Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain鈥檚 supporters, mostly members of several Dhaka South City Corporation workers鈥� unions, for the 14th consecutive day on Sunday kept halted operations at the DSCC headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, and the corporation鈥檚 zonal offices, demanding Ishraque鈥檚 swearing-in as the city mayor...
The Inter Services Public Relation Directorate on Sunday said that the Indian media outlet聽 Northeast News article titled 鈥楤angladesh to declare Cox鈥檚 Bazar to Bandarban area as a military operations zone鈥� was a clear example of deliberate disinformation propagated by segments of the Indian media seeking to destabilise Bangladesh鈥檚 internal cohesion and..
The fourth edition of Bangladesh Short and Documentary Film Festival 2025 ended on Saturday following an awards ceremony at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
The education of around 2,30,000 Rohingya children in Bangladesh is under threat due to an acute and deepening funding crisis, according to the United Nations International Children鈥檚 Emergency Fund.
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed is likely to unveil a Taka 7,90,000 crore national budget for the fiscal year 2025鈥�26 (FY26) on Monday highlighting key issues like creating new employments, reducing inflation, facilitating trade and commerce and restoring economic stability alongside fiscal discipline.
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday pressed charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun for their alleged involvement in...
Bangladeshi agrochemical producers have called on the government to introduce urgent policy support aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in local production.
Interim government鈥檚 chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday called upon Chinese businesses to invest in Bangladesh and make the country a production hub.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday overturned a 2013 High Court verdict that had declared the registration of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal, bringing a significant legal shift after more than a decade of proceedings.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home in the early hours of Sunday wrapping up his four-day packed official tour to Japan.
Bangladesh Medical University vice-chancellor Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam has said that in the medical profession, the relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical industries has been widely discussed and criticised on the issue of ethics.
The Border Security Force of India on Saturday pushed 20 more people into Bangladesh through two border points in Moulvibazar and Kusthia districts.
Politicians and experts have raised concerns that the proposed humanitarian corridor from Bangladesh to Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State may be a strategic distraction by the interim government from urgent domestic issues, including electoral reforms and..
Two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party locked in a clash on Saturday noon in the capital鈥檚 Uttara at a programme marking the death anniversary of the BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, also a former president of the country...
Protests rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges and against the recent attacks on left student leaders and activists in Rajshahi and Chattogram continued in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country for the fifth day on Saturday...
The foreign ministers of five Arab countries who had planned to visit the occupied West Bank this weekend on Saturday condemned Israel鈥檚 decision to block their plans...
Politicians, economists and bureaucrats at a discussion on Saturday demanded establishment of an agricultural price commission so that farmers could get legitimate price for their crops...
Deposits in bank accounts held by marginalised individuals saw a slight increase in March compared with December, according to Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 quarterly report...
Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to discuss trade and investment opportunities with Bangladesh and elevate the 鈥楥omprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership鈥� between the two countries to a new height...
Home affairs and agriculture adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday said Bangladesh鈥檚 agro-based industries should be more export-oriented to prepare the sector to face post-LDC graduation challenges...
NRBC Bank PLC successfully held its Strategic Business Conference-2025 at a hotel in Dhaka on Saturday...
As part of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC鈥檚 corporate social responsibility, the bank provided financial assistance for the construction of a basketball court for the students of Bandura Holy Cross School and College at Nawabganj in Dhaka...
The Chinese Enterprises Association in Bangladesh (CEAB) and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at enhancing bilateral cooperation in the textile and apparel sector...
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team held upper-ranked Indonesia to a goalless draw in their opening match of the Tri-Nation Women鈥檚 Football Series at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman on Saturday...
Chief adviser Professor Mohammad Yunus will hold an all-party meeting on Monday.
Prime Bank PLC, a leading second generation local commercial bank in Bangladesh, has recently signed an agreement with Prime Bank Signs Agreement with Farazy Hospital Limited at bank鈥檚 Gulshan corporate office...
BRAC Bank will partner with DEG Impulse, Germany, to establish the first-ever SME Innovation Lab in the Bangladesh banking sector...
Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike killed one person in the south on Saturday despite a six-month-old ceasefire, as Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah militant.
BANGLADESH, an agriculture-dependent nation, sustains millions of livelihoods through farming. Yet, with finite arable land and a growing population, farmers are under relentless pressure to produce more. In this struggle, pesticides have become indispensable 鈥� deployed widely to combat crop-threatening pests and diseases. While pesticides can be vital to...
FOR a nation that dreams of becoming smart and progressive, Bangladesh鈥檚 educational budget is anything but intelligent. Year after year, we manage the impossible: allocating the聽lowest聽proportion of GDP to education in all of South Asia. That鈥檚 not a passing trend; that鈥檚 an institutional achievement in national self-sabotage, if you will...