BANGLADESH stands at a crossroads, thick with tension and uncertainty. A nation that has long prided itself on the embroidery of religious and cultural coexistence is now wrestling with the cracks in its communal harmony. The timing could not be worse. Political transition is inherently unstable and in such moments of flux, the consequences...
USAID鈥檚 Sisimpur project, the local production of Sesame Street in Bangladesh, has launched an initiative to bring the joy of nursery rhymes to children, says a press release.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said three aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Hamas-run territory on Saturday but the Israeli army said it killed a 鈥榯errorist鈥�...
Khanqueh-e-shaheed at Mia Saheb's Maidan Sharif at Luxmibazar in Dhaka organised religious discussion, Fateha Khwani, zikir azker, milad and doa mahfil marking the holy annual urs after Maghrib prayers on Tuesday, said a press release...
USAID鈥檚 Women Thrive in Bangladesh project on Wednesday hosted a job fair in Chattogram to connect local women jobseekers with employers and service providers, aiming to enhance their career prospects...
The United Nations chief on Tuesday denounced the 鈥榮ystematic鈥� looting of humanitarian aid in Gaza, a day after the territory鈥檚 Hamas authorities said 20 people were killed in a security operation targeting such actions...
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former state minister for posts, telecommunications, and information technology, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Saturday night after falling ill during police remand.
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Friday allowed the police to take former housing and public works minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury for five days in custody for...
South Africa鈥檚 stand-in captain Aiden Markram didn鈥檛 think that the opportunity to play in the World Test Championship final would add any extra pressure going into the second Test against Bangladesh that starts in Chattogram today...
The WaterAid organised an inception workshop of 鈥榃ASH Systems of Health鈥� project at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka on Saturday.
The United Nations鈥� World Food Programme has received new contribution of $121 million from USAID鈥檚 bureau for humanitarian assistance to support ongoing humanitarian efforts in the...
The government has appointed 200 law officers for Bogura, Thakurgaon and Jhenaidah districts...
South Africa stand-in captain Aiden Markram is excited to face the spin challenge against Bangladesh as the first of the two-Test series between the two countries starts at the...
Today is the 17th anniversary of the death of writer and journalist Obaidul Huq, said a press release...
A case was filed on Wednesday against the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and former information and communication technology affairs state minister...
A Dhaka magistrate court on Wednesday acquitted eight people, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, in a case filed on charges of vandalism and setting fire to a Dhaka South City Corporation garbage truck in 2012...
Two people died and another one was injured after a mini truck hit the back of a stationary truck on Tuesday...
A murder case was filed against 36 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former minister Obaidul Quader, former MP AKM Shamim Osman, for killing a person named Badiuzzaman during the anti-discrimination student movement in Chashara area of Narayanganj...
Four people died due to electric shocks in two separate incidents on Monday in Magura and Jhenaidah districts...
The United States Agency for International Development will provide $202.25 million grant to Bangladesh for its three sectors namely good governance, social, human and economic opportunity and resilience....
The 6th amendment of 鈥楾he Development Objective Grant Agreement鈥� has been signed between Bangladesh and the United States Agency for International Development in Dhaka on Sunday...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war...
American private sector can help unlock Bangladesh鈥檚 growth potential through trade and investment with the right economic reforms in place, said the US embassy in Dhaka on Saturday...
A Jhenaidah court on Friday placed former Awami League lawmaker for Jhenaidah-1 constituency Nayeb Ali Joarder on four-day remand in two separate cases on allegations of...
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu, Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon, ex-state minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak and ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to jail in expiry of their remand period.
Abul Quasem Haider has been elected as the chairman of Islamic Finance and Investment Limited at the 350th meeting of the board of directors of IFIL held on September 5, according to a press release...
A month-long group art exhibition titled Art for Aid: Rebuilding Lives to raise funds for the flood victims in different parts of the country began at the Cosmos Centre in the capital鈥檚 Malibagh on Thursday...
Six persons, including former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku and former state minister for posts, telecommunications and ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and former...
A case was filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Shama Obaid in the early hours of Saturday over the death of Kabir Bhuiyan in a clash between two factions of the party in Nagarkanda, Faridpur on August 21.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday suspended Shama Obaid from all the party posts, including that of organising secretary, she held, while also suspended Shahidul Islam Babul from his position of Krishak Dal general secretary for breaching party discipline....
