Bangladesh Medical University pro-vice-chancellor for administration Professor Md Abul Kalam Azad has been conferred with the national-level Excellent Teacher Award on the occasion of World Teachers鈥� Day 2025.
The Dhaka railway detective branch police early Tuesday arrested a second suspect in connection with a robbery where passengers were held hostage on the roof of the Mahanagar Express train Saturday night...
Participants at a discussion on access to justice for marginalised people at the village level on Tuesday called for stronger coordination among government agencies, non-governmental organisations and development partners to make village courts more effective in resolving local disputes...
Cultural activists on Tuesday staged a demonstration in Dhaka condemning Israeli genocide in Gaza...
The Bangladesh Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers Association on Tuesday unveiled a comprehensive research report on the safety and efficacy of select Ayurvedic formulations...
Bangladesh Bank has allowed exporters to use insurance coverage from local companies for shipments under open account credit terms...
Bangladesh is set to submit the Least Developed Country graduation progress report by October 31 to the United Nations Committee for Development Policy on a positive note, said a policy maker of the interim government on Monday...
Bhairab municipality hosted a two-day regional campaign on Local Economic Development on Tuesday at the upazila parishad field in Bhairab, focusing on municipal initiatives and the footwear sector, along with an expo showcasing women entrepreneurs and youth engagement activities...
President Donald Trump said Monday that a steep US tariff on imported heavy trucks would begin on November 1, postponing the date that he initially threatened to impose such duties...
Chief adviser鈥檚 special envoy Lutfey Siddiqi has held several bilateral meetings with Singaporean ministers where he provided first-hand updates on developments in Bangladesh and pursued areas of collaboration with both the public and private sectors...
The Asian Development Bank is likely to come up with a hefty support of around $2.5 billion in the next calendar year (2026) against a good number of projects in its continued efforts to strengthen further its relationship with Bangladesh...
Grameenphone on Tuesday entered a strategic partnership with OTT streaming platform tapmad, said a press release...
Pubali Bank PLC inaugurated a tree plantation programme at National University Campus as part of the bank鈥檚 social responsibility, said a press release...
IN A nation long wearied by political noise and hostility, Tarique Rahman鈥檚 recent BBC Bangla interview arrived as something few expected 鈥� a voice of calm, maturity and reflection. After 17 years in exile, the acting chairman of the BNP has re-emerged not as a fiery partisan, but as a contemplative statesman, conscious of time, circumstance and transformation. The...
Private-sector credit flow has fallen to a record low, signalling a deepening crisis in the economy. The latest Bangladesh Bank data show that credit growth declined to 6.35 per cent in August 2025, the lowest in more than 23 years. The previous month recorded 6.52 per cent while figures stood at 6.40 per cent in June, 7.17 per cent in May and 7.5 per cent in April...
A recent discussion on improving access to justice for marginalised communities at the village level emphasised the need for better coordination between government agencies, NGOs, and development partners to enhance the effectiveness of village courts in resolving local disputes.
The World Bank on Tuesday said that poverty had worsened in Bangladesh as the rate climbed to 21.2 per cent in the financial year of 2024-25 from 20.5 per cent in FY20023-24.
Ukraine has found tens of thousands of foreign parts, including Western-made, in the drones and missiles Russia fired in a weekend air attack on the country, president Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday...
Today is the sixth death anniversary of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad...
Snakebite cases are rising at an alarming rate in Rajshahi, with health officials warning of a growing public health threat linked to the spread of the highly venomous Russell鈥檚 viper...
The admission tests for the first year honours course at Rajshahi University under the 2024-25 academic session will be held in January 16鈥�24 of 2026, said a press release issued on Monday...
The army chief has not made any statement about giving indemnity to anyone accused of enforced disappearances, murder, or other crimes against humanity, said a statement of the Inter Services Public Relations directorate on Monday...
On the occasion of World Teachers鈥� Day, Uttara University organised a seminar and an award ceremony to honour the contributions of its distinguished faculty members at the university in Dhaka on Monday...
A delegation from the high commission of Canada to Bangladesh has recently visited the American International University-Bangladesh in Dhaka...
The government is set to launch the country鈥檚 first-ever typhoid vaccination campaign on October 12, as health assistants suspended their indefinite strike on its sixth day on Monday...
The Institute of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Commercialisation of United International University in collaboration with the AI Forum Bangladesh organised a two-day training on 鈥楢I essentials for capital market professionals鈥� concluded at the UIU Innovation Hub in Dhaka on Sunday...
Israel said it deported on Monday 171 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg...
Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, the lone Bangladeshi aboard the flotilla vessel Conscience, on Monday said that they were waiting for smaller and slower boats to join them on their way to Gaza in a bid to break the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory...
People are still facing sufferings and corruption while getting services from government offices as they are forced to pay additional money or bribes for the services...
Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh dropped to a record low of 6.35 per cent in August 2025, the lowest in more than 23 years, signaling deepening distress across the economy...
