Assistant teachers of government primary schools have called off their planned hunger strike after a meeting with officials from the primary and mass education ministry, where they discussed their three-point demand.
Chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that bullets recovered from the bodies of several victims of the July uprising were fired from military rifles.
Prime Bank PLC recently entered into a strategic partnership with Dusai Resort & Spa to provide exclusive benefits for its debit cardholders, said a press release.
Chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Tuesday argued that disciplinary actions taken by different universities against pro-Awami League teachers and Chhatra League activists for attacking student protesters proved deposed prime minister...
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Tuesday ordered the publication of a public notice in two national dailies, demanding that Awami League joint general secretary and former lawmaker Mahbubul Alam Hanif, along with three other party leaders, surrender by October 23.
Evidence from prosecution witnesses proved joint attacks carried out by the Awami League, its affiliates, and law enforcement agencies against civilians during the July 2024 mass uprising amounted to crimes against humanity.
The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France鈥檚 Philippe Aghion and Canada鈥檚 Peter Howitt for work on how technology drives and affects growth.
Month-long Entrepreneur Development Training Programme has been successfully concluded under the joint initiative of Bangladesh Bank and Prime Bank.
I SPOKE in September to a fish-drying micro-enterprise owner at Koyra in Khulna, whose traditional sun-drying business has become a daily struggle against unpredictable weather. When prolonged monsoons or unseasonal rains spoil his catch, he...
The Norwegian Nobel Institute will investigate whether leaks preceded Friday鈥檚 award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado because of suspicious betting...
Austria鈥檚 data protection authority has determined that Microsoft 鈥榠llegally鈥� tracked students using its education software and must grant them access to their data, a privacy campaign group said Friday.
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela鈥檚 opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, a 鈥榰nifying鈥� figure in what has become a 鈥榖rutal鈥� state,聽 the Nobel jury said.
Bangladesh Bank has so far purchased total 2.08 billion from the banks since July in a bid to prevent further depreciation of the US dollar against the taka...
Country鈥檚 both the bourses鈥擠haka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange 鈥� on Thursday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities...
Prime Bank PLC entered into a strategic partnership with Asianet Limited to provide exclusive travel and hospitality benefits for its valued customers...
The youth and sports and local government, rural development and cooperatives adviser, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, on Thursday testified that Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Detective Branch former chief Harun-ur-Rashid had threatened to...
The Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, considered by many as Hungary鈥檚 most important living author, whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy...
Japan鈥檚 Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar M Yaghi on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing so-called metal鈥搊rganic frameworks, the Nobel jury said.
Interim government鈥檚 cultural and information advisers on Tuesday said that the past year鈥檚 student-led mass uprising was against any forms of fascism...
The number of seats at the country鈥檚 public universities has decreased while that at the private universities has increased in recent years, according to a University Grants Commission of Bangladesh report.
The government has once again amended the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973, barring anyone charged with crimes against humanity for their alleged role in committing atrocities during the mass uprising of July and August 2024 from contesting elections or...
The police Monday night arrested five leaders of the Awami League, activities of which are now banned, and its associate bodies in connection with the murder of a student during the student-led July 2024 mass uprising at Dhamrai in Dhaka...
Chief adviser鈥檚 special envoy Lutfey Siddiqi has held several bilateral meetings with Singaporean ministers where he provided first-hand updates on developments in Bangladesh and pursued areas of collaboration with both the public and private sectors...
Prime Bank PLC on Tuesday launched Bangladesh鈥檚 first-ever SME debit card with international remittance facility, enabling small and medium enterprises to make seamless international online payments for business purposes...
Private-sector credit flow has fallen to a record low, signalling a deepening crisis in the economy. The latest Bangladesh Bank data show that credit growth declined to 6.35 per cent in August 2025, the lowest in more than 23 years. The previous month recorded 6.52 per cent while figures stood at 6.40 per cent in June, 7.17 per cent in May and 7.5 per cent in April...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has reduced the price of liquefied petroleum gas for consumers by Tk聽29 per 12-kg cylinder for October...
Local people, including the families of martyred during July uprising, on Monday besieged the office of Sherpur deputy commissioner, protesting bail granted to Awami League leader Chandan Kumar Pal in a murder case...
A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced a Myanmar citizen to life imprisonment for trading yaba pills under Bakalia police station...
Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh dropped to a record low of 6.35 per cent in August 2025, the lowest in more than 23 years, signaling deepening distress across the economy...
Gold prices in Bangladesh have reached a historic high, crossing the Tk 2 lakh mark per bhori (11.664 grams) for the first time, fuelled by a steady increase in prices throughout September and early October.
