chairman Kaushik Hossain Taposh was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Wednesday evening, just a day after the High Court granted him interim bail in a case linked to the July 2024 mass uprising...
In recognition of outstanding contribution to wildlife conservation and research, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change officially nominated two individuals and two organisations in four categories for the National Wildlife Conservation Award 2025, said a press release...
Pakistan has named Imran Haider as its new high commissioner to Bangladesh, indicating that Syed Ahmed Maroof is not returning to Dhaka.
Dhaka University approved a budget of Tk 1,035.45 crore for the 2025–26 financial year, with only Tk 21.57 crore or 2.08 per cent of the total allocated for research.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Tuesday warned of taking the protest to the streets if the interim government did not administer his swearing-in as Dhaka South City Corporation mayor soon...
The 46th National Science and Technology Week, themed ‘We will win in knowledge, we will be the best in the world,’ will begin at the Science Complex Building in Dhaka’s Agargaon on Wednesday...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has emphasized signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to expand bilateral trade and investment...
Former Awami League lawmaker for Kusthia-1 constituency AKM Sarwar Jahan was arrested at Basila in Mohammadpur in Dhaka city on Tuesday afternoon...
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday ordered to attach 200 acres of land owned by S Alam Group owner Mohammad Saiful Alam and people related to him over graft allegations.
Dhaka University authorities on Monday appointed the chief returning officer and nine returning officers for holding the next Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election...
With a banner carrying words ‘honourable mayor’ on it, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Monday held a meeting with the Dhaka South City Corporation’s waste management staff at the DSCC headquarters Nagar Bhaban...
The body of a 27-year-old housewife was recovered from a rented apartment in Dhaka’s Uttar Badda area Sunday night...