Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Dr Abul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday unequivocally told Yunnan Province leaders that if his party came to power, it would prioritise deepening strategic and diplomatic relations with China to ensure a balance of geopolitical power...
Eight people, including four children, sustained severe burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas pipeline leak at a tin-shed house in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj early Monday.
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is going to introduce a project named 鈥楨mployment Injury Scheme鈥� in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to provide aid to the garment sector workers of Export Processing Zones, said a press release...
Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be 鈥榤ore aggressive鈥� in slashing government spending...
At least 11 people, all members of the same family, including four children, sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion while making rice cakes at their house at Ashulia on Friday night.
THE misuse of three special energy funds 鈥� set up with money set aside from gas and electricity sales every month to reduce power and energy sector expenses by investing in least cost power production, natural gas exploration and production and energy efficiency 鈥� tells how the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising in August 2024, breached laws...
The duration of existing four-year honours courses under the National University would be reduced to three years and there would be one year for diploma courses on technical subjects, special assistant to the interim government Md Aminul Islam said on Sunday...
The government employees belonging to the grade 11 to grade 20 at a grand rally on Friday gave an ultimatum saying that they would begin a work abstention on March 1 across the country if their demands, including...
Three members of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Ashulia, outskirts of Dhaka Thursday afternoon...
Daffodil Nursing College has recently held the graduation and oath taking ceremony of the students of bachelor of science in nursing and diploma in science and midwifery for the academic year 2023-2024 at Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia in Dhaka...
Imagine graduating from university only to realise your degree has left you unprepared for the job market. You spent years studying outdated courses, using inadequate facilities, and being taught by underqualified faculty. Now, you are one of the 800,000 unemployed university graduates in Bangladesh, struggling to find work. This is not a rare story 鈥� it is the reality for far too many young Bangladeshis...
THE installation of electric poles and searchlights by India鈥檚 Border Security Force within 50 yards of the zero line in the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat appears to be an insidious effort as the Joint India-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities of the Two Countries, or Border Guidelines, signed in 1975, does not allow the construction of structures within...
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 business partner, Gentry Beach, has expressed interest in investing in mineral and gas exploration in Bangladesh...
The country鈥檚 service sector-based units grew more than manufacturing units over the past one decade that was also marked by a decrease in female employment...
Dhaka on Tuesday conferred this year鈥檚 鈥楤angladesh Medal for Diplomatic Excellence鈥� on Saudi Arabia ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan for his profound and enduring contributions toward elevating Bangladesh-Saudi Arabia bilateral relationship to unprecedented heights...
BRAC Bank has partnered with Bastob to provide the latter with exclusive employee banking, or EB, services, said a press release...
A LACK of initiatives to arrest student suicide is deplorable. When a few hundred students commit suicides and many more attempt it every year, it is worrying that authorities and educational institutions fail to take programmes that could contain such incidents. A report by the Aachol Foundation says that at least 310 students committed suicide...
BRAC Bank recently partnered with Intercloud Limited to provide exclusive employee banking services, according to a press release...
A 30-member central committee of Sonali Bank Employees Association has been formed with Md Zakir Hossain as president and Md Mahbub Hossain as general secretary...
Dearness allowance for government employees would be announced before June 30, senior secretary of the ministry of public administration Md Mokhlesur Rahman said...
BANGLADESH is facing a serious unemployment problem, with the number of unemployed individuals rising to 2.66 million in 2024, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Youth unemployment has reached 7.2 per cent, while a mismatch between education and job market demands has left many university graduates without..
AN INCREASE in the number of unemployed people in the July-September quarter in 2024 compared with the figure of the corresponding period of 2023 is alarming. The Bureau of Statistics, which has for the first time applied the definition set at the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians 鈥� which considers people unemployed if they do not work...
The number of unemployment population increased to 2.6 million in the July-September quarter of 2024 compared with that of 2.4 million in the same period of 2023.
Diploma Instant Full Cream Milk Powder earned recognition as the top brand in the 鈥楩ull Cream Milk Powder鈥� category at the Best Brand Award 2024...
Ten people were killed and 30 were injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans鈥� famed Canal and Bourbon Street in the first hours of New Year鈥檚 Day, according to NOLA Ready, the city鈥檚 emergency preparedness agency.
United News of Bangladesh鈥檚 special correspondent AKM Moinuddin and Amader Shomoy鈥檚 diplomatic correspondent Md Arifuzzaman Mamun were elected president and general secretary respectively of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh for the year 2025 on Tuesday.
BANGLADESH, as a developing nation, faces significant economic challenges rooted in both domestic and international crises. Domestically, political uncertainty, mismanagement, weak governance, and systemic inefficiencies have created a landscape where the rights of the general population are continually eroded. Over time, these issues have become...
THE recent visit of India鈥檚 foreign secretary to Dhaka came at a time charged with transformative potential and stakes that are unrivalled. To Bangladesh, the July uprising is more than just a tectonic shift; it鈥檚 a declaration of people鈥檚 will against tyranny, it is a beacon for nations under oppression, and it is a call for unification. For India, it is a moment of...
A bus driver and a passenger were killed and two others burnt as the gas cylinder in a bus blasted at a refueling station in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on early Wednesday...
