THE worsening traffic congestion in Dhaka owes much to the unchecked, illegal parking of vehicles which becomes acute in crowded neighbourhoods. Roads across the capital are routinely narrowed by vehicles that occupy lanes and crossings while authorities fail to provide for a sustainable solution. The photograph of human haulers haphazardly parked along the...
The government on Tuesday relieved Barishal University鈥檚 vice-chancellor Professor Shuchita Sharmin, pro-vice-chancellor Professor Golam Rabbani and treasurer Professor Mamunur Rashid from their duties amid student protests demanding their removal...
Some banks may face delisting from Bangladesh鈥檚 stock exchanges under the Bank Resolution Ordinance 2025, which empowers Bangladesh Bank with sweeping authority to restructure or dissolve financially distressed scheduled banks...
Bangladesh is likely to receive $1.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by June, as the Bangladesh Bank has agreed to make the exchange rate more flexible 鈥� a key condition of the IMF鈥檚 $4.7 billion loan programme...
The SME Foundation has proposed unified 10 per cent VAT for SME sector industries and 1.0 per cent surcharge on profit gain in the upcoming national budget of FY26...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority on Tuesday signed a lease agreement with Chinese company M/s Qingdao Dongfang Packaging Technology Limited, according to a press release...
The EU handed over hundreds of millions of euros to companies belonging to the world鈥檚 richest man, Elon Musk, a key ally of US president Donald Trump and frequent critic of the bloc, a document seen by AFP showed Tuesday...
Now Bangladesh has 243 United States Green Building Council鈥檚 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified readymade garment factories as three more units achieved status of green factories, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
Japan鈥檚 Honda Motor on Tuesday forecast a 70 per cent drop in net profit for the 2025-26 financial year as US trade tariffs weigh on the global auto industry...
Britain鈥檚 unemployment rate has reached the highest level since August 2021, official data showed Tuesday, with businesses facing a UK tax hike and US tariffs...
National identity card services, which remained suspended in the country for most of Tuesday due to a technical glitch, were restored in the evening.
Jamuna Bank PLC has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Bank to provide training to emerging entrepreneurs under Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme for the 2025-2027 period, said a press release...
PRAN-RFL has launched its first-ever campus ambassador programme named 鈥楴extGen鈥� for university students, said a press release...
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday promised billions of dollars in deals with the United States from defence to artificial intelligence as it threw a lavish welcome for president Donald Trump on the first state visit of his second term.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday launched an inquiry into allegations of irregularities of Tk聽343 crore and evading income tax of Tk聽102 crore at the Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology...
Twenty-one people have died in India and 10 are in hospital after drinking moonshine, authorities said on Tuesday, updating the toll.
India on Tuesday expressed concerns over the ban imposed by the interim government on the activities of Bangladesh Awami League.
The Cannes film festival kicks off Tuesday on the French Riviera, with organisers facing pressure to take a stance on Israel鈥檚 siege of Gaza after a letter from hundreds of top cinema figures denouncing 鈥榞enocide鈥� in the Palestinian territory.
Kagiso Rabada will lead a South African pace bowling attack weakened by injury in the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord's in London from June 11 to 15.
The International Monetary Fund will give decision on providing the next two tranches of its US$4.7 billion loan package for Bangladesh amounting to $1.3 billion on Wednesday.
Pakistan appointed New Zealander Mike Hesson as coach of their white-ball team on Tuesday, their ninth in the last two years.
Carlo Ancelotti said on Tuesday he 鈥榟as no problem鈥� with Real Madrid ahead of his departure from the club at the end of the season to take over the Brazil national team.
The interim government has split the National Board of Revenue into two new divisions under the finance ministry with the aim of improving efficiency of revenue administration, reducing conflict of interests and widening the country鈥檚...
India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will take the reins of the Brazil national team on May 26, aiming to lead the team to World Cup glory next year for the first time since 2002. Previous coach Dorival Junior was sacked in March after a 4-1 thumping by rivals Argentina in qualifying. Here, AFP Sport considers three reasons he could prove successful with the record five-time world champions:
Chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Muhammad Tajul Islam on Tuesday said mass murder had taken place, not genocide, during the July uprising, calling for not spreading confusions over this.
The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh in the case of 2001 Ramna Batamul blast that killed 10 people during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in Dhaka.
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday placed popular folk singer and former Awami League lawmaker for Manikganj-2 Momtaz Begum on four-day remand in police custody 聽over the allegations of killing Md Sagar in the capital鈥檚...
The High Court on Tuesday granted permission to acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman鈥檚 wife Zubaida Rahman to appeal against her Tree-year jail sentence handed to her in her absence on charge of...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday urged the National Consensus Commission to advance only crucial reforms needed for credible elections so that the next parliament could fulfill the aspirations underlying the July 2024 uprising...