International Labour Organisation country director for Bangladesh, Tuomo Poutiainen, called for inclusive and sustained labour reforms, with particular focus on employment generation, stronger institutions and protections for marginalised communities and undervalued sectors...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli attacks on Monday killed at least 52 people, as the military pressed a newly intensified campaign in the war-ravaged territory...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority and the International Labour Organisation have signed a letter of intent to implement a two-year plan aimed at aligning labour laws in Export Processing Zones with national legislation, ensuring equal labour rights across all industries...
BANGLADESH is a country with a very high youth demographic, which holds the potential to become a powerful driver of national progress, provided they are effectively nurtured and integrated into development processes. However, despite this promise, a large segment of educated young individuals remains unemployed or underemployed. The government has...
A member of the Border Guard Bangladesh was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his rented house in the Burigoalini area of Shyamnagar, near the Nildumur BGB camp, in Satkhira on Wednesday...
A seminar titled 鈥楶rogress in earth surface monitoring utilising remote sensing techniques: Bangladesh perspective鈥� was held at the Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation on Monday...
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday said in Dhaka that Chinese modernisation could offer some reference for Bangladesh at this crucial crossroads of transformation...
Juicy and delicious fruit mango of Satkhira has started appearing in the local markets on Monday...
The interim government has announced plans to establish a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in the country, aligning with the growing global trend of trade liberalisation and investment facilitation...
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited and Danish company Sternula to make shipping safe and digital by installing satellite-based Automatic Identification System in the Bangladesh maritime sector...
THE current state of immunisation in Bangladesh, which, introduced in 1979, has failed to achieve a full coverage as yet, is worrying. The UN Children鈥檚 Fund, the World Health Organisation, and the vaccine alliance Gavi have said that about half a million children continue to miss out on full immunisation; about 400,000 of them are under-immunised. At the same time, 70,000...
At least five people were killed in road accidents in Dhaka, Bogura and Satkhira districts between Sunday night and Monday...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has given initial approval to Starlink to provide satellite internet services in Bangladesh...
THE politicisation of police and the exertion of political control over law enforcement undermine the integrity and impartiality of policing. When police forces become subject to political influence, their priorities may shift from enforcing the law equitably to serving the interests of particular political groups or individuals. This erosion of neutrality can lead to selective...
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three accused, including the main accused, of a sensational killing case of Kutupalong under Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, at Patabari area in the upazila early Saturday...
A minor girl drowned in a pond at Kheshra village under Tala in Satkhira...
Bangladesh ranks third in global inland open-water fish production and fifth in aquaculture production according to 2022 data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, said a press release.
The World Health Organisation chief acknowledged Tuesday that United States funding cuts had left the UN agency with a huge budget gap, forcing it to slash operations and lay off staff...
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday allowed authorised examination centres conducting international examinations such as O-Level, A-Level, TOEFL, and SAT in the country to collect fees in taka and remit the equivalent foreign currency...
A delegation, led by country director of the International Labour Organisation, Tuomo Poutiainen, met environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the secretariat in Dhaka on Monday...
The World Trade Organisation has observed that Trump鈥檚 tariff hike could open the door for Bangladesh to expand its exports to the United States...
Bangladesh has officially signed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Labour Centre Statute at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah which will contribute towards promoting labour rights and welfare in Bangladesh as a signatory country...
Imtiaz Ibne Sattar (Imtiaz) has recently been appointed as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Summit Corporation Ltd, subsidiary of Singapore incorporated Summit Power International Limited (SPI), the largest independent power producer (IPP) and a leading LNG infrastructure operator in Bangladesh...
The US had started globalisation and now it is relinquishing the system as Donald Trump has thrown away the market economy, said eminent Bangladeshi economist Rehman Sobhan...
The UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Health Organisation on Monday said that Bangladesh's progress in maternal health could be at risk due to announced and potential funding cuts by key development partners.
ADN Telecom Limited and Telesat have signed and jointly announced a multi-year partnership to deliver Telesat Lightspeed low earth orbit connectivity solutions across Bangladesh and South Asia, said a press release...
A man was stabbed to death in a clash between four brothers over fishing at Kalaroa in Satkhira on Saturday...
India鈥檚 parliament passed a bill on Thursday to reform hugely wealthy Muslim land-owning organisations, with the Hindu nationalist government saying it will boost accountability while the opposition called it an 鈥榓ttack鈥� on a minority...
A portion of the embankment in Anulia union under Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira, collapsed on the morning of March 31, causing approximately 150 feet of land to be washed away into the Khulpetua River...
Three people died and 18 others fell sick reportedly after taking toxic liquor on Eid day in Kadakati village under Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira on Wednesday...