The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started an inquiry into allegations of embezzling and laundering Tk 2,000 crore against immediate past Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Generation Next Fashions Ltd chairman Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury.
WITH the passage of time, the growing concern over the degradation of our planet, particularly through global warming, continues to escalate, undermining the Earth鈥檚 ability to fulfil its full potential in serving human welfare. Since the United Nations General Assembly designated June 17 as Desertification and Drought Day in 1994, this day has served as an important...
THE true extent of the vulnerability of the banking sector, weighed down by a massive volume of non-performing loans, has increasingly come to light following the ouster of the Awami League government. While the previous administration reported that non-performing loans accounted for about 10 per cent of total outstanding loans, recent data from the...
Bangladesh has opened hotlines to receive reports from its citizens living in Iran and their relatives in Dhaka to assess the situation before taking a final decision on whether to pull the expatriates from the Middle Eastern country.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday imposed a travel ban on 15 people, including former Awami League lawmaker and national cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, over allegations of corruption, embezzlement, illegal investment in the...
The founder of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed in Bangladesh, Valerie Taylor, along with two long-time volunteers, Janet Irene Varney and Roger Michael Varney, received recognition in the recent His Majesty The King鈥檚 Birthday Honours list for their outstanding contribution to supporting disadvantaged and disabled people in Bangladesh and the UK.
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said that an initiative was taken to formulate a law on enforced disappearance within a month...
Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca said Sunday he is confident new signing Liam Delap will become England's number nine after Harry Kane.
The record-breaking striker Kazuyoshi Miura played in Japan's fourth tier aged 58 for his 40th season as a professional footballer.
Visiting delegation of United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Monday commended the significant steps taken by the interim government to address the issue of enforced disappearances...
Sri Lanka are set to begin a two-Test series against Bangladesh in Galle on Tuesday that will mark the end of Angelo Mathews's 鈥榙ream run鈥� in the game's longest format, as the cricket season resumed following South Africa's World Test Championship triumph at Lord's.
Israel鈥檚 military on Monday said that it had destroyed one third of Iran鈥檚 surface-to-surface missile launchers, as strikes between the two arch foes raged for a fourth day.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday ordered the publication of notices in two national newspapers asking deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to appear before the tribunal within seven days.
At least 390 people were killed and 1,182 more injured in 379 road accidents across Bangladesh during Eid-ul-Azha, said a Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh report published on Monday...
Government employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday resumed their protest, demanding the immediate repeal of the recently promulgated government Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 that made the process of dismissal of the public servants for misconduct less complicated...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rains in seven divisions of the country including in Dhaka in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Monday...
At least eight people were killed and 17 other injured in road accidents in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Kushtia, Jaipurhat, Narail and Bogura on Monday.
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 35th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 66 at about 9:45am on Monday morning...
Newly crowned European Champions Paris Saint-Germain launched their bid for Club World Cup glory with a convincing 4-0 victory over Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Bayern Munich showed no mercy to amateurs Auckland City at the Club World Cup on Sunday, beating the minnows from New Zealand 10-0 in their opening game as Jamal Musiala came off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick.
The 51st anniversary of Black Day for newspapers will be observed today with different programmes.
At least 10 people were killed and 36 others injured in road accidents in eight districts, namely Gopalganj, Madaripur, Barishal, Sylhet, Bogura, Narsingdi, Nilphamari and Sherpur, on Sunday...
Police on Sunday recovered the body of a youth who was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Gazipur...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank presidential candidate, Zou Jiayi,聽on Sunday paid a courtesy visit to finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed at the latter鈥檚 office at the secretariat...
Twenty thousand and five hundred Hajj pilgrims have returned home from Saudi Arabia as of Saturday following the completion of this year鈥檚 Hajj held on June 5.
A Bangladesh national died along the border with India at the Jhulipara border point of Haribhasa union under Sadar upazila in Panchagrah district early Sunday...
The Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, in a statement on Sunday, expressed its deep concern and resentment over an incident in Bogura town where a man was allegedly beaten to death for refusing to marry off his underage daughter.
At least two people died and 32 others were injured after an iron bridge over a river collapsed on Sunday at a popular tourist destination in India鈥檚 western Maharashtra, the state鈥檚 top elected official said...
At least 10 people were injured as two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed in Gazipur鈥檚 Kaliakair upazila on Sunday over formation of the new upazila committee of the party.
