Labour migration from Bangladesh to Russia 鈥� a destination traditionally untapped by Bangladeshi workers and authorities 鈥� has sharply gone up in recent years, despite the continued Russia鈥揢kraine war...
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Friday said that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, was not the 鈥楩ather of the Nation鈥� and the title was a fascist tool manufactured by the Awami League to silence dissent and monopolise the state...
A Bangladesh Army patrol team held two youths, including a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, with Tk 90,000 they had extorted as ransom from a man at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj at midnight past Thursday...
The couple idol, Jugal Bigraha, a traditional religious festival of the Hindu community, has been held at Kantajiu Temple, also known as Kantanagar temple, in Dinajpur...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh and two factions of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal on Friday observed the 50th anniversary of death of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh...
A minor boy died from electrocution at Majhipara village under Lakhsmipur union of Gaibandha Sadar on Friday morning...
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a man with $51,000 in a raid at the Mujibnagar border in Meherpur on Friday...
Forest guards arrested four fishermen along with fishing instruments for illegally netting fish in the Sundarbans over the past three days...
Shah Rafayat Chowdhury, co-founder and president of Footsteps, delivered his first keynote statement at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, spotlighting the July uprising as an example for youth-led action against injustice worldwide...
A complaint has been filed against 42 people, including Mohiuddin Roni, a key organiser of the health sector reform movement, for allegedly attacking a human chain programme organised by doctors, nurses and staff of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital...
A four-day Selim Al Deen festival marking the eminent playwright鈥檚 76th birth anniversary began at Bangladesh Mahila Samity in the capital Dhaka on Friday with the premiere show of Deyal, a play written by the playwright and directed by Anik Islam...
Renowned photographer, photo editor and educator Abir Abdullah has depicted the sufferings of people amid the monsoon rains in Dhaka in his solo photography exhibition titled Troubling Rain under way at Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka in Dhanmondi...
The police have arrested two union-level leaders of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League in connection with an anti-terrorism case...
People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge...
Leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front bodies did not pay tributes to the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 50th death anniversary...
Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said that apprehension about the next national election would persist until the counting of votes was completed...
The posts, telecommunications and information technology ministry has ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to take action against at least 36 serving and former officials, including former chair Md Mohiuddin Ahmed...
Gono Odhikar Parishad president Nurul Haque Nur on Friday alleged that fascist attitudes were still visible among many even after the fall of fascism...
Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Professor SMA Faiz at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday congratulated 159 Bangladeshi students who received the Erasmus Mundus scholarships in the 2025-26 academic year...
Bangladesh received US$ 1.14 billion in remittances in the first 13 days of August of the fiscal year 2025-26...
Amid the rising price of onion at local market, a consignment of 100 tonnes of the spicy item arrived at Sonamasjid Land Port of the bordering district of Chapainawabganj from India on Thursday evening...
Persons outside the civil service can now become executive members of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA)...
Tesla is recruiting a motorist to test its driver-assistance technology in New York with an eye towards autonomous driving, according to a job listing reviewed by AFP on Wednesday...
We are offering the following story chosen by AFP鈥檚 chief editors for our Africa Selection re-publication as among the best reporting from the sub-Saharan continent over the last fortnight...
IFIC Bank PLC organised a special business meeting titled 鈥楳anagers鈥� Meet鈥� with officials from Cumilla and Noakhali districts...
Popular footwear brand Bata Bangladesh just launched a collection for every woman on the go. Victoria Ballerina 鈥� timeless, elegant, and more than just a shoe 鈥� is a statement of discerning choice and confidence.聽聽..
The three-day orientation programme for newly appointed assistant managers and junior officers of the Sadharan Bima Corporation concluded on Thursday...
Boeing defence industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers鈥� support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the aviation giant to improve its bargaining offer to the union...
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday, buoyed by Russia鈥檚 first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow...
The Thai king鈥檚 eldest daughter, who has been gravely ill in hospital for more than two years, has suffered a 鈥榮evere鈥� blood infection, the palace said on Friday...