People of Bhanga in Faridpur continued blocking highways and railways for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday while a political platform protesting at the decision to reduce parliamentary seats in Bagerhat on the same day announced a revised schedule for a three-day hartal, demanding the restoration of parliamentary constituencies...
Five Islamic parties, including the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, are set to take to the streets with separate programmes to pursue common demands, including the implementation of the July Charter ahead of the forthcoming national elections.
The bodies of four people who went missing after a speedboat capsized in the Dhanu River under Khaliajuri in Netrakona were recovered on Sunday...
Chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Sunday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that there was no ambiguity in the law regarding the tribunal鈥檚 jurisdiction to try the members of the armed forces for committing crimes against humanity.
A suspected thief was reportedly beaten to death at Motobi under sadar upazila in Feni on Saturday night...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved 13 separate cases against 31 individuals, including the chair, managing directors, and directors of 13 overseas companies, on the charges of embezzling Tk 1,159 crore through a syndicate that overcharged workers bound for Malaysia...
Globe Biotech Limited, a subsidiary of Globe Pharma Group of Companies, has obtained a United States patent for its homegrown Covid vaccine Bangavax...
Romania on Sunday strongly condemned the entry of a Russian drone into its airspace during an attack on neighbouring Ukraine, saying Moscow鈥檚 actions pose a 鈥榥ew challenge鈥� to Black Sea security...
Libya鈥檚 UN-recognised government based in Tripoli has reached a preliminary accord with a powerful armed group to end months of tensions that have flared into occasional violence, a government adviser and local media said Saturday.
Top US diplomat Marco Rubio prayed at Jerusalem鈥檚 Western Wall Sunday as he opened his visit to Israel, reaffirming the Trump administration鈥檚 steadfast support in its war with Hamas despite backlash over a strike in Qatar.
The joint economic commission meeting between Bangladesh and Pakistan will be held in Dhaka on September 27 after a gap of two decades...
Students of Rabindra University at Shahzadpur in Sirajganj on Sunday took to the streets, protesting against the illegal extraction of sand from land allocated for the proposed permanent campus of the university...
The United States assured that it might cut the imposed 20 per cent tariffs on Bangladeshi products if the country continues to shrink the trade deficit, said commerce adviser on Sunday...
The retained earnings of Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector have plunged into negative territory, exposing the depth of financial stress that has gripped the industry...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is planning to form a fund to ensure payment of wages and benefits to workers of factories that shut down or suspended operations...
From next year, company taxpayers in Bangladesh would require to file their returns online, said National Board of Revenue chairman Abdur Rahman Khan on Sunday...
Bangladesh interim government home adviser Lieutenant General, Retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the government is considering reducing the life imprisonment term to a reasonable period from 30 years aimed at releasing older prisoners.
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has expanded its online One Stop Service (OSS) platform with the inclusion of five new services from the Directorate of Registration...
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC celebrated its 6th anniversary on Thursday with a function at a hotel in the capital...
Gulf Exchange, a premier financial services provider in Qatar, and bKash, the largest mobile financial services platform in Bangladesh, have announced a strategic partnership to improve cross-border remittance services for the Bangladeshi community in Qatar...
Copyshop, an acclaimed platform for advertising and communication professionals in Bangladesh, has long been working to enhance creative skills in advertising and communications through structured and meaningful training for both current and future professionals...
ADN Telecom Limited has signed MoUs with South Korea鈥檚 prominent company PBS Co Ltd and CND Motors Co Ltd to collaborate in sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, and smart mobility solutions in Bangladesh...
ACI Hygiene Products Factory has recently been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI)...
Pubali Bank PLC and Delta Life Insurance Company Limited recently held a workshop titled 鈥榃orkshop on Bancassurance鈥� at the Syed Nazrul Islam Conference Hall of Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka to strengthen the verification of audited financial statements and audit reports submitted by public interest entities to the FRC...
Toffee, Bangladesh鈥檚 leading digital entertainment platform powered by Banglalink, has introduced a new payment option that makes subscribing easier than ever. From now on, users can seamlessly purchase their Toffee subscriptions with Banglalink mobile balance, making the process more convenient and hassle-free...
After losing the opportunity to boost their net run rate against Hong Kong on Thursday, Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy defended their strategy by saying that they 鈥榮tuck to the demands of the situation鈥� and stated that they had played 鈥榮mart cricket鈥�.
On March 1, 2001, president George W Bush, speaking at the National Defence University in Washington DC, stated that the United States and Russia 鈥榓re not and must not be strategic adversaries.鈥� Yet, more than two decades later, as the 2024 US presidential elections approached, Republican nominee Donald Trump remarked during a televised interview on November...
WE LIKE to think that enough food means enough nutrition. It does not. Food is what we eat; nutrition is what our bodies use to grow, stay healthy and thrive. A plate full of staples such as rice does not guarantee that a child will grow tall or that a woman will lead a healthy life. In Bangladesh and beyond, this disconnect fuels a silent crisis: the food鈥搉utrition gap, eroding...
BANGLADESH has made notable strides in health and development over the past decades, with declining poverty, improved access to services, and rising life expectancy. Yet nutritional indicators remain alarmingly poor. The country records one of the highest rates of low birthweight globally at 28 per cent, while anaemia affects nearly 29 per cent of women...