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...
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer HUAIHAI Global, in collaboration with NAMSS Motors Limited, has launched electric scooters called 鈥楽PARKY鈥� and 鈥楨-THUNDER鈥� on the Bangladeshi market, said a press release...
Digital entertainment platform Toffee will premiere Bangla-dubbed version of Korean drama 鈥楧escendants of the Sun鈥� tomorrow, said a press release...
Mohammedan Sporting Club鈥檚 veteran all-rounder Mahmudullah lost his temper after his team鈥檚 defeat to Abahani Limited in the title decider match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
The compulsory written examinations for the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) have been postponed amid hunger strikes and intense protests by students demanding reforms to the Public Service Commission (PSC).
More than five years after the election, the Election Commission has officially declared Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain as the new mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, following a court verdict...
The government has decided to establish two separate Public Service Commissions, following discussions on delays and irregularities, according to Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyian, adviser to local government, rural development and co-operatives and youth and sports ministries...
THE term 鈥榦pposition to inequality鈥� has re-emerged with striking political significance in the wake of the August student-popular uprising led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. But this resurgence raises a pressing question: Is opposition to inequality merely a slogan to mobilise mass sentiment, or does it hold practical significance in dismantling the...
A group of students and government job seekers on Sunday blocked the Shahbagh intersection for around two hours demanding reforms to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.
Fire blazed on Sunday, more than 24 hours after a massive explosion tore through Iran鈥檚 largest commercial port, killing at least 28 people and leaving more than 1,000 others injured, according to the Red Crescent.
A Secondary School Certificate examinee was killed after a truck hit him in the Uttara area in the capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon...
A Secondary School Certificate examinee died on Friday, eight days after he was beaten on April 18 by his classmates allegedly for not allowing them to see his answer sheet at an exam centre in Sirajganj...
A section of students of Bangladesh Agricultural University blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail line for about an hour Saturday night, expressing solidarity with some protesting students of Dhaka University...
The newly appointed education chief of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Norihide Furukawa, paid a courtesy call on University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz at the UGC in Dhaka on Thursday...
President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday during a visit to Madagascar he wanted to work toward 鈥榝orgiveness鈥� for France鈥檚 colonisation of the Indian Ocean island, including with the return of cultural artifacts.
A special team of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday detained Kutubuddin Sohel, secretary of the ward 4 under the zone 2 in the Dhaka South City Corporation, while he was allegedly receiving bribe...
Speakers at an energy fest in the capital Dhaka called on the interim government to ensure energy justice by ending discrimination embedded in the current power and energy system...
The Engineering University School and College held a three-day 13th Inter-School and College Science and Technology Fair-2025 concluded on its campus in Dhaka on Wednesday...
The Election Commission has written to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs seeking the latter鈥檚 opinion on publishing a gazette notification declaring Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraq Hossain the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation.
Asian crime networks running multi-billion-dollar cyber scam centres are expanding their operations across the world as they seek new victims and new ways to launder money, the UN said on Monday...
Mutual Trust Bank PLC has recently crossed a milestone by accumulating over Tk 100 crore in fixed deposit and deposit pension scheme accounts through its digital banking platform MTB Neo, said a press release...
A US Supreme Court judge criticised a dramatic night-time intervention by the court on Saturday to block President Donald Trump鈥檚 use of an obscure law to deport Venezuelan migrants without due process...
The staff of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has not received salaries and other payments after February this year, apparently owing to some disagreement between the science and technology ministry and the commission over the method of fund disbursement...
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday allowed banks to make payments against discrepant import bills if the importer accepts the discrepancies on reasonable grounds...
THE recommendations that the women鈥檚 affairs reforms commission, set up on November 18, 2024, put forth on April 19 for the government to effect appear assuring in that they are mostly meant to do away with the discrimination that exists in society against women. The commission has made 15 specific recommendations, which include the provision for equal rights...
The Dhaka South City Corporation on Saturday conducted a special cleaning operation on the highway from Jatrabari to Signboard, and from Jatrabari to Staff Quarter via Kazla in the capital...
Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka demanded formation of a welfare state after the student-led mass uprising on August 5 after fall of the fascist Awami League government...
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said he maintains the full backing of the club鈥檚 owners despite growing disquiet among the Blues鈥� fanbase.
A 12-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly strangled to death after breaking her hands and legs, and stuffing sand into her mouth in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Wednesday...
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising 鈥榟ints鈥� of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism.