THE hills of south-eastern Bangladesh are famed for their breathtaking beauty. Yet beneath the lush greenery and terraced slopes lies a history steeped in marginalisation, militarisation and impunity. In late September 2025, the Chittagong Hill Tracts once again descended into turmoil, revealing the deep structural vulnerabilities that continue to define life for Indigenous...
THE global discourse, as highlighted by the International Labour Organisation, has rightly recognised the 鈥榗are economy鈥� as a vital pillar for the future of decent work. This economy, spanning both paid and unpaid labour, from a nurse in a hospital ward to a family member tending to an elder, is facing a worldwide crisis of recognition, resources and rights. For...
RAMPANT food adulteration is a grave and persistent public health threat, with unsafe food turning what sustains life into a slow and silent agent of disease and death. Recent laboratory tests by the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority show how deeply the problem has penetrated the food chain. Of the 15 bread samples tested, 11 contained potassium bromate, a banned...
THIS is unfortunate that food losses post harvest and food waste at consumption account for a third of all the food produced in Bangladesh, as a recent World Bank report says, when insufficient food security forces 12 per cent of the poor to skip meals and about 9 per cent of the poor to pass a day without food, as a recent Power and Participation Research Centre...
Bangladesh Bank is ready to extend all possible support 鈥� from policy reforms to easier loan access 鈥� to strengthen the country鈥檚 private sector, said Nawshad Mustafa, director of the central bank鈥檚 SME and SPD departments...
A report has revealed at least 314 upazilas and cities across the country where more road crashes happened between 2020 and 2024...
Dhaka has ranked fifth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 169 at about 9:00am on Saturday morning...
Barishal University has taken disciplinary action against 25 students over a clash between two departments that erupted during a football match about one and a half months ago.
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust on Friday condemned recent extrajudicial punishment of a woman in a local arbitration in Cumilla鈥檚 Chauddagram upazila.
The Bangladesh Navy has detained nine Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladeshi waters and fishing.
Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party is fully prepared ahead of the 13th national parliamentary elections, with 600,000 Ansar members set to be deployed across the country.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday withdrew the expulsion orders against seven of its leaders, who had earlier also been removed from all party positions for alleged violations of party discipline.
Labour leaders on Friday demanded that the government should fully implement the Labour Reform Commission鈥檚 recommendations to ensure rights of drivers of all light vehicles, including privately-owned ones.
The Barnoi River, once a lifeline for the Barind region, has turned into a channel of poison carrying Rajshahi City Corporation鈥檚 untreated sewage, industrial runoff and hospital wastes.
A total of 309 more Bangladeshi nationals who had expressed their willingness to return home from Libya were repatriated on Friday under the supervision of the Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli, with cooperation from the Government of National Unity of Libya.
A man was hit to death with a hammer during a arbitration convened to settle a dispute over harvesting paddy on a land in a village under Magura Sadar upazila on Friday.
The Bangladesh Coast Guard in an operation on Friday rescued 44 people, including women and children, held captive in a remote hilly area of Teknaf for the purpose of trafficking.
Food 鈥� an essential element for human survival 鈥� has turned into a silent killer in Bangladesh.
Food losses during the post-harvest period and food waste in the consumption level are growing in Bangladesh due to the absence of adequate food processing plants and a lack of push for recycling wasted food in the food-starved country.
Last season Barcelona romped to four Clasico victories over Real Madrid but led by in-form striker Kylian Mbappe, Los Blancos are aiming to redress the balance on Sunday in La Liga.
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team suffered a 3-0 defeat to Thailand in their first of the two FIFA friendly matches at the Bangkok Thonburi University Training Field on Friday.
Twelve-time champions Abahani Limited made a flying start in the 10-team Federation Cup after beating Fokirerpool Young Men鈥檚 Club 4-2 in their Group A first match at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in the city on Friday.
Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz believes that their 2-1 one-day international series win over the West Indies would give them momentum ahead of their key assignments leading up to the forthcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in 2027.
British clockmaker Ian Westworth is bracing for a wave of concern this weekend from Londoners convinced the country鈥檚 most famous clock Big Ben has broken down.
The wife of high-profile Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, Fadwa Barghouti, appealed to US president Donald Trump to help release the popular leader from his Israeli jail, her son Arab said.
A fire broke out at a community centre in the Kalshi area of Mirpur, in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Friday night.
Amazon on Wednesday said it is speeding up the automation of its warehouses with the help of artificial intelligence and robotics, raising questions about the future of human workers.
Modhumoti Bank PLC on Thursday launched operations of its two new sub-branches at聽Banasree and Uttara Sector-12 in the capital, said a press release.
Prime Bank PLC has entered into a strategic partnership with Les Bleus Limited (D茅lifrance) to offer exclusive dining and gifting discounts for its employees and customers.
Eastern Bank recently organised an exclusive seminar on financial literacy titled 鈥楨BL Campus Connect: Inspiring New Generation in Banking鈥� at North South University, said a press release.
