The first-year students of Presidency University鈥檚 Computer Science and Engineering Department have captured attention with their ingenuity, dedication, and technical prowess...
The country鈥檚 revenue collection witnessed an increase of 24.32 per cent to Tk 27,247 crore in July, the first month of the financial year 2025-26, according to the National Board of Revenue data...
Prime Bank PLC has recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with BANGLAMARK MotorTech, said a press release...
A man was killed while helping fight wildfires that have been scorching Portugal, the country鈥檚 civil protection service said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the fires to three...
BENEATH Bangladesh鈥檚 paddy fields, village homesteads and fish ponds, a quiet digital revolution is reshaping rural life. Real-time agricultural technology is providing timely insights into crop health, soil fertility and localised weather patterns. In a country where nearly half the workforce still depends on agriculture, these tools are changing the way farmers grow food and sustain their livelihoods...
THE year 2024 marked one of the most dramatic political shifts in Bangladesh鈥檚 recent history. The fall of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 long-serving government, after more than a decade in power, was greeted with optimism among citizens, civil society, and particularly journalists who had long struggled under restrictive media laws. The Digital Security Act (2018), later repackaged...
The Election Commission has kept the provision of the submission of either valid or expired Bangladeshi passports, or foreign passports, as part of the required documents for the voter registration of Bangladeshi expatriates.
Some of the students of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, who began hunger strike three days ago, demanding a clear roadmap for the central student union election, continued their fast unto death protest on Tuesday...
The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Tuesday warned that no election could be held without implementing the promised reforms, visible trial of the July mass killings, legal recognition of the July Charter and the introduction of a proportional representation system in the general election...
A total of 41,627 candidates on Tuesday received recommendations for entry-level vacancies in teaching positions under the non-government secondary-level educational institutions under the monthly pay order system...
The European Union has announced an assistance package of more than four million euros to help Bangladesh Election Commission organise the Jatiya Sangsad elections in accordance with international standards...
Bangladesh cemented its position as the European Union鈥檚 second-largest apparel supplier in the first half of 2025 with exports up 17.9 per cent to 10.29 billion euros, but its growth was eclipsed by China鈥檚 22.3 per cent rise and Cambodia鈥檚 30.4 per cent surge, signalling severer competition in the EU market...
Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking 鈥榓nti-competitive鈥� deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms...
Referring to the government鈥檚 firm stance on elections, law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday said that the government, in line with the chief adviser鈥檚 announcement, was firmly committed to holding the national election next February.
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday asked the force鈥檚 members to play a positive role during the general elections in February next year, saying that they did not have any preference for any party.
Conglomerate Sheltech on Saturday signed an agreement to become a sponsor of Scholastica Club Limited, said a press release...
The nomination paper collection for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections witnessed a festive mood on the last day on Tuesday as hundreds of students crowded in the senate building area to secure forms.
THE government鈥檚 going ahead with a new law on road safety whilst the Road Transport Act 2018 is in force has created the scope for doubt, especially regarding its enforcement. The Road Transport Act 2018, made on September 19 that year, after a countrywide road safety movement in July 2018 was set into force on November 1, 2019. But the road transport minister...
Bangladesh鈥檚 new rooftop solar programme to increase the generation to about 3,000 megawatts from current 245MW is challenging for factors like limited capacity and maintenance issues, said the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, a US-based organisation, on Monday...
Nuclear scientist Md Mazibur Rahman was given current charge as chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Monday...
Four students of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur reportedly fell ill on Monday as they began indefinite hunger strike on Sunday, demanding a clear roadmap for the Central Students鈥� Union election at the institution...
The Election Commission reinstated 85 upazila/thana election officers who were dismissed in 2007...
A total of 565 nomination forms were sold till Monday against 28 posts in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections scheduled to be held on September 9...
The Election Commission is set to begin hearings on objections and recommendations regarding the draft boundaries of parliamentary constituencies on August 24 as part of the preparations for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections...
Pathao has introduced Pathao Connect that brings offline rides under protection of Pathao鈥檚 trusted system, said a press release...
Mutual Trust Bank PLC has been named Bangladesh鈥檚 鈥楤est Bank for Diversity and Inclusion鈥� by Euromoney for the fourth consecutive year, said a press release...
WHILE food inflation has put a large number of poor, low- and fixed-income people into difficulty, the persistent increase in rice prices appears to be pushing many into food insecurity. The increase in rice prices, moreover, remains the major contributor to food inflation. Fine rice inflation has stayed in double digits over the past twelve months, while the medium and coarse...
US president Donald Trump聽said Monday he would lead a 鈥榤ovement鈥� against mail-in balloting as he sought to eliminate a voting method used by nearly a third of the country ahead of next year鈥檚 midterm elections...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade...
The senior secretary of the Election Commission, Akhtar Ahmed, on Monday said the EC will announce the action plan or roadmap of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election within this week.
