Social safety net programmes are considered an effective mechanism to bridge the income gap and build an inclusive society, but successive governments have given little policy attention to the issue. A recent International Labour Organisation report shows that 91.3 per cent of people in Bangladesh lack any form of social protection...
Malaysia Airlines said on Friday it had found a 鈥榩otential issue鈥� with the engine of an Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet but added that it had been resolved...
Md Safiqul Rahman has been appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Professor Ayub Nabi Khan, pro-vice-chancellor of the BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, has been elected as a member of the Bangladesh Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows , said a press release on Monday...
Bangladesh will begin their title defence of the SAFF Women鈥檚 Championship against Pakistan on October 20, as the seventh edition of the tournament is scheduled to be held in Nepal from...
The students of Jahangirnagar University on Wednesday staged a demonstration protesting against the sexual harassment of women students on the campus.
Forward Mirajul Islam delivered a stellar performance, scoring twice and assisting another, as Bangladesh lifted their maiden SAFF Under-20 Championship title with a commanding 4-1 win over hosts Nepal in the final at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur on Wednesday...
Three-time runners-up Bangladesh will be looking to clinch their maiden SAFF Under-20 Championship title when they take on hosts Nepal in the final of the six-nation tournament at the...
Substitute goalkeeper Mohammad Asif was the toast of his team-mates by saving two crucial penalties in tie-breaker as Bangladesh reached the final of the SAFF Under-20 Championship with...
Bangladesh will take on defending champions India in the second semi-final of the SAFF Under-20 Championship at the ANFA Complex in Nepal today.
Bangladesh finished runners-up in Group A of the SAFF Under-20 Championship when they lost to hosts Nepal 2-1 in their second and final group game at the...
Bangladesh stormed into the semi-finals of the SAFF U-20 Championship after a 2-0 win over Sri Lanka in their first Group A match at the ANFA Complex in...
Bangladesh will be looking to make a winning start when they take on Sri Lanka in their opening match of Group A of the SAFF Under-20 Championship 2024 at the...
Bangladesh Under-20 football team will leave for Nepal on Friday to compete in the six-nation SAFF Under-20 Championship to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from August 18 to 28....
According to a research of Road Safety Foundation, a total of 5,916 students were killed in different road accidents across the country in the last five and a half years.
Acting vice-chancellor of the BRAC University Professor Syed Mahfuzul Aziz on Thursday urged students and people of the country to ensure the safety of all, including the minority communities...
One of founding members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was shot dead in Valencia Town of Lahore as he came out of a mosque after offering Friday prayers.
JULY 29 marked the sixth anniversary of the death of two college students in a road accident in Dhaka that sparked a mass student uprising for road safety. But the promises that the government made remained unmet and road fatalities saw a radical increase. In 2018鈥�2023, as police records show, 22,052 people died and 20,642 became injured...
Six years have passed since student protests for road safety gripped the nation in 2018 that led the government to make many promises and take several initiatives, but fatal...
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...
