Deposits at Shariah-based banks in Bangladesh dropped by Tk 11,781 crore, leading to a negative liquidity position of around Tk 2,000 crore in September, as public confidence plummeted following widespread loan scandals and irregularities...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 58 people, including S Alam鈥檚 family members, Islami Bank managing director Mohammad Monirul Moula and its former chairman Ahsanul Alam, on charges of Tk 1,092 crore embezzlement through loan forgery...
Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Wednesday demanded cancellation of a circular cancelling the timescale facility for 48,720 primary schools teachers...
A youth who was active in the anti-discrimination movement was stabbed to death by miscreants in the Anandabazar area under the Bandar police station in Chattogram city on Tuesday night...
Russia has detained a suspect in the killing of the head of the army鈥檚 chemical weapons division, investigators said Wednesday, a day after the general and his aide were killed by a blast in Moscow...
International School Dhaka observed the 54th Victory Day of Bangladesh on Monday with a heartfelt assembly by bringing together the whole school community to honour the country鈥檚 rich history and sacrifices of the martyrs.
I DO not know anyone who was not shocked by the lightning speed with which Damascus fell to expensively armed jihadist militias last weekend...
The online lottery for student admissions in classes I to IX in public and private schools across the country for the academic year 2025 will be held on Tuesday...
Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists and teenage gang members on Saturday evening allegedly attacked leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination in Kusthia that left at least four people injured...
AN IMPORTANT factor in the liberation war of 1971 was the sharp economic disparity between the then West Pakistan and East Pakistan. The proclamation of the liberation war, therefore, spoke about the desire to establish equality, human dignity and social justice. The country gained independence through the liberation war, but even after 53 years of...
Police arrested five leaders and activists of Awami League and its wing organisation from Mirpur in Dhaka Friday night in connection with the attack on the anti-discrimination student movement in the city鈥檚 Pallabi area...
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum and Forum for Culture and Human Development jointly organised a daylong training programme at Bhuiyan Para, Khilgaon in the capital on Saturday...
Commuters on Friday endured long hours of intense traffic congestion around Dhaka University area after the university authorities set up seven check points, without聽 any prior announcement, for what...
Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked the second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 258 at 10:58 am on Friday.
Sena Insurance PLC and BRAC signed an agreement on Thursday to jointly launch a fire insurance scheme...
AS BANGLADESH undergoes rapid urbanisation and faces challenges of a shifting global health landscape, the nation stands at a critical turning point. Public health and development, often addressed separately though, are inextricably linked and essential for building a sustainable future. With urban centres expanding and climate-related health...
IN A world increasingly driven by science and technology, nature has become an invaluable resource for discovery. From the dense forests of the Amazon to the mangroves of Bangladesh, researchers are tapping into the vast reservoir of biological wealth, hunting for compounds that could lead to the next breakthrough in medicine, agriculture...
The Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams for 2025 will begin in Bangladesh on April 10.
Five suspects were arrested between Monday and Tuesday, in connection with an alleged robbery and attack on the vehicle carrying eight student leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination in Narayanganj鈥檚 Sonargaon upazila...
Maqbul Hossain, father of martyr Abu Sayeed, has been admitted to the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital for advanced cardiac care following a heart attack...
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said it would be 鈥榥ot normal鈥� to ask his players who will travel to Kazakhstan to face Astana on Thursday to also take on Brentford this weekend.
Bangladeshi fact-checking initiative Rumor Scanner has found that about 72 per cent of social media accounts spreading fake and misinformation against Bangladesh are located in India.
The rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government on Tuesday to run the country until March聽 1, a statement said...
THE pendulum of zealotry almost always ushers in intellectual subterfuge in its wake. The lightning, if not spontaneous, takeover of Damascus by mediaeval militias is being predictably applauded by Western journalists as an overthrow of a 50-year-old family dictatorship...
A defence ministry research centre in northern Damascus was destroyed and about 10 navy ships were damaged in coastal Latakia in overnight strikes attributed to Israel by a Syria war monitor.
A microbus carrying eight leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination was allegedly attacked by muggers on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj鈥檚 Sonargaon upazila early Monday, police said...
Ever since the July-August student-led mass uprising, 55 per cent primary schoolchildren have been living in a state of fear struggling with serious mental health consequences, according to a study revealed on Monday in the capital...
The Kremlin declined on Monday to confirm reports that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had fled to Moscow, adding that it was 鈥榮urprised鈥� by the rebel takeover...
EVERY breath we take should sustain life, yet for millions in Bangladesh, especially in Dhaka, each breath comes with an invisible threat 鈥� air pollution. This silent crisis has woven itself into the fabric of daily life, quietly taking its toll on health, the environment, and livelihoods. Dhaka, the bustling heart of Bangladesh, has become a stark symbol of this...
The constant flow of purposefully crafted, misleading, or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream news has been a growing global concern, and it became particularly disconcerting for Bangladesh following the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, when a section of communally oriented media outlets and many...