THE initiative of the Dhaka North City Corporation to rent out road spaces where footpaths exist in areas such as Gulshan, Banani, Agargaon and Uttara can at best be construed as a means of earning some money. But as this could, as urban planners say, intensify traffic congestion in areas already grappling with the problem and obstruct pedestrians, this could prove to be...
THIS is deplorable that the authorities have failed to relocate chemical warehouses from residential neighbourhoods in Dhaka even 10 years after the project was initiated. Despite repeated disasters at Nimtali, Chawkbazar and, most recently, Rupnagar, the relocation of chemical warehouses remains mired in a cycle of missed deadlines and unfulfilled pledges. The failure has...
The number of voters in the country is currently 127,612,384. Of them, 64,760,382 are male voters, 62,850,772 are female and 1,230 are transgender voters.
The dengue crisis in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate as five more patients died and 1,162 were admitted to hospitals across the country in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning...
Shafiqur Rahman has been re-elected the amir of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for the next three years.
Bangladesh Bank has proposed a significant elevation in the rank of its governor, seeking to grant the position the full status and privileges of a cabinet minister...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas for November...
Bangladesh interim government religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain on Sunday said that Islamic preacher Zakir Naik can visit Bangladesh only with approval from the home and foreign ministries.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday charged detained Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal鈥揓asod president Hasanul Haq Inu, absconding Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three other absconding Kushtia AL leaders...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday announced a 10-day programme to observe with due respect 鈥楴ational Revolution and Solidarity Day鈥�, marking the 鈥榗ivil-military uprising鈥� on November 7, 1975...
Three people, suspected to be cattle lifters, were beaten to death by local people in Nasirabad area on early Sunday...
City dwellers suffered for at least three and a half hours until 6:00pm on Sunday as different groups staged separate street protests and a road blockade in front of the Jatiya Press Club and its adjoining areas in the capital, mainly to press...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain has reaffirmed Bangladesh鈥檚 solidarity with Qatar against any threat to its security and sovereignty...
A youth was shot dead and three others were injured in a firing incident allegedly over establishing supremacy in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Saturday night...
The Airport Armed Police Battalion detained a passenger along with 6,378 Yaba pills concealed inside his stomach at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday night...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 13th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 97 at about 9:30am on Sunday morning...
Fisheries and livestock affairs adviser Farida Akhter has said that the government is committed to keeping electricity prices stable for citizens, even if it requires providing subsidies.
A construction worker tragically died Friday night after a fall from the eighth floor of a residential building under construction at Jahangirnagar University in Savar, authorities said.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced on Saturday a 14-member partial committee for its Rajshahi metropolitan unit with Mamunur Rashid Mamun and Mahfuzur Rahman Riton as the president and general secretary respectively.
Indian Sikh pilgrims have been issued visas for neighbouring Pakistan, the first major allowance after travel between the arch-rival nations was frozen during conflict in May.
A Border Guard Bangladesh member died on Friday, 23 days after he was injured in a landmine explosion while on duty along the border with Myanmar in Bandarban.
The police on Saturday evening intercepted the Bangladesh Civil Service aspirants鈥� march towards the chief adviser鈥檚 residence Jamuna demanding that Professor Muhammad Yunus sign the 鈥楴on-Cadre Appointment (Special) (Amendment) Rules, 2025鈥� immediately.
A discussion titled Evidence-based Precision Oncology: Integration of Education, Research and Clinical Practice was held at the department of clinical oncology of Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka on Saturday.
Bangladesh Medical University held a commemorative meeting on Professor Dr Mobin Khan, former treasurer of the BMU and founding chairperson of the department of haepatology, marking his first anniversary of death, at the Lecture Hall of BMU鈥檚 Super Specialised Hospital...
The Dhaka North City Corporation has begun renting out roads adjacent to footpaths in several busy areas, including Gulshan, Banani, Agargaon and Uttara.
The assistant teachers of government primary schools on Saturday threatened to resume their movement if their demands for pay rise and promotion were not met by November 15.
UCSI University Bangladesh branch, located at Banani in Dhaka, has announced the launch of its Tk 3 Crore mega scholarship programme for students who have successfully qualified in the higher secondary certificate examination.
Israel said on Saturday that three bodies it received from Gaza the night before were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory, as a Hamas security source reported fresh strikes in the south.
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration on Friday banned reporters from accessing a core part of the White House press office without an appointment, citing the need to protect 鈥榮ensitive material.鈥�
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday directed the chiefs of the three armed forces to take all necessary measures to ensure foolproof security for the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangshad elections to be held in the first half of February 2026.
