Bangladesh women鈥檚 football team reached Bhutan on Monday with an aim of winning the two-match FIFA international series against the hosts scheduled to the played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on July 24 and 27 respectively...
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati in a statement on Wednesday called on the Awami League government to ensure safety and security of the garment workers as apparel factories were open countrywide...
THE death of three students in road accidents on an average every day, which has happened for five years and a half, as a Road Safety Foundation report published on July 13 says, is as concerning as any other such death. The report says that at least 5,619 students died in traffic accidents in January 2019鈥揓une 2024, noting that 611 students...
Road accidents killed three students on average per day in the country in the past five years and a half, revealed a Road Safety Foundation report published on Saturday...
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans, saying she was especially concerned about the 鈥榙ark future鈥� awaiting women and...
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans and said she was especially concerned about the 鈥榙ark future鈥� awaiting women and girls sent back....
A workshop on food safety was held at the auditorium of the Old Shilpakala Academy in Bogura on Wednesday, said a press release...
The Ministry of Social Welfare is considering allowing mobile financial service provider Upay to disburse social safety allowances 鈥榙espite the company鈥檚 limited agent network across the country鈥�.....
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks remain available in the market in the absence of any measures to withdraw them, while the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority stated that it...
The four-day first solo painting exhibition of artist Yasmin Luthfun-Nahar Haque is underway at Safiuddin Shilpalay of Dhanmondi in the capital...
AN INCREASE in workplace death by 22 per cent in the first half of 2024 from the 2023 corresponding period points to a continued criminal negligence on part of the authorities in ensuring workplace safety and labour rights. A Safety and Rights Society report, made public on July 1, says that at least 475 workers died and many became injured...
At least 475 workers were killed in 420 workplace accidents across Bangladesh in the first half (January-June) of 2024, according to a Safety and Rights Society survey report...
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority signed a contract with member of parliament for Dhaka-10 constituency actor Ferdous Ahmed for the fiscal year 2024-25...
THE Road Transport Authority reports that 215 people died and 278 became wounded in 216 accidents around Eid time. The chair of the BRTA has urged the public to adhere to traffic laws and criticised civic groups for their recent reports on road accidents...
A Road Safety Foundation report, published on Monday, showed that daily 20.15 people were killed in road crashes between June 11 and 23 while the country people celebrated Eid-ul-Azha...
POOR allocation for sectors such as social safety, education, health and agriculture as proposed in the budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year is concerning. The proposed budget would hit the disadvantaged hardest. Economists at a discussion that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs organised...
Defending champions Bangladesh have been placed in Group A alongside five-time champions India and Pakistan for the seventh edition of the SAFF Women鈥檚 Championship to be held in...
Nepal has been named as the hosts for the 7th SAFF Women鈥檚 Championship 2024 ahead of Bangladesh and Bhutan during a SAFF committee meeting held at its...
The country鈥檚 apex trade body Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Sunday urged businesses to prevent and regulate the supply of substandard fire safety equipment on the market聽to ensure safety of residential, commercial and industrial establishments...
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said that formalin was a very volatile substance, due to which formalin had no role in preserving and ripening fruits.聽..
The government is unlikely to separate the allocations for pension from the social safety net programme in the new national budget which, according to economists, is done intentionally to show the overall programme fat...
The results dissemination and policy co-creation workshop on 鈥楨nhancing Food Safety in Fish and Chicken Value Chains of Bangladesh鈥� was held on Monday at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council in Dhaka...
South Korea and Britain kick off a major international summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul this week, where governments plan to press tech firms on AI safety...
Chattogram City Corporation and Chattogram Metropolitan Police have joined hands to ensure the road safety of Chattogram city.....
THE inaction on part of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokkho and the Dhaka South City Corporation in addressing the concerns of the shareholders of the Aminbagh Cooperative Market Society Limited yet again demonstrates the negligent attitude towards building and fire safety...
TRAFFIC rules, especially the directives that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police issued on September 4, 2018 in the wake of the road safety movement that the students held in July that year, are frequently flouted, adding to the risk of road accidents. The offenders include...
International Workers鈥� Day, widely known as May Day, was observed across Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world on Wednesday, pressing workers鈥� demands, including announcement of minimum wages for workers in all sectors, workplace safety, and six-month maternity leave for women...
The 2nd Road Safety Journalism Workshop was held in Chattogram on Tuesday focusing on 鈥楽peeding as a Risk Factor, Data and Solutions Journalism鈥�....
Humza Yousaf announced his resignation as Scotland鈥檚 first minister on Monday, before he was due to face two confidence votes this week sparked by his...
The 2nd edition of the Road Safety Journalism Workshop was held in the conference room of the Dhaka North City Corporation on Sunday...